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How to give away $500,000
When Paige Cottingham-Streater joined the African-American Women's Giving Circle in the Washington, D.C., area, she expected to donate money and make contacts with other women. What she didn't expect was that she'd also make a lot of really good friends.
Would God buy that stock?
Socially responsible funds have begotten a subset of portfolios based on religious principles. Investors are guided by their beliefs, but how well do those translate into profit?
Ethanol reality check
Does it make sense to fill your car's gas tank with corn? Not necessarily. It may not make sense to invest in it, either.
Pay $0 in Heating Bills
Amory Lovins lives 7,000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains. Winter temperatures there can drop to 40 degrees below zero.
His monthly heating oil bill? Zero. That's $0 -- no dollars and no cents.
Wal-Mart: Jolly 'green' giant?
What can the world's biggest retailer do to make a greener planet?
A lot -- or so Wal-Mart is saying.
Walk the talk for a fragile planet
What's the most personal thing in your life? Not sex, I'd bet -- but money.
What's more, you can make a profit at the same time.
10 Easy Ways to ‘Green’ your House
The average U.S. household spews 26,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air every year. That's not just bad for the environment; it's bad for your pocketbook, too.
The cost of eating green
There are a lot of areas where saving the earth also saves you money. But when it comes to your eating habits -- one of the most important tools you have for slowing global warming -- there's no question that it's going to cost you.
With food, what's good for your pocketbook is bad for the earth. Really bad.
Save the planet, make a buck
Do you want to make a better world? You have in your possession a tool that can do exactly that.
It's your money.
What's more, you can make a profit at the same time.