Imagine that you are a school teacher or a non-profit, and you rarely have the budget for school supplies or office equipment. Suppose you own a business that either is relocating, or you have excess inventory for which you see no other choice but disposal. Finally, you are the administrator in City Hall [...]
The past few weeks have been disheartening for those who believe climate change is a real problem. While I prefer to push clean technologies by arguing for energy independence and keeping our dollars at home, the scientific evidence behind climate change has always made sense to me. So depending on how you feel about the [...]
Oh, to be a fly in the wall in Denmark right now with all the attention foisted on it due to the COP15 summit in Copenhagen. There are many reasons why Denmark is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference. The country has been successfully weaning its way off of fossil-based fuels since the 1970s. Denmark [...]
Every so often, green entrepreneurs reach out to me asking for advice with their investing woes. Usually, they approach me through LinkedIn. Perhaps they need US$11.5 million for a bioethanol plant in Southeast Asia. Or they are going to open a solar farm in Northern Africa, and have 15.6 million euros budgeted, and are short [...]
Thomas Friedman with CNN’s Campbell Brown I had almost forgotten about CNN, but today at the gym, I spent my time on the elliptical machine watching Campbell Brown interview’s of Thomas Friedman. I still have not read Friedman’s book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, but I’m motivated to snag a copy after watching him this afternoon. [...]
Many of us are interested in purchasing eco-friendly office supplies, but have no idea where to start. We hear so many messages about post-consumer waste content, chemicals in our paper, BPA leeching everywhere, and energy saving technologies. Then you hear your vendors’ marketing messages, which can cause even more confusion. After all, most companies will [...]
Holidays are a wonderful time, especially if children are in the mix. You’d have to be a complete curmudgeon if you’re not moved when a child gets that gift he or she always wanted. The 1983 classic, A Christmas Story, sums it up best when Ralphie blurts out his desire for an “Official Red Ryder [...]
We’ll have some holiday fun this month as we countdown to that ultimate holiday celebration . . . it’s great to celebrate the season, while over-spending, over-eating, and over-stressing. You have plenty of sites telling you how unsustainable Christmas and the holidays are, so I won’t pester you by lecturing how bad all those holiday [...]