Lansing's Green Business Scene

• KTM Industries, makers of bioplastics and corn-based packing materials. The company also manufactures Magic Nuudles, a biodegradable styrofoam-like building block (KTM Industries site)


• Paul Covert of Smart Office Systems, selling eco-friendly coverings for cubicle walls and "embodied energy" of reconditioned office partitions. (Nice article on Paul & Smart Office Systems from the Great Lansing Business Monthly)


• Deanne Nelson of Ki Design Solutions who says "Green is not Birkenstocks and burlap bag clothing and everyone smelling like patchouli, eating seaweed or whatever. It's just smart. It's using what you have, being resourceful". (Ki Design Solutions web site)


• Joel Weise of Indigo Financial Group, a Michigan (and national) pioneer in energy efficient mortgages who designs mortgages that address a home's energy efficiency. (Indigo Financial Group web site)

Read The greening of Lansing business: Four case studies in the Lansing City Pulse

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Posted/updated May 19, 2006
by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan)

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