By Amy Stodghill •
August 3, 2007
Being environmentally conscious at the workplace can be a challenge, especially if your employer is resistant or doesn’t readily see the economic benefits of going green. However, on the flip side, many employees aren’t doing all they can either. By taking a few simple steps each day, everyone in the office can do their part to help the company become more eco-friendly.
A recent survey found that 73% of people believe it [...]
By irent2u •
July 30, 2007
What Do You Want to Rent?
One of the neat things about creating an open platform where people can rent out anything they want, is watching what people have to rent out. Of course we are a bit early to start telling you what people are renting, since we haven’t even launched yet, but we can tell you about some of the more interesting requests and comments we have seen.
Below is a listing of some of the items recommended to us [...]
By irent2u •
July 23, 2007
I am happy to say that our survey has blasted through the 500 barrier, well on its way to hitting that exciting and elusive 1,000 responses mark! 
This weekend, after Pepperdine university so kindly sent out the survey to a bunch of our old graduating classes, the survey blasted by 500 all the way up to hitting 544 responses. Once again the responses have been great. [...]
By irent2u •
July 16, 2007
Welcome to iRent2u.com all Pepperdine MBA alumni!
In the ongoing efforts to reach 1000 respondents to our survey, the wonderful faculty at Pepperdine has agreed to send out our survey request to all graduating MBA classes as far back as the year 2000. This will be a great help, as we have stalled a bit around the 480 mark, and can use the help.
If you haven’t taken the survey yet, please go here to do so. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0S3pPYxkR6S0eGbiQVlZ7A_3d_3d
This is [...]
By irent2u •
July 6, 2007
News Break: iRent2u.com does shameless requests for endorsements!!
In our continuing efforts to be chosen to present at the TechCrunch20 this September 17th & 18th, iRent2u is looking for informed parties who would be willing to write endorsements of our efforts.
Does our concept speak to you? Does it make sense? Do you see the value in what we are trying to do?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we would love to hear from you. We are looking [...]
By irent2u •
June 30, 2007

347 Responses & How Renting Makes You Green…
For those of you keeping track, our survey responses continue to roll in. I am happy to say that we have reached 347 total responses, well on our way to the 500 & halfway mark. If this keeps up we are sure to reach 1,000 responses, but only with your help.
If you haven’t had a chance to send [...]
By irent2u •
June 13, 2007
254 Responses, We Are A Quarter of the Way There!

Yesterday was quite a day! We jumped from 100 responses in the morning, to over 250 responses by today. I am very impressed by the high level of involvement, and with how many people have forwarded on the survey to their list of contacts. Check out our Survey Meter to see our progress.
I see this level of [...]
By irent2u •
June 12, 2007
A big thank you to everyone who has completed the survey so far. We have officially reached 145 survey responses, which puts us well on our way to the 1.000 response goal we set when we created this survey.
To those who have completed the survey, you can feel great that you have done your part towards making this dream a reality, the dream that everyone can [...]
Eco-surveys abound as think tanks and organizations across the globe are all trying to gauge how people are feeling about green these days.
The latest survey, Advancing Sustainable Prosperity, comes from Ceres, an environmental investment group.
What is sustainable prosperity? From what I gather from Ceres (pronounced series) sustainable prosperity incorporates environmental and social issues into business strategy and economic markets.
Since the survey was administered
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By Amy Stodghill •
April 23, 2007
Let's face it. We can all be just a little more green. Even the greenest of the green have their own moral dilemmas. I know I have a lot of room to improve on the green scale. If I were to rate myself, my greenness would fall somewhere around a light, pastel mint color rather than a really dark, evergreen (this deep color signifying the die-hard do-gooders).
A new survey by
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By Amy Stodghill •
April 17, 2007
Still think American's aren't catching on to the new green wave? A new survey indicates otherwise. The 2007 Cone Consumer Environmental Survey finds that Americans are more environmentally aware today than they were last year. They're buying more green products and taking small steps to do their part.
93% say they conserve energy
89% recycle
86% conserve water
70% talk about enviro issues with friends and family
47% have
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