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It’s always interesting to visit an IKEA store and discover the wide range of furniture and home solutions. The inspirational design and low prices of the products is amazing. In the near future, you might even find solar panels and green tech products at IKEA.
According to the Cleantech Group, IKEA plans to invest €50 million in clean tech [...]

trendwatching.com, an Amsterdam-based independent trend firm, scans the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For their June 2008 Trend Briefing, the focus is on 3 trends for the branding of eco products and services: ECO-ICONIC, ECO-EMBEDDED and ECO-BOOSTERS. Read the full Trend Briefing.
1. ECO-ICONIC
Eco-friendly goods and services sporting bold, iconic [...]

Take a peek into some green personal mobility products below. On the growing trend of green personal mobility, companies need to ask themselves: Are we ready to tap on this trend? Are there opportunities or threats?
Personal Transport Mobility
Use your own personal transport to move around. No more travelling by cars or waiting for taxis. Toyota has developed the personal mobile transporter [...]

Colliers International recently launched r.e.Design in Singapore - a guide to green real estate for developers, landlords and tenants. r.e.Design has four categories including Managing Green, Developing Green, Occupying Green and Living Green. The guide shares with real estate players on being sustainable, implementing green real estate practices, and the opportunities and challenges involved. The [...]

Green Business Times is starting an advice column, which will be published every Friday under the Ask category. Send us your questions related to business and the environment, or related to topics covered on Green Business Times. The questions would help us to understand what you are concerned about or interested in.
We will choose the best questions and [...]

The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder is an excellent book for all individuals and investors who are interested in clean technologies and the opportunities involved. The authors highlight eight major clean technologies (Solar Energy; Wind Power; Biofuels and Biomaterials; Green Buildings; Personal Transportation; Smart [...]