Dogtor Tess

Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It’s an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd. Like the Internet, sustainability spurs innovation in everything, from how you see your business model to whether you see your employees (why not let them work at home more?). Here are our favorite ways companies today are greening up–and saving money and making better widgets in the process:-

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Imagine that in the 1970s, some animation studio made a cartoon about the Pet Rock. “Oh, don’t be ridiculous,” you’re probably thinking. “That’s just patently stupid.” And yet in 1983, Ruby-Spears Productions unleashed “Rubik, the Amazing Cube” on an unsuspecting public.

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When you imagine a cat, chances are you imagine a tabby. From this week’s Pet Connection newspaper feature: (T)he tabby pattern, with its familiar stripes, is the most common in all of catdom. It’s so dominant that even some apparently solid-colored cats can be discovered, on close inspection, to have faint stripes, especially on their heads, legs and tails. [....] Tabbies can be further distinguished by differences in the pattern of their stripes. For example, a spotted tabby has gap

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1. Squidoo is a social networking site. If you’re familiar with MySpace, imagine it without the rowdy teenagers running amok. It’s a focal point for your interests, pursuits, charitable work, pet peeves or whatever else you imagine. Each member can have as many focal points as one wishes, called lenses. Think of it as the best of a blog, a Web site, an About Me page and a Search Results page, all rolled into one and crafted by YOU. 2. A lens is a focus on a given area – expertise, opinions, bu

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by Susan Honeywell Putting the decision to grow herbs and vegetables organically into practice may look like an overwhelming task, but you will quickly see that growing without artificial fertilizers or pesticides is very rewarding, and also easier than it may seem at first glance. If you already eat some organic herbs and vegetables, you will surely appreciate the better taste, the health benefits and also the lack of harmful residual substances. Imagine how great it would be if you had an

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