Today's Top Five CSR - Sustainability Stories- 8/27/08

• Posted by Zach Lane
• On August 27, 2008


• Interests: Top News

The JustMeans staff hand picks today's five most interesting and important stories in the world of sustainable thinking.

New York Times, sustainability, Lowville - Wind energy has been plagued lately by numerous problems, from government corruption to mysterious cases of bats getting the bends.  The New York Times reports today on another challenge facing wind energy, which is that it can be difficult to find electric lines to accomodate the new energy source.  Wind energy hubs across America have been plagued by congested power lines, and there doesn't seem to be an easy solution in sight.

Bloomberg, development, Beijing - Dell Inc. is making its biggest push ever to sell computers to emerging market customers.  The firm announced that it will be selling two laptops and two desktops in China, both priced between $400 and $500.  The machines have been stripped down technologically and include free software, making them more affordable for consumers in developing nations.

Los Angeles Times, sustainability?, Berlin - Google helped to make a new discovery about cows recently.  Turns out our methane emitting friends have another interesting skill - they can sense magnetic fields.  Based on images captured from Google Earth, it appears that cows face north when they graze and south when they relax.  According to the L.A. Times, experts acknowledge that "the research almost certainly has no practical applications."

Canada News Wire, CSR, Mississauga - Wal Mart Canada President and CEO David Cheesewright announced that the company will be cutting its carbon footprint by more than 30% in new Wal Mart stores that will open in 2009.  The company has a wide variety of innovative ways to save energy, such as using heat waste from appliances to warm other parts of the store for customers.

GreenBiz, CSR, Roundrock - Burnes Home Accents, a Texas based photo frame company, found a way to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills by 25%.  The company is now recycling sawdust and incorporating it into new frames, and executives are also looking at the firm's packaging practices to examine other ways to become more sustainable.

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