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Ferragamo finds it easy being green // 12.29.2008

Eco--fill in the blank. With companies like Ferragamo leading the luxury market to show green and quality go together, we can expect more brands with the ECO preface to come.

WWD

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:01:00 EST

MILAN — Ferragamo has a green heart.
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90 days to a Greener Focus at the Office // 12.23.2008

by Tim Sanders

My Christmas came a few days early with a Wall Street Journal article that features my new book, Saving The World At Work.

Cultivating a Green Focus at the Office == WSJ

In this article, I give easy to follow tips for anyone that want...

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Fed Up With Phone Books Loitering In My Driveway // 12.22.2008

by Darron Stover

As I am near completion of Tim's book, the idea of social innovation has really been striking home with me, to the point now that any severe lack of social innovation just flat out ticks me off. And boy...

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Green retail lives! // 12.10.2008

by Tim Sanders

Member John Livesay sent me an article, just posted yesterday:

By Lisa Lockwood

“Being green and generating a profit are not mutually exclusive, competing values for businesses. They have to exist...

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Luxury spending now going green // 12.10.2008

by John Livesay

Article in WWD shows that even people with money are now cutting back on their luxury spending in a new awareness that buying many things increases their carbon footprint. Quality over quantity is the new...

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TV pundit Rachel Madden's formula for success =brains +humor + niceness =ratings // 12.10.2008

by John Livesay

This shows that nice, smart people who have a sense of humor about themselves and life are successful

http://nymag.com/news/media/51822/

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It starts with certification! // 12.08.2008

by Tim Sanders

In LA, your business will soon be able to apply for "Green Business Certification."

Read today's story: City Of Los Angeles To Certify Green Businesses

Why is this important? Once a system is...

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The Road to the Future is Electric...For Now // 11.21.2008

by Tyree Pace

It's almost a decade into the new century and I must admit that I am feeling a bit let-down. I know this sounds silly but I sort of thought the future would have looked a little more...future-y. I mean where's...

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Recycling plastic bags - SCAM! // 11.16.2008

by Devin Kunz

I am sure you have seen the local Supermarket(s) with a box, bin, or other receptacle that says something to the effect of, "Recycle plastic bags here!". Please be advised that this is a ridiculous scam...

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Live Greener - Literally // 11.06.2008

by Tyree Pace

Many of us who are on this site are probably already aware of all the things we can do personally to make the world a better place: we separate our plastics; we sign up for online billing; we take the stairs...

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