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donates 5% of all proceeds to selected non-profits.
earth pledge is our current beneficiary. together u&i make a difference!
sustaining the earth through
leadership, innovation and investment
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Our four initiatives aim to mitigate serious environmental problems, such as increasing temperatures, polluted waterways and aquifers, air pollution and habitat loss.
To do this, we implement projects, research impacts and educate professionals
across sectors on life-enhancing and profitable solutions.
Visit Earth Pledge at www.earthpledge.org
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Innovative Programs
- Viridian Project - green roofs for affordable housing.
- Green Roof Policy Task Force - partnership of city, state and federal agencies
- The Guardian Trust - long term monitoring and reporting on redeveloped brownfields
- Green Roof Toolbox - online tool for green roof implementation
Research
- First local, scientific monitoring research programs demonstrating and quantifying the value of the benefits of green roofs in New York City
- First in-situ energy and stormwater monitoring in NYC
- Creation of a computer simulation program quantifying the impact of potential green roof development
Publications
- Green Roofs: Ecological Design and Construction
- Sustainable Cities White Papers
- Sustainable Architecture White Papers
- Sustainable Cuisine White Papers
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Groundbreaking Symposia
- Verdopolis: the Future Green City - first sustainability summit of its kind
- The Business Case for Green Roofs - first NYC symposium on Green Roofs
- The Future of Sustainable Solid Waste Management - first NYC symposium on anaerobic digestion
- Corporate Social Responsibility Symposium
Awards and Notable Achievements
- USEPA Region 2 Environmental Achievement Award
- Interiors & Sources Magazine's Top 5 Environmental Champions
- Organic Farming Research Foundation research grant
- GreeningGotham.org, Earth Pledge's visionary website singatories includes NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, Congressman Charles Rangel, Robert Kennedy Jr., and many others
- The FutureFashion Runway Show features designs by 34 top designers including Oscar de la Renta, As Four, Imitation of Christ, Loomstate, Diane von Furstenberg
- Construction of the first Green Roof in New York
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