Posted June 11, 2010 08:06 PM

BREATHE DEEPLY: The Sustainable Brands "office of the future" includes bamboo furniture, nontoxic carpeting and a living wall to improve indoor air quality. Photo by Kera Abraham

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Green Means Go

Sustainable Brands Conference puts a marketing spin on the planet.

By Kera Abraham

The sad truth is, we're probably doomed. Our oceans are choked with plastic, our babies are little bundles of flame retardant, and a very cute grebe in Madagascar just went extinct.

But the folks at the Sustainable Brands Conference, held at the Monterey Conference Center June 7-10, were peppy anyway. There's still money to be made…

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