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Wells Fargo Pledges $30+ Billion in Environmental Investments by 2020

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Wells Fargo announce significant increases in their commitment to a 'greener economy'. A month after publishing their Environmental Finance Report for 2011, they have released news that they plan to invest over $30 billion in green business between now and 2020. Continue Reading →

Garbage or Overground Mine? - We CAN recycle plastics!

Mike Biddle pleads with us to stop seeing ourselves as consumers. One of his 'toddler rules' says 'if it is broken, it's yours.' Mike says 'if it's broken I'll have it'. Let me deal with it. In showing us that the difficult job of recycling plastics can be achieved and can help us to learn to see ourselves as users of resources in one form which can be transferred into other forms when we are finished with them. Custodians of the earth's resources rather than consumers. Continue Reading →

Environmental Taxation Can Spur Innovation

The European Environment Agency has produced a comprehensive report on the issue of environmental tax reform, coming to the conclusion that environmental tax reform can and should play an important role in achieving environmental goals with positive economic effect. Case studies and economic modelling point to tax reform as a potential catalyst for innovation and job creation. Continue Reading →

PV Solar Power for the Home - How it Works

Falling costs, market shake-ups and technological advancements make PV solar energy a hot topic here at Green Business Watch. Since, we are constantly talking about solar power, we thought it might be useful to take a quick look at how PV solar power for the home works. Here are a couple of videos that give a nice introduction to the technology and the home setup. Continue Reading →

Smart City, Green City

Many of the discussions at the recent Smart City Expo in Barcelona centered upon the need for local, environmentally conscious solutions to be incorporated into the planning of the cities of the future. Yokohama, Nice and the Barcelona based group, Agbar, won awards for their environmental projects. Continue Reading →

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