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Joel Makower: Sustainable Business and Clean Technology

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I have been working for nearly 20 years to help companies integrate environmental thinking into their operations in a way that aligns environmental and business goals. I've helped some of the world's largest companies develop and implement their environmental strategies, and helped small clean-tech start-ups build business plans and markets. Here are some of my favorite resources -- some created by me, most by others -- that can help you learn what's going on and stay in the loop.

Best Sustainable Business Blogs and Sites 

GreenBiz.com
I created this site in 2000 and believe it's the ultimate resource on business and the environment. You'll find thousands of articles, tools, case studies, jobs, and more -- all free. Sign up for the free weekly e-newsletter.
Clean Edge
I co-founded this research and publishing company on clean energy and clean technology, including solar, wind, and fuel cells. You can get daily news here on clean-tech developments and sign up for a free monthly e-newsletter.
WorldChanging
This is the leading blog on positive solutions in technology, business, and society, written by 20 or so leading thinkers in the field.
Two Steps Forward
This is my personal blog, offering regular essays on trends and developments in the world of sustainable business, green marketing, and clean technology. The blogroll on this site will lead you to 25 or so other worthy blogs.
Grist Magazine
An online magazine that's the best place to get smart about environmental issues on a daily basis. It offers a daily news feed that's smart and informative, an active blog, and regular columnists. I contribute a monthly business column.
Lisa Gansky on Green Design
There are a lot of sites on green building (see GreenerBuildings.com for my version.) But not many good ones from folks who are in the middle of actually doing it. Check out Lisa's site and recommendations.

Blogs I'm Tracking 

There's lots more where these came from. For the complete list of blogs focused on sustainable business and clean technology, check out my blogroll at makower.com.
Cleantech Investing
Rob Day and colleagues have the best intelligence on who's making what bets on clean-tech companies.
Gristmill
Gristmill is always a fun way to see what the enviro community is doing, thinking, and laughing (and anguishing) about.
Treehugger
Treehugger's got the dope on the newest, coolest green products and ideas.
Triple Pundit
The MBAs who collectively write this are full of good insights about where the world of sustainable business is going.
China Watch
The World Resources Institute's download on China and sustainability -- a good perspective of the tail that's wagging the dog, environmentally speaking.
Ideal Bite
The two entrepreneurs who run this call it "a sassier shade of green," and it is.

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About makower

For
nearly 20 years,
Joel Makower has been a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and
the bottom line. As a writer, speaker, and consultant on corporate
environmental strategy, clean technology, and green marketing, he has helped a
wide range of companies align environmental responsibility with business
success.

Makower
is founder of GreenBiz.com,
ClimateBiz.com,
GreenerBuildings.com,
and other popular web sites. He also is co-founder of Clean Edge Inc.,
a research and consulting firm focusing on building markets for clean energy
technologies. He serves as a senior advisor to GreenOrder, a sustainability
strategy and marketing firm. From 1991 to 2005 he was editor of "The
Green Business Letter," an award-winning monthly newsletter on business
and the environment.

 

Makower
has consulted to a wide range of companies on corporate sustainability topics,
including GE, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, and Nike.

 

The
Associated Press has called him "The guru of green business practices.

 

Makower
serves as a Batten Fellow at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the
University of Virginia. He sits on numerous advisory and editorial boards,
including the Climate Trust, the California Sustainable Business Council, the
Green Guide Institute, and the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He also is an
advisor to VantagePoint Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm
with a strong focus on clean technology.

 

A
former nationally syndicated columnist, Makower is author or co-author of more
than a dozen books, including "Beyond the Bottom Line: Putting Social
Responsibility to Work for Your Business and the World," about the profit
and potential of socially responsible business practices; "The E-Factor:
The Bottom-Line Approach to Environmentally Responsible Business," on how
companies are responding to environmental challenges in positive and profitable
ways, and "The Green Consumer," a best-selling guide to the
environmental marketplace.

 

Makower
has been a featured commentator on environmental topics for
"Marketplace," a nightly national business program on public radio,
and appears frequently in both broadcast and print media. He lectures regularly
to companies, industry groups, and business schools throughout North America,
as well as in Europe, Asia, and South America.

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