Will corporate action on ocean plastic make an impact? 6 ways to tell

The supersize problem requires the biggest businesses to take action.

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These 14 businesses are growing money on trees

Restoring degraded and deforested land is becoming a thriving economic opportunity, in the U.S and beyond.

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3 ways to help your board get wiser about sustainability

Corporate directors are under more pressure than ever to understand the financial and operational risks that climate change poses. Here’s how your company can take action.

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Could businesses rescue the UN’s carbon offset scheme?

Clean Development Mechanism could collapse if private sector doesn't urge government to take action on reducing carbon emissions, according to high-level panel.

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Honda, Ford spearhead new conflict minerals reporting tool

Leading automakers have developed a tool that helps companies easily trace their supply chain.

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Opposition to Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Continues to Grow

Nebraska Rancher Susan Luebbe testifies against the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Sierra Club National on Vimeo . Susan Luebbe’s testimony at last week’s State Department hearing on TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline was very moving. We’d already heard from college students, a union representative, environmental organization leaders (including me), and more – but to hear testimony from a land-owner in the path of this destructive and dangerous pipeline was … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Where Some Games Plunder, Trash Tycoon Stands Apart

Image: Trash Tycoon has officially launched on Facebook! Trash Tycoon is a new Facebook game from Guerillapps that promotes recycling and helping your city go green. While it’s easy enough to claim such values, how does Trash Tycoon actually dynamically enact that aesthetic goal? Well, whereas most Real-Time-Strategy games and Facebook games focus on taking your resources from the earth, in Trash Tycoon all of your resources com… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Artists Use Innovation to Make Our Beaches Barefoot Friendly (Video)

A beach that’s barefoot-friendly. It is less common these days than we would want. However, it’s not an impossible task to return them to their former pristine states. Renowned surf filmmaker Jason Baffa and Barefoot Wine teamed up to create One Beach , a really beautiful film that highlights how artists and creative-types are coming up with brilliant ways to clean up beaches. Check it out after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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SXSW Eco: Interview with Scott Wilcox, SXSW’s CTO

Want to know why SXSW Eco doesn’t run with South-By’s other verticals like Music, Interactive and Film? So did we. I sat down with Scott Wilcox, SXSW’s CTO, to find out. We also discussed the kind of change the event has seen, and created, since its inception back in 1987. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top Tweets from SXSW Eco, Day 1

SXSW Eco is now in full swing and so is the hashtag #SXSWEco. Here are a few of the best so far. If you are here in Austin, TX with the rest of us, remember to hash your tweets! And check back later today for more Top Tweets…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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