Ben 's Mustang Daily Portfolio

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Local and international internships that make difference
Jun 01, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

Sustainability-oriented and green-minded internships may just be a more fulfilling way to spend your summer during a down economy.




Vertical farms could supply fresh produce year round
May 25, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

Columbia University professor Dickson Despommier has generated a fair amount of attention with his concept for “vertical farms,” stacked, self-contained urban biosystems that would — theoretically — supply fresh produce for city residents year round.




Future of innovation is reliant on nature
May 18, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

Biomimicry is the redesign of industrial processes and products based on new understandings of how natural systems and creatures accomplish similar ends — and it may be the most promising branch of the growing sustainable design movement.




Is green suburbia really possible?
May 11, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

Forty miles north of San Francisco, on the site of a former industrial park, work is underway on the ambitious new Sonoma Mountain Village, a 200-acre development that aims to be truly sustainable.




Find your niche in the scheme of green
May 05, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

Anyone with a successful career has at some point taken an inventory of their skills and interests and funneled them into a position that pays. Turn what you are merely good at into a career you love by finding a way integrate sustainability into your area of expertise.




Corporate lobbyist transparency needed for the green age
Apr 27, 2009 in Columns& Opinion

See, a huge number of companies make modest improvements in practices, but lobby all-out, in a variety of ways, to stall the adoption of higher standards, better land-use practices, green taxes or even health and safety regulations. And the impacts of those lobbying efforts usually far, far outweigh the good they claim to be doing with their pilot green efforts.



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