And that appealed to anyone who spent time outdoors: campers, hikers, rock climbers and the environmentally conscious.
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China's economic boom creates another opportunity, he says, as the country's wealth makes it more environmentally conscious.
He says: By now you should be environmentally conscious, so using 10 paper towels when two will do is unacceptable.
As one of their initiatives, local business owners have developed a line of products that appeal to environmentally conscious consumers.
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Add it all up and we just might be looking at the most environmentally conscious blockbusters ever to grace the silver screen.
This matters to environmentally conscious buyers, including Whole Foods and the Dressing Room, Paul Newman and Michel Nischan's restaurant in Westport, Conn.
And with a hybrid, it's like, 'Look at me, I'm environmentally conscious.
For the past eight years, Ms. Jewell has been the CEO of REI, one of America's most successful and environmentally conscious retailers.
It's perhaps an appropriate soundtrack to the duo's environmentally conscious touring style.
Formerly a government-subsidized purchase made only by the environmentally conscious, the Prius has now been adopted by the masses for its economy.
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Others still fill more niche markets, for example environmentally conscious business startups.
The brightly-coloured Hi-Matic hotel in the east of Paris, which opened in 2011, also has a designer decor and a focus on being environmentally conscious.
Noah Wild, created this year, is a line of apparel, backpacks, water bottles and such for environmentally conscious kids under the age of 10.
One of his current challenges is to design a metal case for a cellular phone, which may appeal to environmentally conscious consumers who disapprove of plastic.
In an oligopolistic market where new competitors look for ways to standout, Kanon Vodka is targeting the so-called 21-century consumer: environmentally conscious with a taste for partying.
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The Foundation for Social Change sees to it that they stay real by working with companies on achieving their business goals in a socially and environmentally conscious way.
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As many markets become ever more "transparent" to environmentally conscious customers, the pursuit of sustainability will shift from a choice that companies make to a sheer necessity of survival.
The county commission there has come up with a couple of initiative to address the ever-expanding size of the houses there, and what it means for this environmentally conscious community.
The most environmentally conscious sector however, it is not.
But like many market experiments, these suffer from a selection bias problem: Many of the people who want to buy or use these devices are already more environmentally conscious than average.
As the general public becomes increasingly environmentally conscious, they in turn expect companies that they do business with to share their values in the products they offer and the way they operate.
Zipcar is part of a larger trend of environmentally conscious consumers who are interested in accessing products but not necessarily owning them, said Shelby Clark, chief executive of new start-up and Zipcar competitor RelayRides.
Charles Haddrell of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, an economic-development agency, says it benefits from the combination of Pacific and urban cultures, an emphasis on natural fibres that appeal to environmentally conscious buyers, and a fresh and quirky approach.
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The car was built by the SUNY New Paltz Solarcar Racing Team in partnership with The Solar Energy Consortium as a way to promote environmentally conscious design and solar power as a viable energy source for personal transportation.
Nature Iraq promotes projects designed to make the marshes' revival sustainable, including plans for a fish hatchery, tourist development and environmentally conscious "Green Villages, " where marsh people can practice their traditional culture while enjoying access to modern education and health care.
The country's steady economic and political advance since its restoration of democracy is leading to the development of a larger and more environmentally conscious middle class, a phenomenon which in richer countries has forced governments to take tougher action to conserve natural resources.
However, other colliery sites in the area are gradually coming back to life, often as business parks, nature conservation areas or in the case of the old Ollerton pit site, an "energy village" of housing, offices and light industry all built along environmentally conscious lines.
Three engineering students developed a pair of "anti-rape" undies that fend off would-be attackers with an electric shock, and in a discovery that could be a game-changer for environmentally conscious parents, scientists have figured out a way to make super-absorbent diapers from carbon dioxide.
If social entrepreneurship is ultimately about solving pressing social and environmental problems, the best chance Korea, or any other society that needs positive change at scale, has at succeeding is building an ecosystem that generates a large pool of socially and environmentally conscious problem solvers citizens who have the skills and confidence to drive change when they see a problem so that we can outrun problems for good.
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