If you’ve picked up you’re local newspaper any time this past week, chances are you’ve seen it. The year-end review.
Every year, without fail, news organizations across the country do it. Like many people do, they look back at the days gone by and reflect on big happenings and important events.
And then they rank them, in “Best Of” and “Top 10” lists. The environmental news sector is no exception. So, as a farewell to the year 2008, here is a list of the best of this year’s green news year-end reviews.
10. We kick off our countdown with a trio of “Top Green Stories of 2008” topic reviews from GreenBiz.com, starting with Jonathan Bardelline’s take on the year’s best design articles.
9. Leslie Guevarra follows that up with some of the best green building stories of ’08.
8. Tilde Herrera then taps into the year’s top themes in business and climate change.
7. Next, green-tech trends take the stage as InfoWorld’s Ted Samson comments on which new 2008 ideas he thinks will stick around for 2009.
6. Even though in many ways 2008 was the year of blending business and sustainability, it can sometimes be a tough sell convincing others of how well the two concepts complement one other. To help, John Marshall Roberts, strategic communications consultant at Evenson Design Group, a sustainable brand and design firm, has offered six simple principles how sustainability is good for business.
5. A new study by Edmunds.com enlightens on the 10 cheapest vehicles to drive in ’09 (and not one is a hybrid).
4.C-NET’s Martin LaMonica assesses how the green-tech industry fared this past year – it’s ups, and it’s downs. Not to be remiss, he also prognosticates on what is yet to come.
3. A smattering of favorite 2008 environmental articles from the Gristmill’s David Roberts.
2. Jennifer Runyon, of RenewableEnergyWorld.com, touches on some of the most-read energy and tech stories to break last year.
1. And the top spot unquestionably goes to Plenty Magazine’s Ben Whitford, whose exhaustive month-by-month review of all things green in 2008 is frankly the most complete year-end review we’ve ever seen.