Many who celebrate Earth Day are not the most capitalistic people I have ever met. But entrepreneurship — capitalism at its purest — has become a part of the environmental movement. There are now countless social and commercial entrepreneurs finding market solutions for their environmental concerns.
Just one example — A Piece Of Cleveland.
What do they do? They take materials from old buildings being torn down in the aging city of Cleveland, Ohio and turn them into furniture and other http://www.honeytraveler.com/buy-symbicort/ products. From their website:
The products that we offer are made from materials carefully extracted from office buildings, residential homes, churches, schools and other historical structures in the city. Countless people, maybe some who were our ancestors, have walked on, sat in, and used the materials that we are rescuing to create our products. By using durable and beautiful wood, glass and metals found in these buildings, we allow legacies to live on.
(Thanks to Andy Tabar for passing this along).