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Green Plus™ Award Winners Discuss Local Impact on National Policy

Green Plus™ Award Winners Discuss Local Impact on National Policy

(Washington, D.C.) The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, OH, Savannah, GA, and North Myrtle Beach, S.C. were each awarded a 2011 Green Plus Award for community-based innovation in sustainable economic development. The awards were made … Continue Reading

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How Cities Like Chattanooga Can Alter the National Discussion

How Cities Like Chattanooga Can Alter the National Discussion

(From the Chattanooga Times Free Press) “A group of national business and environmental leaders last week honored Chattanooga’s economic development agency for bringing Volkswagen to what was formerly one of the most polluted sites in the South. space J.Ed. Marston, … Continue Reading

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The 2011 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards Video & Still Photos

The 2011 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards Video & Still Photos

Check out our new video from the 2011 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards, presented by GlaxoSmithKline at the Research Triangle Park Foundation, and click here to see still photos from the event. The Green Plus Awards recognize smaller for-profit and non-profit … Continue Reading

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Accepting Nominations: Green Plus Sustainable City of the Year, due 4/15

Accepting Nominations: Green Plus Sustainable City of the Year, due 4/15

In partnership with Next American City and Partners for Livable Communities, the Institute for Sustainable Development will make its first Green Plus City Award for a U.S. or Canadian town or city that has demonstrated exemplary leadership in making its community more sustainable. The … Continue Reading

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Accepting Nominations: Green Plus Sustainable Chamber of the Year, due 4/15

Accepting Nominations: Green Plus Sustainable Chamber of the Year, due 4/15

In 2011, the Institute will offer two distinct Green Plus Sustainable Chamber of the Year Awards The Green Plus Chamber Award for Leadership in Sustainable Economic Development   Green Plus Chamber Award for Leadership in Member Sustainability Nominate a U.S. or Canadian … Continue Reading

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2011 Green Plus Award North American Sustainable Enterprise Finalists Announced

2011 Green Plus Award North American Sustainable Enterprise Finalists Announced

The Institute for Sustainable Development has announced its finalists for the 2011 Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards. The Green Plus Awards recognize organizations not only for their environmental efforts, but for their success in balancing strong business, community and … Continue Reading

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Get your tickets for the 2011 Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards

Get your tickets for the 2011 Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards

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Dec 22 Deadline for 2011 North American Sustainable Enterprise awards

Dec 22 Deadline for 2011 North American Sustainable Enterprise awards

Each year, the Institute for Sustainable Development recognizes a number of smaller enterprises, chambers of commerce, and cities for their exceptional sustainability efforts and for the example they set for other organizations at the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards. … Continue Reading

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About the Next American City Challenge

About the Next American City Challenge

How is your city addressing the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century? Is it  developing transportation alternatives to the car? Is it rehabilitating vacant properties and preparing for demographic shifts and economic changes? Are you and your friends creating … Continue Reading

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“The Dollars and Sense of Green Business: Chambers of Commerce as the New Champions of a Green Economy”

“The Dollars and Sense of Green Business: Chambers of Commerce as the New Champions of a Green Economy”

Partners for Livable Communities has released its second volume of the Economics of Sustainability, “The Dollars and Sense of Green Business,“ made possible by support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The publication explores sustainability innovation and leadership in 22 chambers of … Continue Reading

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