Smart sustainable policies, like those championed by the Oregon Environmental Council, are built from strong collaboration with business

With school back in session, we dedicate today’s Five Things to the local books-and-backpacks lot who are, you guessed it, our future. Some are a bigger part of our future than others (see: today’s last item). Have a great Wednesday. Busy guy On an all-Nike all-the-time Tuesday, Matthew Kish kept hyper-busy covering all the angles. Including breaking the news that another lawsuit, this one by shareholders, has been filed in relation to the company’s alleged “boys’ club” climate. And the fallout…

The Seahawks quarterback is enjoying a boost as a corporate sponsor, including a deal with General Mills that puts Wilson’s image on the iconic box of Wheaties cereal.

The once-mighty notetaking startup Evernote has lost its chief technology officer, chief financial officer, chief product officer and senior vice president of human resources in the past month, amid rumors that it’s raising another round of funding, TechCrunch reports, citing an unnamed source. Redwood City-based Evernote confirmed the executive departures to TechCrunch, but declined to comment further. Other executives at the company are reportedly expanding their roles to fill the gaps in engineering…

Theranos Inc., the once high-flying company whose principals face federal fraud charges over its blood-testing technology, reportedly will shut down after paying unsecured creditors with its remaining cash. The company — led by Stanford University dropout Elizabeth Holmes to a $9 billion valuation that dissipated when its finger-prick blood-testing technology couldn’t hold up to scrutiny — leaves behind yet-unresolved criminal and civil charges, a lesson in caution for investors and the media,…