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Singapore: A leader in creating greener industry
Written on 13 May, 2010 at 0:03 in Environmental Concerns in Business | viewed 2,420 times | 0 Comments
Singapore is unlike any other Asian city in that this tiny republic has managed to maximize every potential financial opportunity that has been presented to it since the end of World War II. Few people are aware if it but Singapore is now the fourth largest financial trading center in the world. They follow only [...]... (Continue reading)
A brighter tomorrow using LED lighting
Written on 12 May, 2010 at 23:33 in Environmental Concerns in Business | viewed 1,786 times | 0 Comments
Compared to incandescent light bulbs, Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) are a marvel. They put out equal or greater light, use 1/3 the electricity, and last up to 15 times longer than Thomas Edison’s resistance based design. While compact fluorescent bulbs have proven superior to the original electric light they are not without their drawbacks. The [...]... (Continue reading)
The recyclable golf balls of Dixon Golf
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 15:17 in Environmental Concerns in Business | viewed 1,339 times | 0 Comments
Do you think of recycling as something new? 100 years ago people were returning glass bottles for refills of a new beverage called Coca Cola. Recycling is certainly not new. Most of the items we call disposable and allow to fill our landfills with today were at one time expected to be repaired and [...]... (Continue reading)
A Volt from the blue
Written on 18 Mar, 2010 at 15:03 in Environmental Concerns in Business | viewed 4,458 times | 0 Comments
When Chevrolet released photographs of their new electric hybrid car “The Chevy Volt” the automotive world was abuzz. What type of car was this? And how could it come from GM of all people? It didn’t seem possible that General Motors could create such an innovative idea let alone produce such a forward thinking car. [...]... (Continue reading)
Ricoh is planning fifty years into the future
Written on 15 Mar, 2009 at 10:47 in Environmental Concerns in Business | viewed 2,231 times | 0 Comments
Where does environmental concern by business begin? Obviously when black soot is billowing out of smokestacks and the community is in an uproar most corporate entities will take action. But that kind of after the fact adjustment will not reduce our carbon footprint. Saving energy is the most direct route in existence towards reducing greenhouse [...]... (Continue reading)
