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Whether or not you love flowers, chances are that they will be a part in your perfect wedding - bouquet, boutonnieres, decor or centerpieces. As such, in "greening" your wedding, you should consider ways to decrease the environmental impact of your flowers. Here are some simple tips for eco-friendly flowers that will be beautiful while treading lightly on the …

Every year Vault conducts employee surveys to rank firms and companies by industry according to various standards including diversity, prestige, work/life culture, salary, etc. Last year, we added a short section on green, i.e., energy conservation, recycling, environmental friendliness and workplace safety, in the survey, hoping to get a glimpse into what companies were doing toward becoming …

In our professional consulting experience, we have see many great business models and strategies become stagnate, as companies fail to take proactive or immediate action to address changes in consumer expectations or in the market in general.  Soon a once thriving business becomes out of touch with the consumer and business sustainability becomes more than just a buzz word around the …

Want to go green but just don't know where to start?  Why not host a Memorial Day party to celebrate the day and introduce friends, co workers, neighbors, and family to sustainability concepts to go green!In our sustainability consulting with individuals, we offer fun challenges to our clients to see how many green things they can embrace in building a sustainable lifestyle.   …

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Santa Barbara, CA – May 21st, 2010 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday, in the presence of business, government, academic, and environmental leaders, the historic launch of this nation’s first, non-profit Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII). With their headquarters based in San Francisco, GPII’s mission is to develop …

The devastating and escalating events in the Gulf of Mexico underscore an amazing collection of problems: reliance on polluting energy, absence of a coherent national energy plan, the problems with lax government oversight, and dozens of others. Perhaps most clearly, it shows the gulf we should have seen years ago between the image of BP and the reality of BP.This spiraling disaster might …

In 2002, Karen Trilevsky started a non-profit college scholarship called Smart Cookie as a way to support and encourage the children of FullBloom’s employees. It has now expanded to the community at large. Since starting the program Karen has helped fund and mentor 67 kids through college. The program counts 27 Smart Cookies enrolled in college today. Karen learned first-hand about the …

There have been a number recent of articles and reports on the ‘state of green’ in the current economic climate.  These discussions present findings on both sides of the debate on consumer spending and the growth of alternative products and services.  Our green living consulting experience has taught us that ‘green’ actions or sustainability concepts that are …