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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

With Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep at the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute gala, 2012. So, I prefer wise buildings to smart buildings because we can go beyond statistical significance into a natural intelligence. It is slow but worthwhile. How do you feel about where that has gone?

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These are Canada’s 50 fastest-growing green companies of 2023

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Fifteen of the Future 50 companies produce sustainable consumer and business products – including seven companies involved in plant-based foods and three building electric vehicles domestically. e-Zinc Growth Rate: 1,581% Founded in 2012, e-Zinc explains itself in four words: “Storing electricity in metal.”

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It’s time to collaborate on climate and economic justice solutions

GreenBiz

Indeed, recent research suggests closer to 9 million people died from exposure to air pollution caused by burning fossil fuel each year from 2012 to 2018. For example: Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower , partners with governments, utilities, building owners and community members to generate energy bill savings and reduced carbon emissions.