Web Extras Clean AND Green: Renewable Energy Efforts Turn a Profit for Safeway Q and A with Joe Pettus including what engineering teaches you (versus what business school teaches you) and where California should have put its mountains. Combatting Poverty Through Business Leeds alum Brian Lewandowski shares memories from volunteering with the Peace Corps in the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Along with teaching business and commerce, he also learned indelible lessons about writing business plans and taking risks. Energy Efficiency Squared In October 2008, Ghirardelli Square revamped its efforts to make a stand on going green. They reached out to Environmental Building Strategies for a waste reduction plan.
Interns with Energy: MBA Students Join NREL’s Forces Read tips on how these MBAs scored internships at NREL and how to pursue a business career in renewable energy. Thought and grit: G. Chris Andersen embraces the risk of business From fruit bowls to bust to breaking even: G. Chris Andersen shares his first foray into business. Tough Stuff: Social Enterprise Brings Solar Energy to Developing Countries Learn about how buyers of Tough Stuff products earn their money back in 10 weeks, and how each Solar Village Entrepreneur eliminates the waste of over 9,600 batteries per year.
Winds of Change: Clean Power and Business Sense Converge at Vestas Learn more more about the grit and glamour of the wind industry, including recollections of an encounter with “What was her name? She won the Oscar® for Monster?” and “the guy who was in Titanic.”
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