Andy Larson, Summer 2009,

These books were reccomended to us for great summer reading, check them out after the break.

1. Strategy for Sustainability by Adam Werbach (HBS Press 2009; advertized as available on Kindle) - new – I just bought it so can’t comment on content but Werbach is the new generation of thinkers (in his late 30s, maybe 40s) and HBS will be pushing this book so you

Fact: Each year, the average American throws away 68 pounds of clothing. Think: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle instead.

Fact: If every single newspaper was recycled after we read them, we would be able to save 25 million trees per year!

GLOBE-Net, August 9, 2009

A new report from Oxford Analytica concludes that clean technology (‘Cleantech’) is on the cusp of transforming practically every business sector in the economies of Europe, and those who fail to face the challenge and indeed turn this into an opportunity, risk falling by the wayside.

Read the rest of the article here

Fact: In the 45 seconds it takes you to read this recycling fact, there will have been over 250,000 of aluminum cans produced.

Fact: Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!

Ashley Burke and Christian Jug, August 3rd 2009, Zerofootprint

The morning of July 31st we headed to Union station to catch our train to Ottawa. Luckily for me (Ashley) I had not been to Ottawa since I was a kid so I was pretty excited for the trip.

The weather of the first day of the festival was ideal, so both of us were looking forward to having a great time. Throughout the day we had