{"id":7582,"date":"2010-06-18T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T13:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2010-06-18T08:20:22","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T13:20:22","slug":"green-business-blog-carnival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-business-blog-carnival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Business Blog Carnival #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7358\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7358 \" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/06\/gbbclogo.jpg\" alt=\"gbbclogo\" width=\"450\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gbbclogo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gbbclogo-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The greatest show online... the Green Business Blog Carnival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Welcome to (or welcome back to) the <strong>Green Business Blog Carnival<\/strong>, your weekly wrap-up of some of the most compelling content published on sustainable business. We&#8217;re proud to be co-sponsoring this traveling series of news, insight, and inspiration with our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/triplepundit.com\">Triplepundit<\/a> (who got us started with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2010\/06\/the-green-business-blog-carnival-1\/\">the first edition of the carnival<\/a>). Next Friday, head over to<a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\"> The Inspired Economist<\/a> to see what&#8217;s hot for the week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Since we call this a carnival, let&#8217;s make sure we set the proper mood&#8230; maestro, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodnoise.com\/samples\/m3u\/song\/10907978\/13920267.m3u\">strike up the band<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And away we go&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Author, educator and consultant Andres Edwards has been doing a lot of radio interviews with the release of his new book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andresedwards.com\/Writing\/tbs.html\">Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society<\/a> <\/em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsociety.com\/\">New Society Publishers<\/a>. You can check out those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andresedwards.com\/Writing\/tbs-interviews.html\">interviews<\/a> all in one place at his blog.<\/li>\n<li>Gia at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoplum.com\/blog\">EcoPlum<\/a> went in search of examples of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoplum.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/18\/green-design-not-so-green-implementation\/\">wasteful packaging<\/a>, sometimes for products that had other green benefits&#8230; and, with the help of some spotters, found plenty. Any ideas on how to let manufacturers know we don&#8217;t need all of this extra material?<\/li>\n<li>California may be on the way to a ban on plastic bags, so Wal-Mart decided to test out elimination of these &#8220;convenience&#8221; items at a handful of stores in the state. How&#8217;d it work out? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\">Triplepundit<\/a> has an overview of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2010\/06\/wal-mart-tries-plastic-bag-ban-but-will-public-buy-in\/\">the reaction&#8217;s to the bag ban<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As energy prices continue to rise, many home and business owners are checking out solar solutions to cutting their utility bills. Chris Hale at <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechies.com\">Cleantechies<\/a> provides an overview of the information you&#8217;ll need to gather prior to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleantechies.com\/2010\/06\/16\/how-to-install-solar-power-roof-backyard\/\">installing solar panels<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\">sustainablog<\/a>, we continued our &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/tag\/sustainablog-approved\/\">sustainablog Approved<\/a>&#8221; series with a profile of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/organic-t-shirts-humanwear\/\">Florida-based organic t-shirt company HumanWear<\/a>. Find out how they manage to localize their supply chain, and implement other green business practices.<\/li>\n<li>How much paper can a company save by switching to electronic signature technology? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docusign.com\/blog\/\">Docusign<\/a> claims that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityapartments.com\/\">Equity Residential<\/a>, a leading owner and operator of apartment properties, will eliminate the need for around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docusign.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/09\/esignature-to-save-equity-residential-six-million-sheets-of-paper-annually\/\">six million sheets of paper annually<\/a> with this technology.<\/li>\n<li>And, finally, the Gulf oil spill&#8217;s going to have a huge impact on not only coastal and ocean ecosystems, but the shift to cleaner energy sources. David Anderson at <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\">The Inspired Economist<\/a> takes a look backwards, and wants to know why oil services company Halliburton (yeah, that Halliburton) <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2010\/06\/17\/why-did-halliburton-buy-an-oil-cleanup-company-8-days-before-the-oil-spill\/\">bought an oil cleanup company<\/a> only eight days before the Deepwater Horizon disaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s a wrap for the week? Want our hosts to consider a post from your blog for upcoming editions of the Green Business Blog Carnival? Send it to us via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/green-business-blog-carnival\/\">our submission form<\/a>. 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