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What’s Green and 86 Stories Tall?

  Photography by Daniel Schwen One of New York City’s most iconic buildings has now become one of its greenest: the 80-year-old Empire State Building has been awarded LEED-Gold for Existing Buildings certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. But … Continue reading

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Serious Fun with Gamification

Game ON! app If you liked our June story, “The Play’s the Thing,” about how the Green Meetings Industry Council used a multi-player game to help attendees engage with content at the 2011 Sustainable Meetings Conference, you’re going to love … Continue reading

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Lights! Camera! Act Green!

As crucial as they may be toward making meetings sustainable, low-flush toilets and double-sided copies aren’t exactly … fun. But these fake movie trailers created by the fertile minds at Travel Portland are. This is just one of a handful … Continue reading

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Bobble-icious

I’ve lived in Bergen County, N.J., for nearly 30 years, and I’ve never gotten used to the chlorinated taste of the tap water here. Just over on the other side of the Hudson River, New York City has great-tasting tap … Continue reading

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