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Organic waste startup Re-Nuble pursues renewable energy goals, as well

By On December 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Crowdfunding Eco-Spotlight

One man’s trash, another’s treasure? In sustainability, we try to reframe business and social challenges as opportunities. Food waste in the U.S. is astounding–33 million tons per year, or more than 4 pounds per person per day. Whether it’s food that was too hot, too cold, or just a person who prefers not […]

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Are You a Sustainability Professional Looking to Make Extra Money and Advance the Green Economy?

By On October 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Crowdfunding Eco-Spotlight, Sustainability Information

Business owners are busy people. If you are one, you know what I’m talking about. If you’ve ever tried to work with one, you *really* know what I’m talking about. I was asked in a recent interview on NPR a question that is pretty typical: given how busy people are, and how […]

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A startup aiming to make independent farms more profitable

By On July 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Crowdfunding Eco-Spotlight, Start a Green Business

Small farms often struggle to compete with industrial agriculture. Big Ag, using GMO seeds and loads and loads of chemicals, can crank out high yields and depress prices to the point that small farmers are often pushed to the brink of bankruptcy if they try to compete on price alone. Big Ag’s […]

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Crowdfunding eco-spotlight: iZen bamboo keyboards and iPad stands

By On March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Crowdfunding Eco-Spotlight, Marketing Green

At GreenBusinessOwner.com, we appreciate the concept of crowdfunding. It’s one of the big game-changers in the social entrepreneurship field, helping people not just to raise money for a great idea, but to actually test whether it is, indeed, a great idea. If people will pre-buy your products before you’ve produced them, then it’s likely that […]

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