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For many, the very mention of Tijuana conjures up images of debauchery, drunken 18-year olds, and Montezuma’s Revenge. What it might not conjure is a vision of sustainability. Especially when it’s in terms of tract housing developments. Yet Urbi, one of Mexico’s premiere housing developers, is attempting to create just that.

As this past weekend's oil summit failed to lower gas prices, the debate on ethanol was refueled, dividing the line between McCain and Obama as they campaign for the presidency.

As we mark the official start of summer this weekend, like in years past, many storefronts from Rodeo Drive to Fifth Avenue to London’s West End will open up their doors, offering cool, air-conditioned oases from the sweltering heat of the streets. Yet, what serves as a clever marketing ploy for the businesses—often successfully luring in helpless passersby first for the cool and then keeping them there for their wares—is also, as you might imagine, a huge waste of energy.

According to a new study released by PricewaterouseCoopers for the Grocery Manufacturers Associtaion (GMA): green is good. Increasingly, some of the biggest brand names in the world are implementing sustainable practices into their business, and it’s starting to pay off for them.