Here's what people are saying about Gary Hirshberg's Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World.
...Stonyfield was the first U.S. manufacturer to become carbon-neutral, balancing all its facility's emissions through investments in carbon offsets. To handle waste—typically, yogurt that fails the quality test—the company built an ecological pretreatment plant that turns waste to methane to help fuel its manufacturing facility.
The author provides many more examples of sustainable practices, and not just his own. Patagonia Inc. installed radiant heating and solar-tracking skylights in its huge distribution center in Reno, Nev., and cut energy use by 60%. Colorado's New Belgium Brewing, fully powered by wind, is the first brewery in the U.S. to eschew fossil fuels entirely.
Clif Bar, the Berkeley (Calif.) maker of nutritional supplements, offsets more than 100% of the carbon dioxide generated by its bakeries, shipping, business travel, and offices, and keeps office waste out of landfills through recycling and composting programs...
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