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  NAC exclusive interview: Marc Alt, founding co-chair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Mar 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, green, economy, energy, china, nac, legislation, ethanol, gm, aiga, corporatations, marc alt, greenwashing, philadelphia society of ethics | 0

  Before he gave a lecture on green design at the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) center in Philadelphia, Marc Alt, the center’s co-founder, sat down for an interview with Jeffrey Hill of Next American City. In their conversation, Alt spoke about the new, trendy environmental focus of many American businesses. Read on to find out why Alt gave an unlikely corporation—Wal-Mart—a green thumbs up.

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• Headlines

  HUD lifeline, GM loses millions, Hillary: “you are not a jedi, yet.” more.

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Feb 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, hillary clinton, barack obama, china, gm, medha patkar, edmonton, denmark, mark rosentraub, project lifeline, co-evolution | 0

  Government “lifeline” for deliquent mortgages.

  The Bush administration’s hope to counter falling house prices and rising mortgage defaults is the “Hope Alliance,” which is planning to give homeowners more breathing room to pay bills. Houston Chronicle reports: “Against a backdrop of surging defaults and administration officials’ prodding of the mortgage industry, the plan will allow seriously overdue homeowners to suspend foreclosures for 30 days while lenders try to work out more…

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