Prospectus
TOMORROW’S LEADING BUSINESSES ARE THINKING GREEN TODAY
Businesses across Western New York are struggling with the recession. Spending is down, hiring in some fields is nearly frozen, and consumer confidence is dangerously low. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:31 PM )
GREEN DREAMS COLLIDING WITH RECESSION REALITIES
John Huey, who travels all around the country preaching the gospel of green for Delaware North Cos., is a firm believer that what’s good for the environment can be good for business. But breaking old habits isn’t easy, and making a business environmentally friendly takes a strong commitment that begins at the top, he said. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:31 PM )
More than a color, green is a lifestyle
Consumers hear a lot about “green” construction of homes, but eco-style has moved into home furnishings and decor as well. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:30 PM )
Green is the priority in new construction
A green bottom line has always been the goal when commercial developers put shovels in the ground. But green development is increasingly about environmental goals, not just the color of money. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:30 PM )
Economic downturn trickles down
It sounds unorthodox, but David Canfield can offer reasons why the shipping industry is a reasonable barometer of the economy. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:19 PM )
Temps may find a bigger niche
Peter Durham sees most of 2009 mired in what “a perfect storm” in the employment and temporary-work markets. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:19 PM )
Chugging along the highway: cleaner trucks and fuel
That big truck passing you on the highway may appear to be doing more harm than good to the environment, but even the nation’s truckers are trying to clean up their act. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:28 PM )
Despite the recession, people still buying tech toys
The economy may be sinking, but don’t expect consumers to toss aside their tech toys. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:28 PM )
Praxair could be big supplier of liquid hydrogen for cars
NIAGARA FALLS — Praxair began “thinking green” at its Niagara Falls facility long before global warming became a common term in the United States. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:28 PM )
Wind-power plans are in the doldrums
Green power, green jobs, even a green economy — anything with a hue of mother nature was getting a lot of play nationally and locally during much of 2008. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:25 PM )
Being green and saving green often go hand-in-hand
Jim Baumann is being engulfed by plastic. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:25 PM )
There’s no sugarcoating it: Finding a job will be tough
Finding a good job is going to take a lot more work this year. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:26 PM )
In the right field, a career can be recession-proof
A recession isn’t necessarily the kiss of death when it comes to finding a job with long-term financial security. It’s all about entering a career field that isn’t completely reliant on the spending ability of others. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:27 PM )
Training is the key to finding a good job
A financial crisis, a slowing economy— and high-paying jobs sitting open? (Updated: 01/23/09 3:27 PM )
Green lessons begin in kindergarten
Students at the Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Education Services hope in the near future to include solar panels on the houses they build each year. (Updated: 01/23/09 3:27 PM )
