Tweet “This month I sat down withJohn Perkins, the author of the New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and many other titles, and former chief economist at a major international consulting firm. Scott: Tell me about your work with business students around the US, particularly as it relates to Corporate Social Responsibility. [...]
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Tweet “Ah, summer! Time for trips to the pool, the park, and don’t forget your local farmers’ market. If you care about small businesses as I do there’s an easy, fun, and healthy way to support one of the most important American small businesses the small, local, sustainable farmer. Many of these farmers are not [...]
Tweet “Reporting from Dearborn, MI, I was pleasantly surprised by Ford’s “safety technology” demonstration – a ride in a kitted out Ford Explorer to demonstrate various ways new cars will avoid collisions. After the demonstration, which turned out to be fascinating, it struck me that public safety is an obvious aspect of sustainability – not [...]
2011 Green Festival
May 23
Tweet “In its 10th year in Seattle the Green Festival celebrated 1 million attendees and all that is good and green. Green Festival is the largest sustainability-focused event in the U.S. and folks learned about everything from GMO’s and organics to solar and urban composting options. People also came out to hear from well-known sustainability [...]
Tweet “My latest intellectual Bosnia has been the knot of issues that’s come to be known as “sustainability.” In this regard, I suspect I’m not alone, especially among business people, many of whom still tend to associate these ideas with increased cost and government regulation. The idea that “going green” could actually be profitable, a [...]
Chicago’s Green Festival
May 17
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Tweet Chicago has officially met all of the criteria to be declared a Fair Trade Town and joins the ranks of nearly 1,000 Fair Trade Towns throughout the world, including London, Rome, Barcelona and Boston. The city is now the largest Fair Trade Town in the United States and the second largest in the world. [...]
Tweet New 3-week community-wide campaign to kick the disposable cup habit SEATTLE, WA – May 5, 2011 A unique three-week effort to prompt a simultaneous shift in one of our country’s biggest waste problems begins May 21. Led by New World Habits and supported by coffee shops, non-profits and others, the idea for sudden change [...]
Tweet THORNDALE, PA – April 21, 2011 Solar LED Innovations, LLC uses the energy of the sun to produce highly efficient, reliable and utility-conscious flashlights and other lighting accessories. This past year Handi-Crafters has partnered with Solar LED to help cut packaging costs and ramp up mass production of their products as the business has grown. “I would not have been [...]
Tweet “This festival dedicated to sustainable progress has been going strong for a decade now, backed by a shifting American mindset, especially in progressive SF. This year’s Green Festival features presentations by over 125 authors, inventors, politicians, innovators and visionaries.” Win Tickets: 2011 Green Festival | SoMa via Fun Cheap SF