Thinking green and thinking ahead means thinking outside the box. Verdant asked experts in a variety of areas to share their thoughts on what the next decade might bring in possible green breakthroughs.

By SHARON KING HOGE

FEATURING:
Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
Ivanka Trump, Vice President of Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization
Pete Peterson, Senior Chairman and Co-Founder of the Blackstone Group
Quintin E. Primo III, chairman and CEO, Capri Capital Partners, LLC
Peter Goldmark, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Donna Karan, Chairwoman and Designer, Donna Karan International
Bill Richardson, Governor, New Mexico
Leonard Lauder, Chairman, Estee Lauder Companies
Jane Friedman, President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation
Paul Zeven, CEO, Philips Electronics North America
Esther Dysoon, Chairman, Edventure Holdings
Jim Perdue, Chairman, Perdue Farms
Rafael Pelli, Principal, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

QUICK QUOTES:

“The transformation will be as important as the transition from horses to horse-power.”

– Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO, General Motors

“We’re going to see more green space incorporated into high rises.”

– Ivanka Trump, Vice President of Development and Acquisitions,
The Trump Organization

“The green breakthrough that’s necessary is a change of attitude.”

– Pete Peterson, Senior Chairman and Co-Founder of the Blackstone Group and Author of Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave will Transform America – and the World

“Building green is just good business and makes monetary sense.”

– Quintin E. Primo III, chairman and CEO, Capri Capital Partners, LLC