Leo Raudys, Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability at Best Buy, was drawn to the company after careers in policymaking and scientific fields because of the brand’s strong history of innovation. One of Best Buy’s biggest environmental successes is its electronics takeback program, which provides consumers with a convenient place — Best Buy stores — to […]

Jim Bodden founded WOW 1 DAY! Painting as a means to reduce the mess, the stress and the disruption of repainting a home. In 2008, he launched the company with a supreme focus on speedy quality. Bodden estimates that about 85% of the jobs the company quotes can be fulfilled in just one day. And, with […]

Erik Rhyne took his passion for eco-friendly living and his experience as a technician for BMW to start an Honest-1 Auto Care franchise in Greensboro, NC. At Rhyne’s shop, small touches like paperless billing, a store-side garden and complete parts recycling add up to big green savings. “The automotive world is inherently a dirty world,” […]

All it took was an article she read for Beth Terry, author of Plastic Free and creator of myplasticfreelife.com, to change her plastic-buying ways. Now, six years in, Terry has managed to reduce her plastic waste to a level that every American should aspire to. “I just decided to see what it would be like to […]

Chicago’s Half Acre Beer Company joined the NRDC’s Brewers for Clean Water campaign, and co-owner and head brewer Matt Gallagher speaks to the importance of quality, consistent water sources needed to make great beer. Half Acre would not be the success story it is if it did not have access to its Lake Michigan water source. “Water is vitally […]