What we need, to borrow another word from the green vernacular, is balance.
Carbon-emissions trading is becoming increasingly widespread within the industry, as is carbon off-setting, the latter involving passengers paying a voluntary surcharge to help finance the planting of trees or other green projects and so balance out the environmental damage caused by their journey.
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The contemplative Mr Green and the restless Mr Geoghegan seemed to balance each other out.
He insists that industry, as well as governments, must tackle the core issues, rather than trying to rid themselves of responsibility through measures like carbon offsetting - where individuals or companies balance their carbon output by financing green projects.
"In the late 1980s, the sheer size of the project stretched the company's balance sheet a little bit, " concedes Green.
To balance against this negative image of alternative or green lighting, LED lighting manufacturers have to reassure the public that their products are easy to use, are affordable and, furthermore, delight the public with new must-have features.
Meanwhile, corporations will hire consultants to generate artificial grass-roots e-mail in support of their own positions, to balance out the e-mail that congressmen receive from green citizens.
The balance of power in the lower house will rest with a Green, and four independents, who are understandably playing one side off against the other (see article).
The vestibule before it for gathering and circulation is a horizontal rectangular volume, while the front portico is a temple form with open walls (a perfect balance of voids and mass), serving as a transition space from the exterior green to interior enclosures.
Charles Green, chief executive officer of Trusted Advisor Associates, challenges the automakers to do more than just improve their balance sheets.
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