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Supporting Green Companies Good Morning America did a nice piece on "greenwashing" realted to consumer products this morning. The Green Workplace book featured!
Source: abcnews.go.com
Greenwashing is the practice of inaccurately labeling products as eco-friendly in order to attract customers. There is no legal definition of what "green" is, and companies can make claims without providing proof. "GMA" explores the issue.
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Want to help plant a tree? It's easy - Just "fan" this page:
http://Facebook.com/CREDO
Working Assets will plant 1 tree for each new fan between now and October 31st. So fan the page, spread the word, and help support this very green effort!
http://Facebook.com/CREDO
Source: act.credoaction.com
Join CREDO on Facebook by midnight October 31, 2009, and we'll plant a tree. Tell your friends to fan us and we'll plant more trees. Current fans get trees, too. We'll simply take the number of total fans CREDO has on October 31 and that's the number of trees we'll plant.
Supporting Green Companies Volkswagen is sponsoring a new campaign called The Fun Theory. It's all about influencing human behavior to make the good environmental choices through "fun." Watch the videos in the link below... hilarious!
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
I'm a huge fan of social influence, real time feedback and other incentives to encourage green behavior - even if it is subliminal. But making the greener, more socially beneficial choice also fun? Now ...
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
I just found out about a new technology by the Tennant Company. It's called ec-H2O and it uses no cleaning chemicals and 70% less water than normally required by traditional scrubbing methods.Here's a ...
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Compared to conventional silicon-based photovoltaic technology, Dyesol’s technology has lower cost and embodied energy in manufacture, it produces electricity more efficiently
even in low light conditions and can be directly incorporated into buildings or structures by replacing conventional glass panels rather than taking up roof or extra land area.
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
Dyesol’s technology is based on Dye Solar Cell (DSC), which has been identified in the Japanese and EU Photovoltaic Roadmaps as the emerging solar technology, it has also been called the most promising advance in solar cell technology since the invention of the silicon cell.
Supporting Green Companies Ambient's little plug-in device called the Energy Joule will tell you when you're using "expensive" energy during peak periods. A very clever way to reduce consumption and money at the same time!
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
I love this product called Energy Joule by Ambient. It's a little plug in device that tells you when peak consumption hours are... it lights green when energy is cheap and red when energy cost is at a premium. ...
Supporting Green Companies Listen to our interview with Tom Kriger with the National Labor College. He explains why labor is going green and how his organization will help retool the workforce.
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
Leigh Stringer interviews Tom Kriger, Provost and VP for Academics for the National Labor College on why the NLC is creating a new Green Workplace Representative Certificate program on The Green Workplace Radio.
Supporting Green Companies Of course we're not supposed to be printing at all these days to save trees, but did you ever consider greening up your fonts when you do print? Spranq claims you can save 20% of your toner by trying their Spranq Eco Sans font.
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
OK, now I've seen it all... green FONTS? Acutally, this is kind of interesting. Spranq, a Utrecht, The Netherlands creative communications firm, has created a font with "holes" in it called Spranq Eco Sans. ...
Supporting Green Companies Greenology cleaning products are certified organic, non-toxic to humans but proven to kill bacteria. The best part? They fully disclose ingredients on labels and Material Safety Sheets on the company's website. You'll actually recognize the names of ingredients, and no benzyne, butoxyethanol or other clearly toxic stuff.
Source: www.greenologyproducts.com
Greenology is a manufacturer of superior cleaning products that are People, Pet & Planet Safe!
Supporting Green Companies Check out the BioLogic FreeCharge from Dahon. It puts a dynamo on a bike wheel that then charges a battery powered USB hub which you in turn plug your MP3 player/PMP or any other USB-chargable device into. Dahon claims that a full charge will be reached at around three hours of cycling.
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
For those of you who complained in our post Make Your Bike Electric! - about how using an electric bike is greener than driving but still uses carbon - this post should make you happy.
Supporting Green Companies The Solar Roadway™ is a series of structurally-engineered solar panels that create energy and can be driven upon. If we replaced all current petroleum-based asphalt roads, parking lots, and driveways with Solar Road Panels™ that collect and store solar energy we would reduce fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by a shocking amount (close to 50% by some calculations).
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
We've talked a lot about solar power and a lot about transportation, but this is the first time I've heard of this awesome bit of news (from autobloggreen): Solar Roadways get prototype funding from DOT.Basically, ...
Supporting Green Companies Lunar-resonant streetlights, designed by Anton Willis of Civil Twighlight, LLC, are LED outdoor lights that dim when the the ambient light in the night sky increases. This is good for reducing energy use and for nocturnal animals that are confused by artificial light.
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
Lunar-resonant streetlights, designed by Anton Willis of Civil Twighlight, LLC, are LED outdoor lights that dim when the the ambient light in the night sky increases. From the Index Awards website:
Supporting Green Companies Flexitron sells a specialized kit to help you motorize your bike. That's right, convert your existing cycle to an electric vehicle! No fuel required, its noiseless and eco friendly. Commute to work without breaking a sweat!
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
So you own a bike, and want to reduce your carbon footprint, but you don't want to arrive at work sweating and smelly? Have no fear... make your bike electric! Check out this electric bicylce conversion kit! ...
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Listen in to our interview with Alicia Martin from Sprint.
Find out about their new "Reclaim" phone that just hit the market - it's 80% recycled material and very GREEN.
Source: www.blogtalkradio.com
Sustainable Strategies that Benefit Employees the Environment and the Bottom Line Aug 25 2009
Supporting Green Companies Timberland puts the equivalent of "nutrition labels" on its products with ratings based on greenhouse gas emissions, the use of solvents and resource consumption. The company also plans to be carbon neutral by 2010. That's just a few months away, but I say we hold them to it!
Source: www.thegreenworkplace.com
I'm continually frustrated as a consumer that I just can't make informed decisions when comparing two products. I mean, which is really the best environmental choice? I know, you're thinking... the right decision not buying the product in the first place! ...
