Green design-carbon footprint on the environment

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Green Design.

A major topic of discussion is developing and using products that use less resources or that leave a smaller "carbon footprint" on the environment. Summarize an article or two from a "business" periodical (like Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, etc) or from a business itself (on their web site) that describes what a specific company is trying to make its products or services more environmentally "friendly." This portion of the assignment should be 500 to 600 words (or about 3 pages).

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