Monthly Archives: April 2012

This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Could rising gas prices boost Chicago battery-tech startup?

No one wants to see the price of gasoline climb to $5 a gallon, but one Chicago startup could get a lift from more people trading in cars for electric scooters or motorcycles. AllCell Technologies LLC, a small firm that patented … Continue reading

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Wicker Park fair aims to inspire small firms to go green

More than 75 Chicago small business owners recently walked away with ideas about how to green their operations and save money after attending a Wicker Park meet-up with sustainable vendors and organizations. In late March, the Wicker Park Bucktown (WPB) Chamber … Continue reading

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Startup promotes sustainability by sharing stuff, not selling it

Chuck Templeton is building a new kind of sustainable online start-up that encourages people to share what they already have and stop buying stuff they may not need. He launched OhSoWe with partner Arun Sivashankaran a little over a year ago as … Continue reading

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