Eco-stores -- Look for one coming to your community

Wal-Mart Store No. 5334, which opened last winter outside Denver, CO is one of two experimental stores the company built to test ways to cut energy and reduce waste.

You'll find wind turbines, solar cells, and recycled oil at the deli and motor oil from the lube department.

And in the food section you'll see tuna certified by the Marine Stewardship Council, and coffee endorsed by the Rainforest Alliance.

Wal-Mart?

Lee Scott explains how the company's legacy also points to change for the future, "Sam loved the outdoors. And he loved the idea of building a company that would endure. I think Sam Walton would, in fact, embrace Wal-Mart's efforts to improve the quality of life for our customers and our associates by doing what we need to do in sustainability."

In McKinney, Texas, and Aurora, Colorado, Wal-Mart has created two examples of the way building owners, scientists, engineers, architects, contractors, and landscape designers can work together to create stores that save energy, conserve natural resources, and reduce pollution. These stores are living laboratories, testing experimental technologies and products. Tour the stores virtually at this link.