Known for his environmental investments, godfather of green Vinod Khosla, who was named as the most successful venture capitalist of all time by Fortune in 2000, likes investing his own money in “impulsive science experiments” to satisfy his curiosity.

She is a known environmentalist; co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute; co-author of Natural Capitalism (along with eight other books); millennium "Hero of the Planet" by Time Magazine—her credentials go on. But don’t let that cowboy hat fool you.

Sometimes, the most innovative of ideas that could potentially change the world come in the most familiar of places. Take the case of Al Costa, founder and CEO of US-based Brazilian biofuel company Alkol, Inc. His company gave rise to the 1Hour Flex, a conversion system

The University of Mississippi (UM) in Oxford, Mississippi will be displaying real-time results of their energy consumption on Facebook, Twitter and through RSS feeds. The school has partnered with SmartSynch Inc., a smart grid infrastructure firm that uses public wireless network Internet

Dutch international express and mail delivery services company TNT is in the business of transferring goods and documents around the globe, mainly by air and land. TNT’s business is to deliver the “business” of its customers at the right time and at the right place. However, by

The retail sector is among the most ardent purchasers of renewable energy credits. With numerous stores scattered all over the globe, large retail companies turn to alternative energy to offset their massive electricity consumption and reduce their carbon footprint.

Australia’s Solar Cities Project is a 94-million-dollar (Australian) government initiative which aims to trial new sustainable methods of electricity generation in seven cities across the country. The program, which is implemented by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and

Renewables is not merely a “sector” in Germany—it is a well-established, mature industry. The government, through pioneering legislation such as the Law for the Priority of Renewable Energy and agency support from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, has been

Not long ago, researching for information meant going to your local library and cracking open the encyclopedias or reference books. Today, you don’t even have to leave your own home as search engines allow us to access huge quantities of useful information with just a click of a button.

Two companies have teamed up to help with US state Georgia’s Sun Power for Schools program of the Green Power Electric Membership, that teaches students across Georgia about renewable energy and the benefits of sustainable living.

Chosen for the second time as one of the world’s most socially responsible companies in the 2009 Global 100, Neste Oil is an oil refining and marketing firm from Finland that cares. With the vision to be the world’s leading supplier of clean fuels, Neste Oil already has a multitude of green awards

The US $30 million green building program of Habitat for Humanity International and The Home Depot Foundation will be expanded on a national-scale.

With its rich environmental legacy spanning more than 60 years, the Walt Disney Company is no stranger to green living, having established new initiatives in the areas of waste, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint and to conserve resources. This comes to no surprise, considering that Disney is widely recognized by a creature of the environment—the world’s most famous mouse named Mickey.