USGBC Launches Center for Green Schools

Oct. 5, 2010
23 min read
By Stowe Hartridge-Beam

In his book Ecological Intelligence, Dan Goleman argues for "radical transparency" in the next wave of EcoLabels in order to "introduce an openness about the consequences of the things we make, sell, buy and discard that goes beyond the current comfort zones of most businesses."

The interior design industry is already on this path, having been inundated with a wave of …

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