December 3rd, 2010 by
David Rostan View Comments
I recently wrote about the Sustainable Brands Seminars on sustainable business practice. The NY/NJ seminars are next week and are a great opportunity to learn from the best about:
BRAND STRATEGY: Building the Credible Sustainable Brand
COMMUNICATIONS: Designing Communications that Resonate
PRODUCT DESIGN: Sustainable Product Design: an LCA Approach
SUPPLY CHAIN: Making Supply Chains More Sustainable
DATA & METRICS: Managing...
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November 10th, 2010 by
David Rostan View Comments
Last spring I attended the Sustainable Brands Conference in Monterey, CA. It was it a great networking and learning experience, so I am very excited about the Sustainable Brands Seminars happening in several cities across the country. Luckily, one of the locations is in nearby New Brunswick, NJ and I hope to take in a...
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executive education, Sustainability, sustainable brands seminars
September 1st, 2010 by
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This guest post was written by Alli Blum. Alli writes about opportunities in sustainable industries, both personal and professional, whimsical and relevant. You can follow her at @AlliBlum or email her at sustainable.blum at gmail.
What better way to celebrate my first post than to pay homage to the very event that introduced...
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conference, green jobs, green networking, sustainability conference
July 27th, 2010 by
David Rostan View Comments
This post was written by Rob Reed. He is the founder of MomentFeed, a location-based marketing, strategy, and technology firm.
Location technologies are transforming how we experience, navigate, and ultimately better our world. From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for good.
Social media has...
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android, applications, blasterous, blockchalk, BP, causeworld, dehood, foursquare, geolocation, googlemaps, gowalla, iphone, layar, LBS, locavore, mapquest, momentfeed, neighborgoods, oilreporter, oilspill, stickybits, trapster, waze
April 16th, 2010 by
David Rostan View Comments
Entrepreneurs, sustainability advocates and social entrepreneurs take note - CRD Analytics is presenting an Eco-entrepreneur challenge. Check out the slide share presentation, embedded below, for details. Listening to the audio is critical to getting all of the important information.
Here are the key points:
Any sustainable idea or startup in any industry or area of specialization may participate.
Enter...
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entrepreneurship
April 1st, 2010 by
David Rostan View Comments
SocialYell is launching a major site update around Earth Day. Leading up to our re-launch, we are taking a look at what some companies and organizations are doing to celebrate and honor Earth Day. Want your organization’s plans to be featured on SocialYell? Just let us know.
Chicago wants to become a leader among global...
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chicago, earth day, Environment, video contest
February 10th, 2010 by
Julie Urlaub View Comments
I think Adlai E. Stevenson said it right, “Laws are never as effective as habits.” However, considering Cap and Trade legislation, it may be the laws that create new habits – habits concerning carbon emissions. Although businesses are likely to be directly impacted, it has sparked several discussions for those living a green lifestyle. More...
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carbon offset, living green
January 20th, 2010 by
Julie Urlaub View Comments
Living a sustainable lifestyle or “green living” seems second nature to those living an eco friendly lifestyle, but it’s not uncommon to be confused to exactly what green living really is. So, what is it? Sustainable living is a primary focus on eco awareness with actions towards reducing ones carbon footprint, managing waste, and embracing...
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green living
October 15th, 2009 by
David Rostan View Comments
Today is Blog Action Day 2009. According to the Blog Action Day website:
Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.
We have seen examples of blog...
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October 7th, 2009 by
Julie Urlaub View Comments
In a 2007 survey by McKinsey & Company, 400 CEOs cited that not fulfilling sustainability obligations would lead to declining market shares and loss of talent. When asked which stakeholder group will have the greatest impact on the way their companies manage societal expectations:
Surprisingly employees ranked highest (48%),
Customers followed closely behind with (44%)
Local communities, regulators,...
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