Business
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How dangerous is my mobile?
A growing body of research suggests that radiation from cellphones and other electronic devices may harm our health. How worried should we be and what can we do about it? Kim Ridley | December 2006 issue Perhaps more than any other technology, wireless communication is incredibly seductive and Read More...
Green technologies buy time for the environment
Meeting the challenge of the global climate crisis isn’t impossible if we start investing in innovative green companies.. Amy Domini | December 2008 issue The Earth 's population has grown staggeringly in a single lifetime, from less than 3 billion in 1960 to 6.7 billion. And with China and Read More...
Making money a renewable resource
How Peter Liu, a former oil industry engineer, stopped designing petrochemical plants and started the first green bank in U.S. David Bank. David Bank | December 2008 issue Several years ago, when the drips through our ceiling could no longer be ignored, we decided to install solar panels along Read More...
Video: Peter Liu, founder of New Resource Bank
Ode Editors | December 2008 issue Peter founded the bank after nearly two decades of experience in the banking and energy industries. Peter had been a Senior Vice President and Vice President, respectively, of Credit Suisse First Boston and the Chase Manhattan Bank, where he completed $6 billion Read More...
Greenwood
EcoLeo is a Brazilian lumber company helping to save the rainforest Patricía Peña | April 2006 Read More...
Not the same old drive-thru
The meat is raised naturally; the packaging is recycled; the ovens use renewable power. New green fast-food chains are serving up burgers and fries to feel good about. Mary Desmond Pinkowish| April 2008 issue It's really cold and windy in Manhattan. The Friday lunch crowds scurry in and out of Read More...
Is algae the new oil?
An alternative energy is ready to bloom Craig Cox | December 2006 issue Marlborough is a picturesque coastal city on New Zealand’s South Island known for wineries and whale-watching. But oddly enough it’s the town’s sewage ponds that are getting the most attention these days, as a company Read More...
The supermarket that changed the world
The American organic supermarket chain Whole Foods started 25 years ago as a small health-food store. Led by maverick CEO John Mackey, it has reached unprecedented growth and sales rates. "If you look back 100 years from now, history will show that Whole Foods will be in the top-five companies that Read More...
The world's most unlikely environmental champion
George W. Bush's policies have the unintended effect of fighting global warming Jurriaan Kamp | December 2005 issue This may be the perfect political paradox: George W. Bush paving the way to do something about global warming. On the face of it, the Bush administration is doing everything Read More...
Size six: The Western women's harem
Fatema Mernissi was born in a harem, but her female counterparts in the West suffer an even harsher fate. An eye-opening new perspective on gender roles and the male-domination of the multi-billion dollar fashion industry. Fatema Mernissi | August 2003 issue ‘I was born in a harem.’ That Read More...