Newsletter [No. 9]
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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 9]
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HEADLINES
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- 6 House Plants That Can Improve the Air Quality In Your Home
- Making Green Procurement Easier
- Going Green: Laundry
- Innovative Bicycle Sharing
- Scan Product Barcode iPhone App
- Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010
- Green procurement in the Asian public sector and Hong Kong
- Consumers worry about giving utilities power to shut off appliances
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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6 House Plants That Can Improve the Air Quality In Your Home
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/08/6_house_plants_that_can_improv.html
The article introduces 3 Plants that Can Generate Plenty of Fresh Air
and 3 More Plants that Can Improve Air Quality in Your Home.
Making Green Procurement Easier
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/environmentbiz/a/greenprocure.htm
Rediscover the benefits of eating locally. Not only does it give you a
healthier lifestyle, it is also good for the environments.
Going Green: Laundry
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/07/going_green_laundry.html
While there are many laundry products such as detergents that claim to
reduce environmental impacts, it is more important to learn better
laundry habits in order to reduce your laundry footprint.
Innovative Bicycle Sharing
http://www.bcycle.com/
B-Cycle is a bicycle sharing service becoming available in major US
cities including New York City and San Francisco. It aims to expand
their business throughout the country.
Scan Product Barcode iPhone App
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/05/scan_product_barcode_iphone_ap.html
GoodGuide provides information about products' ecological impacts. Its
iPhone application scans product barcodes to show you their ratings.
Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/05/green_business_africa_summit_e.html
The Green Business Africa Summit & Expo is Africa’s first flagship
event that brings to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the
business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility
(CSR).
Green procurement in the Asian public sector and Hong Kong
http://www.igpn.org/news/2010/05/green_procurement_in_the_asian.html
CEO of Hong Kong Green Council and her associates have published a paper
titled "Green procurement in the Asian public sector and the Hong Kong",
which reviews the procurement practices and policies of five Asian
countries and Hong Kong, in the context of an international overview
of green purchasing and practices.
Consumers worry about giving utilities power to shut off appliances
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MzgyODg
A decided majority of electricity customers would not sign up for demand
management programs that allowed utilities to remotely control home
appliances unless they could override the utilities' actions.
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