Friday, September 28th, 2012
Last week, the 22nd annual Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at a lively Harvard University ceremony (Going Green’s invite must have gotten lost in the mail). The Ig Nobels fête researchers who have made legitimate, but often quite silly, contributions to science. The ceremony is basically a Monty Python-like parody ...Thursday, September 27th, 2012
GreenBiz has a write-up on Intel’s “three pillars” of sustainability: data collection and transparency integration across business units engagement with internal and external stakeholders And its strategy appears to have helped it dramatically reduce is greenhouse gas emissions. Some of its ideas seem a little strange: It has also tried to be creative in improving ...Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
An interesting article this week over at Environmental Leader: “Nearly 50% of CFOs Say Sustainability is Key Driver of Financial Performance.” This, from a new survey from Verdantix (conducted on behalf of Deloitte) called “Sustainability: CFOs are Coming to the Table.” They surveyed c-level financial and operations officers in 14 ...Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
As we all feverishly prepare for the impending carnage of Graph Expo, here are a few welcome distractions: Canon declares support for the Two Sides and Print Power campaigns (Two Sides UK) Plastic icebergs: Navigating the PVC conundrum (GreenBiz) Glass slivers that store data forever unveiled by Hitachi (Mother Nature Network) Newest Popemobile is ...Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Last week, the Facebook Machine and the Twitterverse were abuzz with headlines about a recent study, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, that purported to conclusively link genetically modified (GM) corn and tumors in rats. Not unexpectedly, there was a great social media hue and cry, but some researchers find ...Monday, September 24th, 2012
Over at Dead Tree Edition, our friend Mr. Tree (if that is his name) makes a good point that we often overlook when we talk about the sustainability of paper: it’s not just the cutting of trees and the preservation of forests. Sure, trees can be cut down, and then ...Monday, September 24th, 2012
This is a scosh off-topic (big surprise around these parts, right?) but there is a headline over at MSNBC.com today that caught my attention: “Religious pilgrimages: a billion-dollar industry.” Now, this caught my eye not because I have any particular interest in making a religious pilgrimage (although a couple of ...Monday, September 24th, 2012
WhatTheyThink’s Going Green has joined forces with Two Sides to help address the “perceptions” that paper destroys forests, that electronic media are “greener” than print and paper, and that recycling is the solution to all environmental ills. I am really digging the PrintCity “twofer” book, Print: Seen, Lean, & Green, which ...Friday, September 21st, 2012
There has been much bruiting in the conventional media and the blogosphere, specifically amongst foodies, about a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine called “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?: A Systematic Review.” I’m not a huge fan of organic foods (or a big ...Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Via Environmental Leader, leading magazine and book publishers—Time Inc., the National Geographic Society, Macmillan, and Pearson—have teamed up with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) to hopefully spur interest in chain of custody certification for wood products—in this case, paper. SFI Forest Partners says it will aim to make certification more efficient ...
