Eco-Board BillBoards Uses Solar and Wind Power

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While the name is misleadingly old fashioned, bringing to mind a piece of wood and some paint advertising something quaint like a garage door repair service or an antique store, modern billboards do a lot more than that – which includes using a lot more energy than a piece of wood.

Susie’s Bags, a Unique, Local Product

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As a stay at home mother, it can be hard even having time to work, let alone starting a successful work from home business – but that’s exactly what Susie Jamieson did when she started making canvas bags from her home 23 years ago

Have Fun! Will Recycle: MIT Students Engage in Recycling Game

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Would you call recycling fun and challenging? Are you motivated by your positive environmental impact? Probably not. A Boston company called Greenbean Recycle is trying to make the act of recycling a fun, competitive and engaging game for students at MIT. Greenbean’s Reverse Vending Machines is a convenient, ‘smart’ recycling receptacle that rewards you for your actions.

Greenbean recycling improves community recycling with modern technological solutions. We show you instant recycling impact. And in our greenbean challenges teams compete for recycling superiority.

Users can deposit their recycling earnings via PayPal or elect to give to a charitable organization of their choice.

Want a Greener Supply Chain? Put on Your S.M.A.R.T Y Pants!

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Transitioning to a more sustainable, “greener” business takes a long term commitment and a strategic on-going plan. Creating and implementing a plan based on “S.M.A.R.T. Goals” is a great way to plan, achieve, and analyze specific benchmarks along the way. With its emphasis on creating organizational goals that are Specific, Motivational, Attainable, Relevant, and Trackable, a green plan inspired by S.M.A.R.T. Goals offers your sustainability team a strong tool in the implementation of environmentally-friendly changes at your company. Consider the following applications:

Investors Want Legally Enforceable Climate Change Plan

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Investors representing more than $20 trillion in assets recently banded together to urge world leaders to form a legally enforceable plan to fight climate change. The investors came together before the upcoming climate summit in Durban, South Africa. This is the largest group to make such a request – both by numbers and by the amount of their assets.