While we’re talking Earth Day, if you’re reading this on Saturday, you might check out Moore College of Art & Design (20th Street and The Parkway) today between 11 am and 3 pm, where they’ll be doing a presentation called MOOREcycle. It’s an exercise “aimed … Continue reading
Tom Szaky is an unabashed capitalist. “Even for us, profit is king,” Szaky said in a 2007 interview with CNBC, the cable television news network dedicated to covering capitalism. But Szaky is also committed to do well by doing good and … Continue reading
HONEST TEA, like other organic beverage sellers, normally promotes its real leaves, fair trade certified tea, less sugary taste and environmentally friendly packaging. Its newest campaign acknowledges that it is part of a problem of waste in discarded drink containers … Continue reading
The Terra Stone Plant Caddy is made from drink pouches recycled into TerraCycle plastic. The caddy can be found in Target stores. The saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. For TerraCycle, an upcycling and recycling company in … Continue reading
Travel to the past to gain perspective on the future at Red Mill Museum’s Go Green Fair. “Green” vendors will be on hand, and “up-cycled” jewelry and crafts and demonstrations and talks about what it means to be green will … Continue reading
Mat McDermott/CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Social media is applauded as a means of engaging crowds, creating change and encouraging action. To see where the perception of social media’s power originated, we need only to look at the pivotal role it played … Continue reading
Drink pouches are tricky to puncture with a straw, and they’re a trick to keep out of the garbage. But pouches collected by local students are finding a greener life outside the landfill, and they’re earning schools a little green. … Continue reading
Single-serve hot drinks in the office have just got more sustainable, thanks to the new recyclable Freshpacks from Mars Drinks North America. The packaging innovation enabled the removal of an aluminum foil layer from two of the FLAVIA® single serve … Continue reading
Sustainability, transformational and disruptive technologies are concepts that often arise when discussing the newest trends unfolding in the global energy industry. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing energy efficiency go hand-in-hand. These inter-related goals can be addressed by designing innovative ways to … Continue reading
As recently as a few years ago, campaigns and initiatives tied to Earth Day were worth a large chunk of any company’s marketing budget. As more and more companies got into the game, however, consumers came to expect everyone to do … Continue reading