NASA will conduct its first-ever water sustainability forum next week at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is singling out 10 firms from around the world to showcase innovative solutions to water management.

eBay made a big push Monday to get consumers to commit to using products over new ones with the launch of a new green shopping website.

The final installment of our three-part series on transparency explores how organizations must walk the line between an unhealthy and unsustainable obsessions with quarterly earnings results and an unmanageable expectation of ‘accountability to everyone.’

The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow’s Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.

Investors filed 95 shareholder resolutions during the 2009 proxy season — a 40 percent increase over 2008 — seeking more information about how companies are measuring and managing their carbon footprints, preparing for risks, and moving to take advantage of potential opportunities.

Training, educating and bringing employees on board with green projects is an end in and of itself, both for increasing workplace satisfaction and spreading a mentality of conservation at work as well as at home.

This report from the U.N. Environment Programme looks at the growth of e-waste generated by and sent to developing nations, and suggests ways to reduce the health and environmental impacts from discarded electronics.