With legislation constantly changing and the ability to greatly reduce utility bills each month, every business can benefit from reducing their carbon footprint. Ultimately all businesses have a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to take responsibility of their company’s effects on the …
From Guest Blogger James Timpton: Green Business–Adopting the Correct CSR Strategy Read More »
It’s the 100th birthday of Orson Welles, best known for his film “Citizen Kane.” Welles said: I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won’t contribute anything …
Here’s a blurb from the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of Horace Mann, born in Franklin, Massachusetts (1796). He was the first great American advocate of public education. He believed that, in a democratic society, education should be free and …
Somewhere around five billion plastic bags are used each year around the globe. Plastic materials are products that have made our busy on the go lives much easier and we have become dependent on them. As quickly as they appear in …
From Guest Blogger Damian: Plastic Materials and Our Environment–What We Can Do Better Read More »
I want to take a moment and introduce readers to the thoughts of J. Morris Hicks. As you’ll see in his remarks linked here and pasted below, the fellow has undergone a wonderful evolution in his work with respect to …
It’s safe to say that a lot of people in society are starting to become more sensitive towards their environmental footprint. While not every has jumped on the “save the Earth” bandwagon, a lot of people who wouldn’t have been …
From Guest Blogger Izzie: Which Household Materials Are Best for the Environment? Read More »
We all want to improve our green credentials and one of the key ways we can do this is by preventing items, which still have valuable life, ending up in landfill. We are moving away from being a throwaway society …
From Guest Blogger James Timpton: The Upcycling Effect at Home Read More »
Somehow, we need to get to the point where all of civilization sees its love for the environment as an integral part of living as a human being on a small and fragile, but intensely beautiful planet.
My brother and sister- in-law both retired from their respective careers last year and moved to a rural part of Kauai. They have a lovely home on three acres and dedicate a great deal of their time to the pursuit of …
I just sent a letter to McDonald’s to congratulate them on their recent pledge to ensure the palm oil, beef, fiber-based packaging, coffee, and poultry in their products does not contribute to tropical deforestation. Apparently, their decision to head in …
Today, McDonald’s Is Less Offensive To All Life Forms Than It Was Yesterday Read More »
