I was reading about e3bank, a Philadelphia based-financial institution that plans to service environmentally conscious corporate and retail customers. Every decision the bank makes must be done with both financial and environmental considerations in mind to keep the "Green" business status. They will provide loans to help home and business owners make costly environmentally friendly changes to their home or building. They claim that a green bank can command a much higher value than your average bank because the greentech sector is popu;ar among investors.

I thought this very accurate, especially with what we are doing on this site. We must get communities working together.

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions, curbing our
addiction to oil, seeking energy independence, adopting renewable
energy sources, ending pollution of air and water from energy
consumption are all still tasks on the playlist of changes needed for
the coming years.

Not a surpise at all, but as the economy gets tight, saving the planet goes by the way side. I understand that long term global solutions dont matter as much as eating next week, but we need to keep the cause alive to keep the earth turning. An exerpt from a good article I found today on the issue: