Viridus Launches Green Business News Aggregator

This is a shameless plug for my company (Viridus) which I try not to do much on this blog.  But in this case, I think you’ll find this interesting and valuable (for some of you at least).

Over the past couple of years, I have collected my favorite sources of “green business” news. For me, it’s mostly RSS feeds, but I also get about a dozen daily emails from newsletters, Google Alerts and friends. Keeping all the news organized and being able to categorize and go back and search has been a pain (I have 100+ RSS feeds pertaining to green business) and probably a dozen or two daily emails.

So to solve my own problem (and thinking others might have the same one) we created a green business news aggregator, Viridus News. Viridus News is a service that aggregates news stories at the intersection of business and sustainability (we strip out most non-business green news just the same as business news that isn’t related to sustainability). The goal is to simplify busy daily lives by collecting all of the day’s most relevant, and most interesting green business news and articles on a single page.

If you look at the design and functionality, it’s really an homage to Hacker News, one of my favorite websites. 

Any user can submit a story and users collectively rate the value and popularity (and of course users can comment as well). One of the cool features of Viridus News is that we aggregate stories from a variety of sources (over 100 so far) filtered for stories that focus on green business, so you’re certain not to miss important stories. No more do you have to hunt around looking for stories or tracking RSS feeds full of irrelevant news.

Viridus News Service

Another valuable feature is the introduction of “categories.” In this case, we aimed to create categories that roughly track job descriptions or responsibilities. The feature I personally value the most is the ability to search the news stories.

There is also a bookmarklet that easily drops in your browser links bar which allows users to submit stories to Viridus News.

You can learn more about Viridus News here or just go check it out.

If you’ve read this far, then there is one more favor I’d like to ask…please tell some of your friends or colleagues who might be interested about Viridus News.

Thank you!