Planet Profit Report
December 2008
12.04.2008Neighborhoods of the future
By Greg OchisIt’s important to remind ourselves that how we live today directly impacts how our tomorrow will be. In the real estate development community, this concept is particularly important.
Economic and environmental issues facing the U.S. today are causing major shifts in consumers’ decisions about where they want to live,…
November 2008
11.25.2008Green one-stop shop
By Rebecca ColeEarlier this month, Steve Savage whipped out his iPhone to check how far the Dow had plunged already — 400 points and it wasn’t even noon on the East Coast.
Savage, president of Eco-Products, had reason to be worried about the economy. In two days, he planned to launch…
‘Green’ mountain luxury living
By David LewisNederland is a peaceful, quirky little mountain community - population 1,300, altitude 8,300 feet - with much emphasis on "quirky."
After all, the town probably is best known for its Frozen Dead Guy Days festival, a celebration of the dry ice-driven preservation of the remains of a fellow named Bredo…
11.01.2008Sustainability spotlight
By Mike CoteAt the new Origins store at Cherry Creek North, patrons can sip Green Buddha tea drinks, munch on vegan cupcakes, check their e-mail via free wireless and peruse a book from the store's wellness library while they wait for a spa treatment.
Call it an upscale cosmetics café for the…
11.01.2008Superfund visionary
By Eric Peterson
Colorado Commercial Capital owners John Cook (center). Left: daughter Dominique G. Cook, her husband Mark Rycroft and his brother Travis Rycroft. Right: Jon's business partner Scott Farmer and son Steven E. Cook. (Photo by Mark Manger)
There was once a toxic…
September 2008
09.30.2008Green tech: Bigger than the Internet?
By Kris Wiesenfeld and Kevin Geminiuc"Green tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century," said John Doerr, partner with Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, when he announced in 2006 that the company is raising a $100 million "green tech" fund.
The VC giant behind Compaq, LSI, Sun Micro, Amazon.com, Google and…
Planet-Profit Report: Organics Vs. Local
By Mike TaylorForty miles north of Denver where residential real estate has yet to completely overrun agriculture, Mark Retzloff shows a visitor around his 400-acre Platteville facility. It’s the hub of Aurora Organic Dairy’s operations even though only about 1,000 of the company’s more than 12,000 milking cows are here.
"This is…
August 2008
08.27.2008Energy independence: realistic goal or pipe dream?
By Mike CoteBarack Obama and John McCain have both espoused the goal of achieving energy independence for the United States, hoping to sway voters tired of $4-a-gallon gas and worried about the country’s economic security.
Good luck with that, Stephen Brand might say. The oil-and-gas industry veteran knows the difference between…
Is green the new gold?
By Rebecca ColeThe U.S. is falling behind other countries like Germany and Denmark in capitalizing on a renewable energy economy. That’s what a panel of business executives, high-profile politicos and senior activists told a crowd of about 200 people on Tuesday at a roundtable session during the Democratic National Convention focused on…
June 2008
06.01.2008When less is more
By Grace HoodHere’s what you may notice upon entering Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites. Its sky-lit entryway ushers guests to a wood-paneled reception desk. A waterfall at the nearby pool echoes in the building’s spacious interior. Guests linger comfortably in a nearby seating area.
Right next to the reception desk is something…
06.01.2008Planet Profit Report: Fuel injected
By Rebecca ColeWhile Colorado is building a ‘new energy economy,’ the impending arrival of ConocoPhillips’ training and technology centers underscores how much traditional oil and gas still power the state.
In a high-tech lab at the Colorado School of Mines, researchers manipulate beakers of slimy green algae in hopes of converting the…
