Last month, IKEA announced plans to incorporate solar power at every single one of its stores in the Southern US. Collectively, the stores and distributions centers will account for 10.7 megawatts of solar generating capacity. Reinforcing the company’s long term commitment to...

When you think about switching to renewable energy, chances are you envision a typical rooftop home solar system, or a complicated solar thermal array at a Silicon Valley business. But homes and traditional businesses aren’t the only structures that can make use of the money and...

Historically, big businesses are very slow to change, especially when it comes to adopting progressive policies such as being environmentally conscious. A “business case” usually has to be provided to even discuss any proposed change, and, even at that, there are often committees and...

“I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun’s energy…. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.”  – Sir George Porter, quoted in The Observer, August 1973 Imagine how much more technologically advanced...

Eco-Investing by Richard Matthews Green stock continues to be a very lucrative investment. This trend will continue as the planet’s resources become ever more scarce and renewable energy is increasingly mainstream. Green technologies are smart investments for the next decade and...

How do businesses go green? And, possibly more importantly, how should businesses relate that to their customer base? Printed materials Businesses have a lot of printed materials that they use. Companies have business cards, letterhead, envelopes, brochures, and the list continues. What if...

Sustainable Stock Offers More than Extraordinary Returns by Richard Matthews Sustainable investing is helping to change environmentally harmful business practices. A new breed of investors is profiting from green while benefiting the planet. There are several established financial instruments...

Exploring Alternatives to a Coal Powered Electricity Supply by Barry Marcus The ever increasing cost of energy is placing ever greater strains on household budgets around the world. The South African national electricity supplier (Eskom) has proposed tariff increases of 45% for each of the...

As it opens with a barrage of violent images of natural disasters, human industry, explosions, and animals running to and fro, the documentary The 11th Hour starts off with a rather grim image of the way things are. Though the images that follow throughout the rest of the film often seem a bit...