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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Ten sustainable New Year’s resolutions for businesses
1) Ask employees to turn off their computers when they are away from work. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, users can save energy by turning off monitors that won’t be used for 20 minutes, and CPUs that won’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Opportunities
Tagged Green, hocoblogs@@@, New Year, resolution, sustainable
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Maryland printer and wind energy supplier form a win-win partnership
Ned and I became better acquainted with Clean Currents last week as we facilitated a sustainability benchmarking exercise for one of our newest clients, SVECONWAY Printing. Bobby Firestein, president and CEO of SVECONWAY, is committed to buying 100 percent renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Energy, Environment, Marketing, Opportunities
Tagged American Wind Energy Association, B Corp, Best Green Company Award, Bobby Firestein, Clean Currents, DC, Department of Environmental Protection, energy, EPA, hocoblogs@@@, Inc. 500, Maryland, Maryland Incubator, Mayor's Environmental Excellence Award, Montgomery County, renewable, Sveconway, transparency, Visionary Award, Washington, Washington Business Journal, wind power
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Sustaining budget cuts
Where do you cut? When should you act? Where do you invest? Everyone is facing tighter budgets. Is it time for draconian action? Or will incremental changes across the board do the job? These are the questions many of our … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Marketing, Opportunities, People
Tagged Budget cuts, hocoblogs@@@, productivity, recession
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Which is the more sustainable, real or fake Christmas trees?
I’ve been pondering the economic and environmental aspects of Christmas trees. There are more than 2,500 Christmas tree growers and more than 250,000 Christmas tree retailers in the United States according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2009 Census of Horticultural … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Environment, Opportunities, People
Tagged artificial, Balsam fir, Christmas, compost, Douglas fir, fake, farm, Fraser fir, fresh-cut, hocoblogs@@@, Noble fir, real, Scotch pine, tree, trees, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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The true measure of sustainability is in deeds rather than words
Commercial buildings consume 17 percent of the total energy in the United States, according to a Department of Energy website. Unfortunately, many buildings are not energy efficient. But not for long if Allen & Shariff Corporation CEO Zack Shariff has … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Energy, Environment, People
Tagged Allen & Shariff Corporation, Bill Allen, Commercial buildings, Department of Energy, greenhouse gas, hocoblogs@@@, interior smart grid systems, photovoltaic, solar, Tom Graham, Zack Shariff
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Popularity of mail-order chai brewing thanks to Maine partnership
Few people were surprised when a steaming, spicy tea and milk drink called chai was voted “Best Beverage” at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine this past fall, especially given that thousands of customers stood in line waiting to … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Marketing, Opportunities, People
Tagged Best Beverage, chai, Chai Wallahs of Maine, Common Ground Fair, hocoblogs@@@, Jared, Leigh, mail order, Maine, Ruthie, tea, Unity
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Please don’t let smart meter paranoia disrupt your business
Every once in a while I catch wind of a morsel of misinformation that could make me scream. Add a recent spate of rumors about smart meters to that list. I first became aware of a smart meter controversy in … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Energy, People, Technology
Tagged hocoblogs@@@, Jerry Day, Matrix News Network, Minivan Jack, paranoia, smart meters, video
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Sustainability implies striving for continuous improvement
When Jane Cutter called her friend, Danis Chamberlin, two years ago to discuss a business idea, her timing could not have been better. Cutter, who owned and operated Alternate Transit Advertising in Greenland, New Hampshire, had a new approach in … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Environment, Marketing, Opportunities
Tagged Alternate Transit Advertising, Danis Chamberlin, fly fishing, Greenland, hocoblogs@@@, Jane Cutter, Jeff Cutter, New Hampshire, Riverworks Printing
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How your state can help grow your business
The State of Maryland, like many other states, has created a series of helpful programs and services that may be of value to your organization. We all want more jobs in the state and it would benefit us all if we could create … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Opportunities
Tagged Green, hocoblogs@@@, Jobs, Maryland, MDE, renewable energy incentives, small business assistance, training
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Shipping containers are both a sad commentary and an opportunity
I’ve been podering shipping containers for some time now. There are millions of them in ports around the world where they serve as barometers of various countries’ trade balances. Unfortunately, we have a glut of shipping containers in America’s ports,
Posted in Environment, Opportunities, People
Tagged Artscape, Baltimore, hocoblogs@@@, LightBox, Long Beach, Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Morgan State University, Norfolk, shipping container, The Loading Dock
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