What does ‘Green’ mean to your company and how does reducing your ecological impact translate into cost savings, a stronger public image and improving the Triple Bottom Line (People, Planet, Profit)? Do you go for the low hanging fruit, printing on both sides and investing in inexpensive…
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Added by GreenSara on October 23, 2008 at 11:01am —
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YGR offers Free listings in our Green Directory. To add your Green company visit us at
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Company Name: American Canvas
Company Type: Privately Owned
URL/Location: www.americancanvas.blogspot.com
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Added by GreenSara on October 20, 2008 at 7:06am —
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‘Going Green’ is more than a fad; it’s the new way of doing business and essential for maintaining a competitive edge. Trimming carbon emissions, paper output and energy consumption are just a few examples of how businesses are setting themselves apart and attracting new customers concerned about the impact products and services they purchase are having on the environment. But this isn’t just a point of ethics-it’s a multi-billion dollar industry with the potential to change the face of your bus…
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Added by GreenSara on October 17, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Before chucking those plastics into the recycling bin, make sure you’ve first taken these steps.
Before The Bin:
1.) Check with your local recycling authority to find out which plastics are accepted (recycling codes/resin identification numbers 1-7). You can find…
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Added by GreenSara on October 14, 2008 at 8:00am —
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“Cosmetics products and ingredients are not subject to FDA premarket approval authority, with the exception of color additives…[the] FDA cannot require companies to do safety testing of their cosmetics before marketing.” (
FDA website).
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Added by GreenSara on October 13, 2008 at 9:05am —
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Company Name: Organic and Natural Enterprise (ONE) Group
Company Type: Privately Owned
URL/Location: www.o…
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Added by GreenSara on October 10, 2008 at 7:00am —
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Inundated with messages to ‘Buy Local!’ and ‘Buy American!’ in order to save the environment and decrease ‘food miles’, consumers are flooding farmers markets, CSA’s and co-ops. And with U.S. produce traveling an average of 1,500 miles from farm to grocer, it would seem that the ‘Buy Local’ phenomenon makes sense in the movement towards sustainable agriculture...Or does it? While it’s true that (local) small scale farms may be more likely to practice sustainable farming, the environmental premis…
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Added by GreenSara on October 8, 2008 at 2:52pm —
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Halloween is almost here! Time to sneak treats, assume alternate identities, run around in the dark…and create massive amounts of solid waste? Yup, from trashed pumpkins and plastic decorations to single use costumes and candy wrappers we generate tons (litterally) of garbage every Hall…
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Added by GreenSara on October 7, 2008 at 7:00am —
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*Be sure to read YGR’s review of Born Free’s BPA-free baby bottles and tips on plastics identification
What do your dental fillings, c.d. collection, water bottles and cupboard full of canned goods all have in common? They all contain a highly controversial organic compound called Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in the production of polycarbonate plastics (like baby bottles and water bottles) and epoxy resins (the coating on metal food cans and water supply pipes). Depending on where you get…
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Added by GreenSara on October 6, 2008 at 1:54pm —
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