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Monthly Archives: October 2009
How to Green the Office
Are you interested in sustainability but don’t know where to make the first step? Here are a few small tips that will get you started towards a more cost-efficient and eco-friendly workplace. Print green and share documents electronically. Encourage your … Continue Reading
Evergreen Cooperative Laundry Aims to Help Struggling Neighborhoods around Cleveland’s University Circle
From the Plain Dealer – October 20, 2009: “Civic and city leaders are investing several million dollars in a unique, employee-owned business model to drive more wealth and jobs into the struggling neighborhoods around University Circle. Several hundred people will … Continue Reading
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Tagged Bob Peck mural, Buckeye-Shaker, Case Western Reserve University, Chris Warren, Cleveland neighborhoods Glenville, East Cleveland., employee-owned laundry, Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, Fairfax, Greater University Circle Voice, Green City Growers Cooperative, Hough, India Lee, Little Italy, Mayor Frank Jackson, Ohio Solar Cooperative, The Cleveland Foundation, Towards Employment, University Circle, University Hospitals Cleveland
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The Redwoods Group: A Socially Responsible Commercial Specialty Insurance Company
The Redwoods Group, headquartered in Morrisville, NC, is a privately held, socially responsible commercial specialty insurance company. The business and social mission of The Redwoods Group – whose motto is to Serve Others – is to protect and improve the … Continue Reading
COSE First to Offer Green Plus™ in Ohio
Cleveland, October 14, 2009- One of the largest American chambers of commerce, the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), has become the first business association to offer the Green Plus™ sustainability education and certification program to Ohio’s smaller enterprises. Green Plus™ is … Continue Reading
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Tagged ACCE, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, Chris Carmody, COSE, Council for Smaller Enterprises, Duke University, green plus, Jeff Baldassari, Kenan-Flagler School of Business, North Carolina Research Triangle, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio small business energy efficiency, small business green certification, Steve Millard, The Taylor Companies, UNC Chapel Hill
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Chambers, Institute Present Sustainability Efforts in D.C.
Representatives of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and Institute for Sustainable Development discussed the Green Plus program with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis Hightower and 40 U.S. Senate and House staffers Tuesday at the invitation of Partners for … Continue Reading
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Tagged ACCE, Adam Klein, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, Bridgeport Regional Business, Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber, Chattanooga Area Chamber, Chris Carmody, Climate Prosperity Project, Columbia SC Chamber of Commerce, Ford Foundation Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development, Greater Lehigh Chamber, Greater Waco Chamber, Indianapolis Chamber, Institute for Sustainable Development, Kansas City Chamber, Knoxville Chamber, LEED, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Partners for Livable Communities, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis Hightower, Volkswagon Chattanooga, Waco Chamber certified LEED Gold
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Cree Pledges 575 New, Green Jobs in Durham
From the Triangle Business Journal: “Cree Inc. plans to hire more than 500 workers in Durham over the next three years, the maker of light-emitting diodes and LED lighting products announced Thursday afternoon. The company currently employs about 1,500 in … Continue Reading
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Tagged Chuck Swoboda, Cree Inc., Durham North Carolina, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, green jobs, LED lighting
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Help Us in “Planting Seeds of Hope”
Lamp Recycling Outreach for Raleigh, North Carolina Continue Reading
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