September 2, 2011

Consumers willing to pay more for sustainable apparel | University of Missouri study

The public often views the apparel industry as lacking transparency, sustainability and ethical practices. Scandals such as child labor, sweat shops and environmentally damaging manufacturing methods have alienated many consumers from the industry. University of Missouri researchers, however, recently discovered that consumers are willing to support apparel companies that employ sustainable and ethical practices; but

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It’s all business, and it’s all personal | Leading Clearly » Tony Richards

Everything today is moving faster than ever. As Baptist minister Henry Emerson Fosdick said in the early 20th century, “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” Maintaining balance in the world-on-my-hip technological environment we live in today can

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Medical office building to occupy last lot in Broadway Bluffs

A new medical office building is planned for the last of five commercial lots in Broadway Bluffs, west of Culver’s on East Broadway. The 17,000-square-foot, three-story building will be owned and occupied by Magnolia Critical Care and Internal Medicine. It will be approximately three months to start construction. Dr. Ramen Puri is head of the

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Electrostatic painting gives new life to old furnishings

Green is more than just a color choice when it comes to electrostatic painting. Old office furniture can be repainted to look like new with this factory-finish painting technique, and it can be done at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Pat McMurry, interior finish contractor with Missouri Painting, transformed outdated, faded and

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Columbia businesses rally around ‘green’ efforts | Power Lunch

Jim Oakley of O2Geothermal does a lot of traveling throughout Missouri, and he said that, in terms of sustainability, he believes Columbia is far ahead of other cities in the state. “With the number of green initiatives here, we have a lot to be proud of,” Oakley said during the Columbia Business Times Power Lunch on

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