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...made a small batch of soap. It wasn't until he used a spare bar from his backpack to take a memorable outdoor shower in Goa, India, that the inspiration for Pangea struck. Back in the U.S., he started a business that has expanded to a 10,000-sq.-ft. factory and sales at Whole Foods Markets across the country. Onysko is passionate about the impact of grooming habits on the environment (the average shower gel takes 200 to 300 years to biodegrade once it's rinsed down the drain...
CLAIM TO FAME As CEO of Built-e Inc., Taylor has presided over the growth of Seattle's Environmental Home Center, a one-stop shop for building an eco-friendly house. The 30,000-sq.-ft. space functions as a warehouse, showroom and design center. "We marry good information about a product with convenient access to it," says Taylor. "It's all under one roof in a high-style setting." Some of the sustainable products for sale include 100% organic-wool carpets, nontoxic paints and home-insulation units made from recycled denim...
...area which already has strong desires for independence. Ironically, the first winner isn't an oil giant from the "coalition of the willing" but DNO ASA, a small company traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange. DNO in early 2004 negotiated the rights to drill in about 3,900 sq km, inking the contract in the final week before Iraq's interim government took over from the U.S.-dominated Coalition Provisional Authority. DNO's managing director, Helge Eide, said he felt he "had to do it before the interim government came in," fearing Iraq's new rulers might strip the Kurds...
...home container" can be completed in three days and you can even do it yourself with friends if you're handy. Prices start at $95,200 - excluding crane time. THE PAD www.padlife.co.uk A London team aims to make cost overruns and missed construction deadlines obsolete. Their 100- to 200-sq-m Pad P-4 goes up in days, and plugs into a central core mounted on a precast iron foundation. Prices start at $129,000, with first units available in September. YOUMEHESHE www.youmeheshe.com A "small but tall" house with a difference, this four-story design is London-based Youmeheshe...
...Estimated number of people killed or disfigured by land mines or unexploded ordnance per year, down from 26,000 in the late 1990s 200,000 sq km Amount of land still contaminated by mines or unexploded ordnance...