Category: Sustainability

Many industries all over the world have started to go green and become more environmentally friendly. Thankfully, there has been a palpable surge towards eco-friendly products and services in recent years, and large companies around the globe have been busy …

From Guest Blogger Anago: How Elementary Schools Can Practice Going Green Read More »

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The indigenous people of the part of California in which I reside are the Chumash Indians, who, anthropologists believe, came here about 15,000 years ago in the Bering Strait Migration, across the “Land Bridge” formed when that part of the …

Chumash Indians Celebrate Earth Day, Permaculture Read More »

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For his final project in his Environmental Horticulture class, I’m helping my son write a paper called “Water, Energy, and Food – How Shortages Are Affecting Us All,” and I thought readers may be interested in how we’re attacking the …

Water, Energy, and Food – How Shortages Are Affecting Us All Read More »

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HVAC is an abbreviation for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. An HVAC system controls the temperature within a structure or house. The system takes the temperature of the area, then, takes note of the desired temperature. When there is a …

From Guest Blogger Alia: Environmentally Friendly HVAC Read More »

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A safe working environment is effective and economical for your business. An office is the heart of any business organization, as all communication, whether business decisions concerning the organization or just gossip, have to pass through it.

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A friend stayed at our place Saturday night, whose brother, I came to learn, is involved with establishing wildlife and eco-system corridors in fast-growing sub-rural communities.   Here’s a fairly detailed piece he sent me that lays out exactly how his …

Sustainability Means Minimizing the Impact of Human Development on Wildlife — But Exactly How Is That Accomplished? Read More »

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When beginning a vegetable garden, it is important to understand which vegetables to plant during which times. There are plants that can thrive starting in the early parts of the year while others do better waiting until spring or even …

From Guest Blogger Aiden Korr: Infographic on Going Green — Plant These Vegetables To Help the Environment Read More »

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Nobody likes moving. Regardless of whether you are moving to a better place or simply relocating, it is always a hassle – countless boxes, sorting, dealing with movers, planning, sorting again, then resorting after that, endless packing, even longer unpacking… …

From Guest Blogger Mary Ann Keel: How to Make Your Moving Green Read More »

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This week’s “To The Contrary” on PBS did a fabulous job on the growing water shortage in the Western U.S.  It seems that climate change and population growth have gotten the better of our ability to deploy technology and conservation, …

Unsustainable Use of Water Read More »

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Three times in as many decades I have functioned as a marketing consultant to enterprises run by my “serial client” and close friend, business titan John Tyson.  John sits on the board of half a dozen large corporations, and currently …

MicroBlend Is a Great Business Concept That Benefits the Environment Read More »

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