Recently, Greennovators had the opportunity to visit the site of the new China factory of carpet manufacturing company Interface. This factory shows how it is possible to combine a profitable business with a strict focus on sustainable operations. Interface is a poster child of the sustainable business community, and has been the subject of many case studies on how to turn a profit-driven business into an environmentally responsible entity. The story started in 1994, when Interface CEO Ray Anderson was struck by the fact that his company did not have an environmental vision. "Business is the largest,...

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Dear friends of Greennovate, Our latest “Greennovate Movie Night”---"Earthlings" is over. At first, we would like to express our appreciation to all the guests in our events. It’s because of you that we are more motivated to do it! If you want to know more about this movie, please go to Greennovate's douban's homepage: http://www.douban.com/host/greennovate/ We and our lovely rooftop just can’t wait to see you again, no matter if you are our old friend or first-time guest. Please bring your own snacks and drinks, so that we can appreciate this great movie! Time: Wed, 14 July,...

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14/07 – Geennovate Movie Night – ‘The 11th Hour’ Dear friends of Greennovate, here comes our latest "Greennovate Movie Night". At first, we would like to express our appreciation to all the guests in our last five screenings. It's because of you that we are more motivated to do it! On this Wednesday, our roof-top will stage "The 11th Hour". According to Chris, the environmental wizard in our office, we will encounter many famous environmentalists in this movie, and Chris will do a little explaination before we show the movie. If you want to know more about this movie, please go to IMDB. We...

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Yes, yes... we know that it took us a looooong time to set this up so thank you for your patience. We hope that our new greennovate.net offers everything you wanted to know about us and more. We  spent some time on a new resources section to save some of your time and we welcome any more suggestions. Regards from our Shanghai office where Rui, Judy, Tea and Louis are working hard to get the Chinese version up and running soon! Stay cool.

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TEDxShanghai was an independently-organized chapter of the world-renowned TED Talks and we were very excited to be a part of it. Mihela spoke about rediscovering common sense and how it could be applied in the form of a Common Sense Index to inform consumers about the environmental and social impacts of their purchases. The event was streamed live on Tudou. More information at www.tedxshanghai.com.

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Spark09 event was organized by ClarkMorgan covering igniting ideas and propelling Shanghai back into a positive state-of-mind based on topics in Humanity, Environment, Business and Science.  Mihela delivered a speech 'How doubling contributes to a greener China' to inspire businesses and individuals to take actions towards better quality of life. Find out more at www.spark09.org

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Greennovate and Naked Retreats are joining forces to create more reason to come and enjoy the fresh mountain air of Moganshan! The partnership between two companies will be contributing to sustainable development by educating the next generation of decision-makers and series of innovative green projects throughout 2009. GECKO program will be launched in February in Moganshan town’s middle school with Greennovate teaching 200 kids for the next 6 months. At the same time, Naked Retreats are integrating Greennovate’s BEAT , Business environmental awareness...

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