Green Business Certification Assessment (September 10, 2019 ) We support our local economy by offering well paid work to teens, as well as working parents. We work hard to maintain a brick and mortar shop, to enhance our main street and to offer sustainable/ethical goods to our community. As a retailer of…

Green Business Certification Assessment (September 10, 2019 ) We support our local economy by offering well paid work to teens, as well as working parents. We work hard to maintain a brick and mortar shop, to enhance our main street and to offer sustainable/ethical goods to our community. As a retailer of…

Green Business Certification Assessment (August 28, 2019 ) We value and respect the hard work of our farmers as well as our planets resources. Hence, we make every effort to support Fair Trade and Environment. We source ingredients from Fair Trade and Organic certified organizations. Our packaging is bio-…

Green Business Certification Assessment (August 28, 2019 ) We value and respect the hard work of our farmers as well as our planets resources. Hence, we make every effort to support Fair Trade and Environment. We source ingredients from Fair Trade and Organic certified organizations. Our packaging is bio-…

Green Business Certification Assessment (August 25, 2019 ) Trashmeout Services is a company of seekers who want a better life and a better world. Focused on the triple bottom line: people, planet and revenue," We are socially responsible having a duty to act in the best interests of their environment and…

Personal story (September 10, 2019 ) Attention all pollinators! Prime real estate is now available just eight miles west of Chicago in suburban River Forest, Illinois.  Enjoy native gardens on your way to work by visiting one of the 36 Parkway for Pollinators Gardens. Your kids…
gardening, climate change, pollinator habitat, bees, butterflies, native plants, Climate Victory Garden

Personal story (September 5, 2019 ) Written by Trina Calderón, a Los Angeles TV/filmmaker, journalist, and UC Master Gardener. She contributes art and culture writing to a variety of print and digital media, and writes short stories, essays, and screenplays. Committed to a…
help the homeless

Personal story (September 4, 2019 ) Restaurants Are Helping to Drive Carbon Farming Practices Restaurants have always played a large role in shaping how eaters view food. They help remind consumers how food is produced and where it comes from. Their influence can sometimes bring…

Green Business Member Profile (September 7, 2019 ) Wireworx retails and wholesales authentic African fair trade beaded wire animal figurines, key chains, magnets, tree ornaments, wall and garden decor.
fair trade, beaded animals, wire animals, garden decor, wall decor, key chains, tree ornaments

Green Business Member Profile (September 5, 2019 ) Eco-friendly Cannabis and CBD Packaging
Dama Distributing, eco-friendly products, sustainable packaging, cannabis, CBD, packaging, child resistant, biodegradable, bioplastic, sustainable business, compost, compostable, sustainability, eco-friendly

Piece (September 5, 2019 ) Today, we break down some responses that members and Green America received from Carter’s.
Carter's children's clothing

Competition Items (September 4, 2019 ) Picture the last event you attended. If it was like most events in the U.S., you probably noticed a lot of waste: food waste, plastic waste, printed waste, and more. Sustainable Events LLC helps organizations and event professionals reduce the…

Competition Items (September 4, 2019 ) Ink Forest believes T-shirts ARE the original social media. Posts on Facebook, Twitter or a picture on Instagram only last for minutes down a customer’s feed. A t-shirt will last for years. So, if you’re going to promote your business, club, school…

Competition Items (September 4, 2019 ) Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company’s mission has been clear for 26 years: To use high-quality, specialty coffee as a vehicle for positive change throughout the coffeelands of Asia, Africa and the Americas. In 1994, we set out to prove that a for-…

Competition Items (September 4, 2019 ) We started Bennett Compost ten years ago with $100 and a dream to make composting easy for people in the city.  Since then, we've grown to a company of 10 employees, and compost the food waste and organics for over 3000 households and…

Green America in the News (September 4, 2019 ) If climate change feels like an impossibly knotty threat to unravel, consider the outlook of Alisa Gravitz (MBA 1980), who sees being carbon negative worldwide by 2050 as entirely possible. As president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.–based…

Harvard Business School

BlogNews (August 30, 2019 ) Originally published on business.com by Bryan Pena | August 30, 2019 Getting certified can help your small business. There are more than 40 million independent workers in the U.S. today, and that means a competitive market for the attention and…
sustainable business, Green Business Network

BlogNews (August 29, 2019 ) The Amazon forest fires are tragedy for Brazil, as people are experiencing severe health problems and are at risk of losing their homes.
Amazon forest fires

BlogNews (August 26, 2019 ) Walmart neglects to set comprehensive plan to cut dangerous HFC emissions that escalate climate change.
Walmart

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