Today we’re going to talk about small businesses and their role in laying the foundations for clean and ecologically sensitive industries in this country. Our guest is a long-time advocate of the environment and small business, his name is Byron Kennard, and he is Executive Director of The Center for Small Business and the Environment.
Mr. Kennard has a long list of credits,
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We've been thrilled by the recent pick up in blog comments and discussions going on at Green Options: we're glad many of you feel comfortable participating in discussions here. Ninety-nine percent of those comment have been constructive, thoughtful and informed. The other one percent… well, we're making some changes to address spam (which has picked up also) and uncivil behavior.
After deleting a ton of spam yesterday, I asked our developers to turn
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David did an awfully good job of keeping you guys posted while we met and greeted visitors to our booth at the Chicago Greenfest. While we all took time out to see speakers and meet with other green business people, a major part of our time over the weekend involved asking people to use the carbon calculator we had available to figure up the CO2 emissions they created by traveling
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We all had a busy Earth Day weekend; that was especially true for our Tip o' the Day editor Rebecca Carter: she did most of the work setting up Miami's Earth Fest. At least one day off from her duties here was definitely in order, so we'll take a break from the Tip today, but get right back to it tomorrow…
You may be wondering "What's up with the blog — there are usually more than two posts up by now!" Yes, there are. We've been working through a migration to a new host for Green Options, and part of that meant asking our writers to hold off posting until we could complete the move.
OK, several of you caught us: yesterday's posts were our attempts at some April Fools merriment. No, whales will not be hunted to make biodiesel, oil rigs will not seek LEED certification, Patrick is still walking to work, and we're definitely not bringing on Steve Milloy as a writer. No buy-outs by ExxonMobil or BP, no new SUVs, none of that…
We hope you enjoyed our attempts at a
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Just as important as voicing your views to the decision-makers on local issues (see parts One and Two of this series) is mobilizing support amongst local people in your community for Green Issues.
An easy and very important way to do this is through your local newspaper. Local news is where ideas are hashed out… Local media tends to be much less dominated by corporate interests than national or even regional media, and
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Next Thursday, we'll launch another regular feature at the Green Options blog: Green Myth-Busting. Myths abound about environmentalism, sustainability and green living, and we want to make sure that those of you considering your green options have the facts you need to make informed choices.
Normally, we'd announce a feature like this with it's first installment, but we're jumping out ahead of this one because we'd like to give you the opportunity to let us know
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We're coming up on our two-month birthday (next week, in fact), and we'd like to celebrate by adding a few more writers to our already talented stable. If you're passionate and knowledgeable about green living, and write well, you may be just the person we want. We're looking specifically for the following:
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Green Options is happy to announce that you can now find us at Squidoo: The Offical Green Options lens is now live!
You may be scratching your head and thinking "Squidoo? Lens? Huh?" That's OK: Squidoo is a publishing platform created by super marketer Seth Godin. It's a place where anyone (yes, anyone) can build a small web site (a "lens") focused on topics, ideas, products, etc., about which
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We've got a couple of good questions that have shown up in the Discussion Forum over the past day:
1) GO member attacat asks about using biodegradable trash bags/bin liners:
The bin liners that are commonly used are made of synthetic polymers like polyethylene and polypropylene, and these are not considered biodegradable. Eventually, these plastics will break down, but only after being submitted to decades of heat and light.
Green Your Office proposes a new technology
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