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ReBinder: Cool Company Proving Eco-friendly Office Solutions

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Green Your Business, Interview, Sustainability Information

The transition to a paperless office is an important part of achieving sustainable operations for any business. But since it’s a gradual process even for the most motivated companies, binders and other such products are bound to continue playing an important role in their organization for some time.

Meanwhile, plastic […]

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Can Your Kitchen Grease Become Biofuel and Earn Extra Money for Your Restaurant?

By On March 2, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Green Your Business, Sustainability Information, Sustainable Business Strategy

Fats, oils, and grease (sometimes referred to as FOG) can be a hassle for restaurant owners and others who run commercial kitchens.

Municipalities are increasingly regulating the disposal of used grease and mandating industrial grease traps due to the costs associated with unclogging sewer lines. In 2007, for instance, San Francisco implemented […]

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Green Modular Homes–Inexpensive and Efficient

By On March 2, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Sustainability Information

For years the term “modular home” was a thinly disguised marketing
euphemism for a double-wide trailer with the wheels pried off.

The modular home has both grown
up and cleaned up.

The whole reason and attraction behind the regular trailer home was
always that it was a significantly more economical way […]

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Bay Area’s Social Entrepreneur Mastermind Session Yields Insights on What’s Working in the Green Economy

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information

As is the case on the second Tuesday of every month from 6pm-8pm, the Bay Area Green Business Meetup last month included a compelling and relevant speaker and an informal Mastermind session to support the success of every social entrepreneur participating.  We were fortunate to have Jeff Marcous speak.  Jeff is the Co-founder (along with […]

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The Blue Man Group Says It Best–The Time for Sustainability is NOW!

By On March 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information

The time for real environmental changes in upon us. The time for token changes designed to look good in a press release is over. The time for partisan bickering and right-wing vs. left-wing jab throwing is past. The coffin of doubt about the scientific validity of global warming is so full of nails that there […]

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Greener Homes Sell For Higher Prices, and Faster

By On June 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information

A new report published today by the Portland-based Earth Advantage Institute documents home sales prices at a 3 to 10 percent premium for Certified Green Homes in the Portland and Seattle Metro areas. These same homes are selling faster than the average like home as well.

These impressive sales statistics are at a time when home […]

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Create Digital Content For the Amazon Kindle and Publish Without Paper

By On March 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information

The promise of the e-book sounded so wonderful. Early e-book promoter billed the electronic documents as a true move to democratize the publishing industry–it sounded appealing beyond belief to anyone who has ever struggled to break into the traditional publishing world. The removal of halfwit agents, screening readers, rejection slips, contracts, and shoulder-chip bearing editors […]

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The Greenulus Package

By On February 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Sustainability Information

The Green Economy may be coming.  And it may not.

Barack Obama won his first legislative battle with the Republican minority in congress and passed the Economic Stimulus package he feels is needed to jumpstart America’s economy. 

The package includes money for what many are calling the green economy.  Obama has committed $15 B […]

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