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Sustainable Industries Daily Update
By Charles Redell
 July 1, 2009
The American Institute of Architects, along with the International Code Council (ICC) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), announced their intent to create an International Green Construction Code (IGCC) plan to create an International Green Construction Code next year. That code is just catching up to any number of California cities including the latest to enact
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Sustainable Industries Daily Round Up
June 30, 2009
Please pardon our recent unannounced hiatus on these daily round-up posts. We're still working out the kinks in this blog's workflow. We appreciate your understanding. Now, on to the news! As we all know by now, Waxman-Markey passed the House on Friday by a mere two-vote margin.
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2009 Summer Sustainability Series, a week in review
By Sustainable Industries
 June 29, 2009
The Summer Sustainability Series last week kicked off its second annual event in Portland, an intensive week-long “sustainability boot camp” that left all participants exhausted and inspired. [caption id="attachment_360" align="alignleft" width="248" caption="A Portland "eco-roof""][/caption] With two tracts to choose from: “Sustainable
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Carrotmob comes to Portland!
By Sustainable Industries
 June 26, 2009
Portland’s HOTLIPS Pizza has officially been Carrotmobbed! On Sunday, Jun.
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Sustainable Industries Daily Update
By Charles Redell
 June 24, 2009
I'm doing the update from our Portland office today where I'll be moderating the Cutting Edge Green Building Products Webinar and announcing our Top 10 Green Building Products for 2009 at 10 AM PST. Please join us if you can. In the meantime, The DOE released the first chunk of money from its $25 billion advanced technology loan fund yesterday.
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Ethonomics Explained
June 23, 2009
Rebecca Greenberg is an MBA candidate at the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco. It can be said, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that our world is changing. Our planet is warming, our population is growing, our water supply is under preassure, and our financial systems have suffered.
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Sustainable Industries Daily Update
By Charles Redell
 June 23, 2009
Over in Europe, McDonald's is showcasing sustainable farms through a new program called Flagship Farms. The program will highlight the efforts of farmers dealing with everything from soil, water and energy use to animal welfare and employee well being. Still hanging on to that old car with an eye toward turning it into a planter or something? Well, the government's got a deal for you!
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Recession bugging you? Get launched!
June 19, 2009
Jed Lazar, a graduate of Bainbridge Graduate Institute and co-founder of SoupCycle, offers advice to other sustainable startups. What do Google, Ocean Spray and Walt Disney have in common? All were launched during recessions.
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Sustainable Industries Daily Update
By Becky Brun
 June 19, 2009
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday released for public review a report on the U.S.
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Water issues require planning and partnership
By Charles Redell
 June 18, 2009
Lorna Stickel, Project manager at Regional Water Providers Consortium in Oregon, has a commentary for our site this week on the importance of partnership and planning when it comes to regional water management.
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