Posts Tagged ‘Green’

Jobs Creation’s Winning Formula: Green Equity + Grassroots + Good Government

Friday, August 20th, 2010


We have to stay fired up to push our government to do its job… namely, putting millions of people into good jobs and answering the urgent needs of our communities. Chris Rabb and ColorLines profile three of the Applied Research Center’s Green Equity Case Studies in New York City, Los Angeles and the Navajo Nation. These successful campaigns improve local communities while helping the planet. Shown together, they point towards a winning formula for jobs creation: green equity + grassroots + good government. The Green Equity Toolkit provides successful practical ways for community, labor, and civic organizations and activists to win equity and inclusion in the green economy. Visit arc.org to learn more about the just-released Green Case Studies. scopela.org http blackmesawatercoalition.org

Green House: Eco-Friendly Disposal and Recycling at Home

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

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Product DescriptionThe reality of climate change can be overwhelming, but the good news is that it can be slowed down with you and thanks to global warming, and eventually halted. You may have already recycle newspapers and milk cartons, and maybe you have a compost heap in the garden. But what about the old cartridges? Or scratched CD? Green House: Eco-Friendly Disposal and Recycling at home is a guide from A to Z of waste disposal and recycling all kinds of regular household waste, FRO. . . More>>

Green House: Eco-Friendly Disposal and Recycling at Home

Greenline Paper?S Green Office Guide

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Election to an office every day can make a huge difference in the future of global health and economic and social benefits. The Guide Energy proposes a number of opportunities for energy savings that can make a difference. Choice of lighting, office equipment, paper products, heating and cooling, water conservation, and cars and parking, all to reduce global warming pollution, and reduce costs. Lighting consumes about 29% of total energy consumption in an office. By changing the fluorescent lighting from T-12 T-8 lamps, T-5 format, with dimmable ballasts, and the change of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) can save thousands of dollars worth of energy in a building office. Change exit signs and exterior lighting CFLs will also reduce energy consumption and costs. Occupancy sensors can also automatically switch off the lights when no one is in the room. In view of computers, printers, copiers and fax machines, office equipment is a huge expenditure of energy. When jobs are closed at night and automatically go into sleep mode during the day, periods of inactivity, it could save millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions! In addition, the search for Energy Star labels are replaced copiers, fax machines and office equipment. Energy Star copiers consume less energy with automatic features and some will be able to make two-sided copies to save paper. Companies use literally tons and tons of paper, and there are ways to lower costs, for example, by relying on electronic copies instead of printing, which is printed single-spaced, and easily with the two sides of a sheet of paper. Buy recycled paper is a clear standard, but look for labels that the paper of at least 30% “of post-consumer waste (PCW 100% will be made to say, is possible and desirable), and it is not bleached with chlorine. The use of recycled paper can save significant energy, water, air emissions, and the area landfill. colored paper, magazines, newspapers and cardboard boxes can be recycled, in addition to the standard white paper should be. A company encourage and support more and , the recycling of all eligible products such as glass, aluminum and plastic and paper. There are many options for green office supplies, which are an excellent choice for a friendly office environment. products should be selected so that is recycled, without trees, biodegradable , nontoxic, be sustainable, or reusable. paper products, pens, calendars, storage products, ink cartridges and more, must all be used. make responsible decisions to made on the purchase of other products in an office, including cups and containers for food, garbage bags and cleaning agents. There are so many things you can do in an office, in order to reduce HVAC (heating use, ventilation and air conditioning), up to 40% of energy in the undertaking. Select the most efficient HVAC products when buying a system, but they are probably not the cheapest, but to reduce the electricity bill, so that they catch up quickly. For maximum performance, these systems must be properly maintained and operated. Operationally, the automatic thermostats can be installed to turn off the system and, if necessary to eliminate waste. There are creative opportunities for high-efficiency cooling and heating, including the outside air economizer. the fresh air from outside to use the building to evacuate to fresh air. This allows less air conditioning during the day, and these systems pay for themselves within 3-5 years. Another way to avoid the heat of the sun, sun protection options. These include reflective roof coatings that the lid of the white roof that reflects the sun’s heat in the atmosphere used. Window Films and Shades also be used to protect a building from the heat of the sun. Another option is the inventive trees and shrubs on the south and west of the building was planted to donate to the natural shade. Eco-roofs in fact the climate than the roof. The does not leave much heat absorption through the roof, and it also benefits drainage. water conservation and methods of heating water are important elements of the green with an office. For hot-water heating, the temperature to 120 degrees, and consider a reduced or even a tankless unit. Solar Preheat units are now available that can 50% reduction in hot water save changes, and also allows a tax credit of the state. In terms of sanitation, installing flush toilets and low flow faucets, and always fix the leak. thousands of gallons of water can leak that are easy to repair, are lost. A significant fuel savings and emissions of greenhouse gases can be used for employers who cause the reduction of travel time to help for employees. Employers can aid transport and promoting car-pooling to incentives. Employers can help with the bike commute safe bicycle parking and access to changing rooms and showers. Provide flexible work hours, telecommuting and compressed work week reduces the travel time and the productivity of labor increased. If a company car fleets, the choice of hybrid cars and the use of recycled engine oil and antifreeze environmentally friendly options. To implement some of the above or other research products, companies hire a manager of conservation. You can follow the consumption of energy, promotion of employee participation in green causes and facilitate the use of green office supplies. Implement one of these proposals can be an important step in improving the health of our world to be supported Green Line Paper these causes, and providing socially responsible products desk.

Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

Friday, August 6th, 2010

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Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

My Big Green Teacher:Recycling

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Produced and Mrs. DescriptionCome visit the class Knoodle recycling. Ms. Knoodle is big and green and has hair that looks like a salad. Teacher Assistant Meet Little Bug and all the children in his class. This book introduces children to a basic understanding of recycling. Fun activities and ideas for recycling can sing a song with each charge. Remember to take the “recycling commitment.”. . . More>>

My Big Green Teacher:Recycling

Green Careers: Recycling (clip)

Monday, August 2nd, 2010


The recycling industry is still in its infancy but is growing fast with everything we buy, consume, and then throw away. This program introduces job opportunities in recycling including a profile of an electronics recycling start-up and a San Francisco municipal program to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel fuel. Job opportunities in recycling include collection, transportation, receiving and sorting, disassembly, handling hazardous materials, scheduling, operations, and plant management. Recycling provides opportunities for young people to start with a temporary or part-time job, then move up to supervisory and management responsibilities. The biggest challenge in recycling is developing innovative and environmentally sensitive solutions for recycling a wider array of materials. The government is a large factor in the growth of this industry, and often pays private companies to recycle. But for anyone who is entrepreneurial and can figure out a new way to reuse what other people discard, recycling can offer a very worthwhile and profitable career. 22 minutes, color. direct link to purchase the DVD: www.phoenixlearninggroup.com Jobs profiled in this program include: E-Waste Entrepreneur, Plant Manager, Biofuel Coordinator, Truck Driver. Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

Green Print and Packaging Materials- More Than Just ?recycle, Reuse, Renew?- Dig Deeper!

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

What is green printing really all that? If you think ‘green printing’ the terms “recycled, FSC-certified, and” soy inks “come to mind, but is that all? Are these things really enough? A ton of recycled paper, but a maximum of four trees, 18,000 BTU of energy produced, a maximum of two tons of solid waste, and creates thousands of gallons of contaminated waste water? Certainly, FSC, PEFC and SFI are important names and entertaining production of pulp from forests managed in an irresponsible manner is critical, but how do we get to the top to begin the scales production compared to FSC paper FSC forestry growth against the packaging designers negative? Many are turning to soy-based inks, to tell their story. Soy inks have been used by offset printers for years, but are they really beneficial for the use of labels , tags and packaging? (Contact me for more information about the truth behind soy inks for labels and flexible packaging.) The point here is that print buyers, green marketing and brand owners are lazy. It is often these days on the market a package with recycled paper, and include “Please dispose of this package. Most consumers simply assume that the packaging is now recycled. Brands focus on recycled “and recycling, because it’s easy, cheap, and everyone understands. What I want to see is brand owners, printers and consumer focus on “environmental protection”, the most important for the future sustainability (print and packaging sourcing are plentiful, renewable resources) and carbon footprint. sustainable paper options vs. traditional tree pulp paper Paper made without trees from rotting vegetable waste such as banana, papaya and coconut, bamboo, bagasse and are an option here. There are some companies which succeeded in the production of paper, without trees, and although the performance of these papers as a label of packaging materials / in some cases replace them only limited document tree pulp. Paper made from natural limestone (calcium carbonate) is produced from an abundant resource and is one of the options for printing high-performance green and the materials durable package with a history more. Fiber Stone ™ stone paper without trees one of the most popular records high scene in this category and has various systems in the printing and packaging industry applications such as labels have been used. Carbon Footprint “What it really means to take to produce and deliver your green / recycled paper? This is the” real “question is that brand owners and marketers need to be addressed. Using recycled paper (post-consumer waste) documents We certainly preserve our most important resource of carbon storage, but follow at which time the capacity of our forests’ carbon storage is not to our production activities of carbon? Pulp production and processing of recycled fibers are the real culprits, each with a significant amount of energy. This massive consumption contributes to an enormous amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. You can see how an argument can and must be made for the use of materials with low carbon footprint (low power) on recycled paper for printing and packaging. Identification and promotion of your Eco-Vision StatementThe first step towards the creation and promotion / marketing packaging sustainability is a brand to create and publish a solid performance. by taking a look at the websites of your competitors and those companies that have been this way for some time to be starting. Each brand has an eco-conscious eco-vision and / or environmental mission statement. My own observation has aspects of sustainability and environmental protection are important to your business. specific here it is absolutely right to select a specific cause such as water conservation, reduce landfill, reduce carbon emissions, etc … aside and let those who do not fit your company or brand. From here you need to clarify your goals for environmental sustainability / and how we expect there is replaced. If source reduction, lean / efficient production processes for the manufacture or supply of packaging materials more environmentally friendly the environment is part of the plan and make sure to say it. Recent studies show that a company is eco-vision for the consumer important. An informed consumer, identified with your vision are not only the purchase of your product and be a loyal customer, but an advocate for your business! One such company that is successful with this strategy, Patagonia. Part of the ecological vision of Patagonia implies the following statement: “We acknowledge that the wild world we love best to disappear. So those of us who work here share a strong commitment to protecting land and water than domestic . With the election of water (among others) Patagonia has taken a clear and makes sure that when printing supplies and water quality, the packaging is a fundamental challenge and is a part of the selection criteria. What’s next? You can start by educating you and your customers to real threats to a cleaner planet from carbon emissions and depletion of natural renewable resources. Stop buying into the “simple” recycling, reuse, renew ‘mantra and dig! Learn more about these and concerns and opportunities they provide for the control. With recycled packaging and ask the consumer “Please dispose of is not enough” people dig deeper, learn … and focus on the right message to green!

The Truth About Green Business

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

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Description Product Every thing you need to know your business to green and grow your profit. • The truth about what climate change means for your company • The truth about the execution and green • The truth about your company’s future proofing Simply the best thinking of the truth and nothing but the truth This book reveals proven strategies and GREEN 52 bite -size, easy to use techniques to get the results. “This little book is inspiring in its reach, and Prat… More>>

The Truth About Green Business

Do More Than Recycle to Go Green; Use Environmental Paper

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

As a responsible consumer is not only recycle and reuse, this means that thinking green made a purchase. Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency defines as recycled paper with only 30% post-consumer waste (PCW made)? Many dealers sell paper, Äúrecycled, the AU if it meets only this low percentage. The paper must be taken into account on the EPA standards are actually recycled. When you shop for a look environmentally friendly chlorine-free paper for 100% recycled fiber and process (PCF) the logo of the Association of chlorine-free products. Other certifications include Green Environmental Choice EcoLogo and FSC Recycled. search to make these higher standards of informed choices when buying the paper environment. The quality of recycled paper has improved over the years and is now in the higher classes, suitable for the quality of virgin paper trees. recycled content paper is used for business cards, stationery, magazines, catalogs, copying paper, and more, and it has the same appearance as the excellent non-recycled paper. Recycled copy paper from fresh copies is made from wood fibers much less energy, emissions of greenhouse gases, particulate emissions, waste water, waste, and of course 100% of resources rarely trees. Forty-four percent of the global timber harvest SOA is used to make paper, and paper industry is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing industry. Moreover, the decomposition of paper in landfills is one of the largest sources of methane emissions into the environment. Methane is a greenhouse gas emissions considerably. Paper and products are the most important part of society, waste streams AA. The movement to recycle paper products and manufacturing process is essentially an attempt to reduce the amount of expensive, disposable waste. If we want to use recycled paper for our businesses and our homes, we do not have to sacrifice quality. The recycled paper is readily available to many high-value products, the same technical specifications as virgin (tree) of paper. The quality of recycled paper is significantly over the years so that it behaves well improved in copiers, fax machines, printers and printing machines. There are many companies offer the widest range of environmental papers available. Their product range includes recycled paper, envelopes, calendars, school supplies, non-toxic cleaning products and even organic products and fair.

Sustainable Home – Green Building for the New Era

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

More and more they realize how important it is for a life that only a minimal impact on the environment cause is. Any person who can lead their individual contribution to the significant difference for the future and protecting our planet. An important step you can on durable materials for the construction of your home or business use. The appreciation of how these materials may be incorporated green in your life can go a long way to go to reduce your impact on the environment. The best place to start trying to understand what are durable materials, is to first understand what the term “sustainable”. Sustainability means quantities and types of resources in a way to consume in order to ensure that the resources it requires for the coming generations. Another way to think about is that resources are renewed. This approach can be better understood through pictures. The wooden building is an excellent example of sustainability. Through the planting of trees, a forest can be developed. Then the wood may be reused as construction material. One example is the resistance of steel used for a building would be. Though the steel can not be resolved, it can at least be recycled. Another aspect of sustainability is recycling. Many metals are recyclable. You can use these materials to areas such as floors, walls and work surfaces. You can also use blocks for use as recycled material. How to choose materials for your home, whether you go for Sustainability is an aspect to understand how much energy is used to gather the documentation for you. Try to materials that are less energy for transportation to be found. For example, if you want to go for a granite counter, then with the local builder, rather than buy from a provider such as distant Malaysia. Much more energy is used for documentation of Malaysia to get to your home, as the local provider. Use of sustainable materials is a step on the road to a farm in ecological knowledge. You want to bring all the other elements together, such as architecture, materials and construction methods. Order your plans for things like your water consumption of energy, make sure you and the page is confused with the physical locations of the house. You want as little as possible about the nature and realize your consumption. Converting from your home to a household sustainability is not something you have to do both. Instead, you can change your home during the day. If you have the opportunity to renovate or upgrade, choose durable materials. Instead of painting, the use of natural fibers that air quality will do better in your house. Instead of bamboo tiles as flooring. For countertops, testing of cork instead of granite. Each of these changes will help make a difference.