I love a good green story, especially one that saves the environment and makes money at the same time …
ecoEnvelopes from the states have been working with the postal service to get their re-usable envelopes accredited for use in the US mail system. Look at the stats:
Some 81 billion return envelopes are sent through the […]

 
If Michael Whelan’s dream comes true, the Atlantic ocean will soon help keep the lights on in Ireland. And if it does, it will complete a circuit for Whelan: 30 years ago he was a commercial diver working on North Sea oil and gas installations. Returning to Ireland in the 1980s, he started a marine […]

 
Chances are that Louis Michaud is one of very few people who spend their days trying to make tornadoes. A year ago, the retired petrochemical engineer put together what looked a bit like a high-tech kiddie swimming pool. Only rather than splashes, this pool tends to generate twisters about as high as the garage.
Michaud is […]

 
Sometimes a hobby can take on a life of its own. If you are lucky, that hobby turns into a viable business opportunity.
What started as a creative outlet for junk mail frustration has now become a line of magnets, beads, wallets and handbags all made from unwanted catalogs, credit card offers and other mailbox invaders. […]

 
The number of eco-businesses and green business sprouting up around the world is very uplifting as-well is the welcome grants and funding been thrown at some of these excellent ideas.
So here is an excellent invention which turns the energy people create as they walk, run and otherwise go about their daily activities into electricity - […]

 
Want to start a business, how about starting a business and offering it to taxi firms. I had an idea when getting driven home this weekend by a taxi. Now when i use a taxi in London one firm has taken advantage of a council grant by converting their cars so they can run on […]

 
Putting its money where its mouth is on social issues and the non-profit sector, GOOD magazine donates every penny raised from subscription fees to charity. That’s already helped founder Ben Goldhirsh do good by raising more than $380,000 in just three issues!
Ben Goldhirsh founded GOOD Magazine and Reason Pictures in 2004. Starting from the back […]

 
What with the Foot and Mouth scare again at the moment, it might not be flavour of the month but Lycetts, the countryside insurance broker, is today urging entrepreneurs not to miss out on the prize of £10,000, to be awarded to this year’s Young Rural Entrepreneur. 
Run in conjunction with the rural magazine The Field […]

I have this week followed the press coverage of Sir Richard Branson. Virgin’s founder talks about why fellow entrepreneurs are uniquely suited to help fight problems such as poverty, AIDS, and climate change.
Branson says:
“A staggering half the planet lives on less than $2 per day. Some one billion people lack access to clean water. In […]

I glanced over a report this weekend regarding patio heaters, they are set to double in sales over the next year. With the smoking ban forcing people outside to smoke and the approaching winter, pubs and bars are buying patio heaters to keep smokers happy. There is also an increase in people buying them for […]