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Splish Splash: 20 Ways to Green your Bathroom

Blog from Taiga Company

The concept of living a sustainable lifestyle is easy to get but translating the ideas of going green to practical life can sometimes get lost.  Part of our eco friendly consulting is aimed at identifying daily habits that can be altered to meet current needs but also reduce the impact on the environment.  Bathing is a daily activity that offers tangible eco actions that make it easy to …

12 Ideas for Eco Friendly Promotion

Blog from Taiga Company

Selecting the perfect trade show product can be time consuming.  Limiting your choices to environmentally friendly promotional products can help significantly. You will be narrowing your search to include only promotional products companies that offer eco friendly promotional products. As we have seen in your sustainability consulting, businesses are realizing the benefits of …

CSR & the Job Hunt: Just A Different Measure of Success - A blog by Aman Singh

Blog from 3BL Blogs

Last week I discussed how new graduating classes are prioritizing corporate responsibility in their job search. Citing an inter-generational study I am conducting with recent graduates focusing on sustainability in their job search, here's what I wrote:"These graduates, who represent a diversity of professional experience and industries—and ages--unanimously admit that a company's …

LIVE from GulfAid Organizer Sidney Torres

Blog from Greenopolis

Melissa McGinnis with GreenopolisTV report LIVE from Gulf Aid and introduce us to the show's organizer Sidney Torres. Sidney is friends with Lenny Kravitz, Sidney asked him to participate and a week later the largest rally and fundraiser to date is currently taking place at Marti Gras World. All proceeds will go to the well being of fishermen affected by the spill, the regional seafood industy …

3 One Stop Shops for Your Daily Dose of Green

Blog from Taiga Company

With the internet offering a sea of green resources, it's sometimes a challenge to navigate through the many websites to find the best resources.  As we have learned in our eco friendly consulting, one site may be appealing to one individual while another may be more interesting to another.  The most common request from prospects and clients is a site that offers engagement, …

New Initiative to End the Violence Against Women in Latin America

Press Release from PCI Media Impact

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) NEW YORK, NY - May 17, 2010 - On May 15, 2010 officials in New York and in Bogotá, Colombia, the Executive Director of PCI Media Impact Michael Tatu Castlen and the Regional Director of Diakonia in Latin America Marianne Gustafsson, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which structures the cooperation between the two international Non-governmental …

LEED-EB Platinum is Earned for the International Finance Corporation Headquarters Building

Press Release from Leonardo Academy

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Washington, D.C. - May 17, 2010 - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Headquarters Building, located in Washington, D.C. and managed by Brandywine Realty Trust, has been awarded LEED®-EB: O&M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance) Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council …

Ecosystem Markets - States Coming on Board

Blog from Mission Markets

If anyone doubted that the markets for conservation finance or specifically ecosystem markets, including water quality, wetland mitigation and conservation banking, would remain on the fringe should read the state of Maryland executive order 13508.This is a blueprint for restoring and preserving the Chesapeake Bay watershed through the use of market based mechanisms that will help to motivate …

EXCLUSIVE Interview: Owner Venice Marina

Blog from Greenopolis

Melissa McGinnis and Greenopolis TV sit down exclusively with Venice Marina owner Bill Butler and discuss the spirit and tenaciousness of the community and environment, thriving pristine marshlands having survived past oil spills, and life growing up in the vibrant wildlife coastline.Greenopolis.com is dedicated to our users. We focus our attention on changing the world through recycling, …

The UPS Foundation Gives $500,000 Grant to Atlanta's New National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Press Release from UPS

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Atlanta, GA - May 17, 2010 - The UPS Foundation gave the National Center for Civil and Human Rights a $500,000 grant to support construction of the Center in downtown Atlanta.Center Executive Director Doug Shipman announced the UPS grant in a speech at the Downtown Atlanta Rotary Club today. Shipman outlined the Center’s progress to date and …
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