Resources Sandia National Laboratories - Prosperity Games This is a new type of forum for simulating and exploring complex issues in a variety of areas including economics, politics, sociology, environment, education, research, health care, etc. More . . . The Book that Changed Interface Flooring: Ecology of Commerce Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Flooring, one billion dollar a year business, to become a "zero-waste" company. And here is the book that changed him and his business: Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken - Published in 1993, ISBN 0887307043. An extensive and truly ecological analysis of business, discussing the need for a system of commerce and production that focuses on a restorative model rather than a sustainable one. Hawken's premise is that embedded in each environmental problem is a realizable and crucial design solution, and the book addresses a set of objectives to achieve these solutions.

What is Industrial Ecology? Here is what Ray Anderson, Interface Flooring's CEO Says: "It's about living and working in ways that don't jeopardize the future of our social, economic and natural resources. In business, sustainability means managing human and natural capital with the same vigor we apply to the management of financial capital. It means widening the scope of our awareness so we can understand fully the "true cost" of every choice we make. " More . . . Ford's Corporate Citizenship Report "Building Relationships... and Setting the Course" is the theme of our 2000 Corporate Citizenship Report. During the past year, we built and nurtured relationships with people inside and outside Ford with diverse perspectives on sustainability and corporate citizenship. The insights gained from these relationships have helped us set the course for our transition toward sustainability. More . . . Institutional Inefficiency Buildings rarely are built to use energy efficiently, despite the sizable costs that inefficient designs impose on building owners, occupants, and the utility companies that serve them. These guidelines for overcoming the market failure that is now causing widespread energy waste were developed by Amory Lovins. More . . . FEMP - Federal Greening Toolkit This comprehensive web site covers developing management buy-in, creating factors, success stories, and how to conduct a greening design workshop. More . . . Vision 21 Energy Plant of the Future Under development by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, the concept envisions a virtually pollution-free energy plant. Unlike today's single purpose power plants that produce only electricity, a Vision 21 plant would produce multiple products - perhaps electricity in combination with liquid fuels and chemicals or hydrogen or industrial process heat. It also would not be restricted to a single fuel type; instead, it could process a wide variety of fuels such as coal, natural gas, biomass, petroleum coke (from oil refineries), and municipal waste. It would generate electricity at unprecedented efficiencies, and coupled with carbon sequestration technologies, it would emit little if any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. More . . .