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Greening Big Business: Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

Ray Anderson is known as ‘the greenest chief executive in America’ – but he wasn’t always that way. The founder and CEO of Interface Inc., a carpet tile company, found himself faced with giving a speech about his company’s approach to the environment in 1994 and it really made him think.
He told The New York [...]

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Is it Green? Louis Vuitton Solar-Powered Suitcase

‘High-tech suitcase’. ‘Sustainable Louis Vuitton’. The words in each of those phrases don’t seem to jive, yet put them all together and you’ve got this monstrosity, reportedly commissioned by a Chinese millionaire.
From the Alternative Consumer:
This luxury suitcase contains an assortment of gadgets and unnecessary tripe like a TV, DVD player, coffee maker and a handy [...]

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Who’s Who in Green: Anita Roddick

When Anita Roddick started The Body Shop in 1976, she just wanted to find a way to support her two young daughters. She didn’t realize at the time that her decision to open up this modest little shop, which sold natural bath and body products, would revolutionize the way businesses integrate ethics into their everyday [...]

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The Ultimate Fantasy Green Holiday Wish List

There are a growing number of green millionaires and billionaires out there, who have amassed their fortunes by doing good things for the earth. And, after giving a good portion of that money to charities that help preserve the environment, they’ve still got plenty of money to spend on ultimate eco-luxury items like the 7 [...]

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25 Rich Ass Greenies Who Made Their Fortune Saving the Environment (#5 – #1)

All this week, EarthFirst.com has counted down the world’s richest green entrepreneurs who have amassed fortunes ranging from the low millions to an incredible $3.4 billion mostly from doing good deeds for the planet.
We’re down to the top 5 – green billionaires who didn’t just start helping the environment after they became billionaires, they made [...]

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25 Rich Ass Greenies Who Made Their Fortune Saving the Environment (#10 – #6)

All this week, EarthFirst.com will be counting down the world’s richest green entrepreneurs who have amassed fortunes ranging from the low millions to an incredible $3.4 billion mostly from doing good deeds for the planet.
Next up on our countdown of 25 of the richest green businesspeople in the world are a husband and wife team, [...]

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