Actually, the Green Bank concept has been around for nearly a century, and began, in an unlikely commune in the Italian Alps during World War I amongst a group of artists that included Herman Hesse.
Someone, or a group of people, at Cars.com saw the concept and green lighted it for production.
Concept cars, especially green ones, periodically capture the public's imagination.
In other green transportation news, Cannondale unveiled a chainless concept bike that can changes shape as you ride it.
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Much like Element by Westin, Home2 Suites by Hilton is a green-minded mid-tier extended stay hotel concept ideal for business travelers looking to tread lightly on the planet.
The concept has been around for several years, but until now most Green Houses have shared a campus with sister care facilities, often large, more traditional nursing homes.
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It means "don't waste, " and it's the concept behind the country's push not only to make Japan green, but also to sell the technology it's developed around the world.
"There's really a chance here to profoundly reinvent the American concept of death, " says Joe Sehee, international director of the Green Burial Council, a nonprofit that certifies sustainable cemeteries.
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That has brought the concept friends who are not normally persuaded by environmental thinking, as well as green enemies who will brook no compromise.
Although this concept still means different things to different stakeholders, our position is that a Green Economy, or indeed any economy that is to be healthy and sustainable over the long-term, has to have at its core the maintenance of our natural capital.
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