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• Environment

  

  Get Schooled on Sustainability at TreePeople's Green City Fair

  This weekend Angelenos can learn how to live responsibly in the big city at TreePeople's first-ever Green City Fair.

  by Alissa Walker

• Lifestyle

  

  With All the Lies About Sustainable Fish, Two San Franciscans Get on the Boat

  What if the only way not to get duped was to go out and meet the fishermen yourself? That's what one restaurant decided it had to do.

  by Peter Smith

• Lifestyle

  

  Sanergy: A Startup That Plans to Turn Waste into Energy in Africa

  A new business venture called Sanergy is trying to turn Kenya's sanitation problem into jobs, energy, and profits.

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  Fund It in the Crowd: Congress Moves Toward New Tools for Startups and Investors

  The Senate has a plan to legalize crowdfunding for startups by making sure online fundraising platforms hold companies accountable.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Cities

  

  Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sustainable Communities (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)

  Now's the time to get down to it. White House.gov is hosting a live online event on July 15 to answer any questions you might have about...

  by Sasha Jones

• Environment

  

  Sustainable Cars, or Sustainable Habits?

  Grist has a post that argues the true issue of sustainability in terms of the auto industry (although this trend could also be said of most...

  by Reno Ong

• Environment

  

  Leap-frogging to Sustainability

  Why the shrinking cost of solar power may be enough to change our planet's outlook-especially if it's introduced first in the developing...

  by Michael Keating

• Business

  

  Ford Dealerships to Embrace Sustainability

  Ford Motor Company announced its latest sustainability initiative at the 2010 National Automobile Dealers Association Convention over the weekend....

  by Mother Nature Network

• Environment

  

  Sustainable Architecture Comes to Life in Bangkok

  This is sustainable home design at its most chic. After creating an impressive container home for the Bangkok home show last year, the designer...

  by Alicia Capetillo

• Environment

  

  Trader Joe's Will Switch to Sustainable Seafood

  This is great news for our oceans: Trader Joe's has changed their tune, and plan to sell only sustainable seafood by the end of 2012. Within...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  The Self-Sustaining, Solar-Powered Emergency Shelter: We’re Going to Need It

  As climate change scares up more disasters, we'll need resources like the EDV-01, which draws its power from solar panel and collects its own water.

  by Sarah Laskow

• Business

  

  Your Company Could Win $10K to Help Its Sustainability Efforts

  Calling all business owners or employees: Nominate your company to win $10K to improve its sustainability initiatives.

  by GOOD

• Business

  

  From Crowdfunded to Financially Sustainable? The Post-Kickstarter Marketplace

  So you've earned your funding through Kickstarter. Now what?

  by Zak Stone

• Lifestyle

  What's Your Favorite Sustainable Restaurant, and What's the Best Dish to Order?

  by GOOD

• Business

  

  Portland Conference Seeks to Spread Sustainable Business Ideas

  Five awesome Portland businesses get the tools they need from social entrepreneurs.

  by Tim Fernholz

• Lifestyle

  

  Can Empathy Lead to Hygiene? How to Get Doctors to Wash Their Hands

  A new study says reminding doctors and nurses of the greater good of hygiene can inspire compliance with hand-washing recommendations.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Education

  

  Startup Redesigns the Textbook

  A few months ago, as Apple was about to announce its iPad, I mused about how a touchscreen tablet could change higher education altogether. It...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan

• Lifestyle

  

  Costco Agrees to Sell Sustainable Seafood: Victory, Paradox, or Both?

  Costco has finally updated a sustainable seafood policy. It's a really big deal, but it poses some equally big questions.

  by Nicola Twilley

• Environment

  

  BP Refuses to Account for Gulf Leak in 2010 Sustainability Report

  The company doesn't count the Deepwater Horizon spill because there's "no accurate determination" of how many gallons leaked.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Business

  

  Hiring Like a Startup, Not a Restaurant

  What startups look for: a knack for problem solving, appetite for risk, and diversity.

  by Andrew C, YMFY