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The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education
The Engaged Organization” provides survey results and case studies documenting that environmental education is already standard practice at many companies. A new study by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) finds that environmental and sustainability (E&S) employee education and engagement initiatives help companies achieve a range of business objectives from attracting and retaining employees to boosting the bottom line. Press Release (pdf) : White Paper: The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education The full report is now available : Read The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education The National Environmental Education Foundation is
The Green Changemakers - Monday, March 8, 2010
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Playfair 2012 launches campaign for an ethical London Olympics
The coalition wants the organisers of the London Olympics to ensure that workers making sportswear for the 2012 Games won't be working in appalling and degrading conditions, and that all Olympic-branded goods will be ethically produced. The campaign website – www.playfair2012.org.uk – sets out the standards the coalition expects from the London 2012 Games organisers, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and sportswear brands, and explains how individuals can get involved in the campaign. As the Olympic torch was being handed on from this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver to London, the Playfair 2012 coalition on Saturday, February 27, 2010, launched a campaign for an ethical London Games.
Green (Living) Review - Sunday, March 7, 2010
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World Water Crisis
Their product uses only three-quarters of a gallon of water to flush, compared with standard low-flow toilets, which use more than a gallon and a half. World Water Crisis Scott Warren / Aurora Next Back The Staff of Life Water, Earth's most precious resource, serves simultaneously as habitat, nourishment and cleanser. Brazil's Pantanal River, for example, is home to 3,500 species of plants, 400 kinds of fish, 650 bird species, 100 kinds of mammals and 80 types of reptiles.
The Green Changemakers - Friday, March 5, 2010
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  • NIST Releases Long Awaited Standards Report
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its draft of standards on Thursday, laying out a roadmap and initial plans for utilities, vendors and service providers to adopt smart grid technology.  The NIST developed a three-phase plan to accelerate the idenfication of standards while establishing a robust framework for the longer-term evolution of the standards and establishment of testing and certification procedures.  In The report also laid out priority areas for development and specific initiatives such a cyber security to focus on in coming years.
    Green Life Smart Life - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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  • USDA Organic Label Standards Being Weakened by Lobbyists
    When the USDA label was first implemented in 2002, concern was expressed that certification standards would not be as stringent as the private organic labeling programs it replaced, such as the Oregon Tilth. Prior Prior to 2002, organic certifiers each had their own standards that they used when certifying organic produce and products.  USDA Organic Label Standards The [...] Post from: Green Living Ideas
    Green Living Ideas - Monday, July 6, 2009
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  • What Is Cap & Trade: Understanding the Waxman-Markley Climate Bill
    According to the bill’s summary, companies will be required to adhere to increasingly tough standards on energy consumption. Tagged: cap and trade program, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions standards, climate bill, greenhouse gases, Obama Green Intiative, US energy policy, Waxman-Markley Climate and Energy Bill ...Tags: Tags: Green Green Economy In the News cap and trade program carbon dioxide carbon emissions They’ve tackled bank bailouts, reforming health care and saving the automakers – the U.S. government’s been busy the
    Green Life Smart Life - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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  • Desperately seeking standards
    Leave your properties energy assessment in trusted hands The smart economy is a green economy. So says the Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal set out by the Government for the next phase of Ireland’s economic development.   It’s aim is to successfully address the severe economic situation we face, restore stability to the public finances, and begin the process of restoring competitiveness.
    Green Me - Thursday, August 20, 2009
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  • USDA Organic Label Standards are Weakened by Lobbyists
    When the USDA label was first implemented in 2002, concern was expressed that certification standards would not be as stringent as the private organic labeling programs it replaced, such as the Oregon Tilth. Prior Prior to 2002, organic certifiers each had their own standards that they used when certifying organic produce and products.  USDA Organic Label Standards The [...] Post from: Green Living Ideas
    Green Living Ideas - Monday, July 6, 2009
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  • Bush Administration Actions that Weakened USDA Organic Label
    explains, “It will unravel everything we’ve done if the standards can no longer be trusted. Related Posts USDA Organic Label Standards Being Weakened by Lobbyists What is Organic Produce? Buying Organic – Is There any Bang for Your Buck? 70 Companies Pledge to Avoid GM Sugar Beets Is Organic Produce Healthier Than Conventionally Grown Produce? ...Tags: Tags: Food Concern has been raised recently about the integrity of the USDA organic label.  Non-organic additives have
    Green Living Ideas - Sunday, July 12, 2009
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  • Sugarcane ethanol already meets California low carbon fuel standard, says Brazilian Sugarcane Association
    CARB is scheduled to vote on the first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) on April 23-24. Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels By Michael Smith (Veshengro) Sugarcane ethanol's carbon intensity is even lower than initially calculated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), according to comments submitted today by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA). The objective of the LCFS is to reduce by 10% the carbon intensity of all transportation fuels in California by 2020.
    Green (Living) Review - Sunday, April 19, 2009
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  • Carrot & Stick Policy is Driving Clean Energy Development
    Tags: Alternative Energy Cap and trade carrot & stick renewable energy standar One of the many under-appreciated bits of green legislation that Democrats snuck into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was that electric utilities (as well as businesses and homeowners) could also get a 30% tax credit if they invest in renewable energy. This This electric utility eligibility for [...] [ Carrot & Stick Policy is Driving Clean Energy Development from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags:
    Green Living Ideas - Monday, January 25, 2010
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  • LEED for Homes Point by Point – Energy & Atmosphere
    We opted to follow the performance path which meant our world be rated according to the ENERGY STAR for home standards (the document can be found here ). HERS stands for Home Energy Rating Standard and is based on a performance scale of 100. Tagged: atmosphere, Energy, eNERGY sTAR FOR HOME STANDARDS, Home energy rating standard, LEED-H, NET ZERO, solar reflective index ...Tags: Energy and Atmosphere : 21.5 points achieved out of 36 points available ::
    Green Life Smart Life - Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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  • Horizon Organic and Silk Soymilk: Integrity of Farm Aid Sponsors Questionable
    Tags: Food and Cuisine agriculture Dean Foods Farm Aid greenwashing Horizon Organic Neil Young organic standards Silk soymilk Willie Nelso I’ve long been a fan of Willie Nelson and Neil Young and what they have done for the American family farm and the environment. I remember watching the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 when I was 14-years-old and being moved by the message and the music.
    Green Living Ideas - Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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