Seven years ago, I interviewed Allison Evanow, CEO of Square One Organic Vodka . While writing an article for Green Talk, I couldn’t help but gush about Evanow’s level of environmental detail in producing and packaging her product. Despite the recession, Evanow expanded the Company’s product line to include three new vodkas: Square One Basil, Square One Cucumber, […]
Green Concrete: Limestone Building Exterior Made of Beer Bottles
One Million bottles of beer on the wall. One Million bottles of beer on the wall. Take one down, crush and spin it around, then there is… Okay, you get the picture. In fact, Realm of Design used 500,000 beer bottles to create the limestone looking green concrete facade of their Nevada 30,000 square foot manufacturing […]
Floral Biz, Organic Bouquet, Flourishes under Sustainable Biz Model
We often don’t realize that sustainable business are just like any other business. They have to be profitable in order to be sustainable. What separates businesses like Organic Bouquet from many of the other floral businesses in the world is the added layer of caring for the Planet and people. However, CEO Robert McLaughlin knows […]
Ford’s Sustainability Director’s Interview. Making Green Biz Work
Did you ever wonder what it is like to be in the shoes of a sustainability director of a Fortune 500 company? John Viera, Global Sustainability Director of Ford, provided an inside peek in the below podcast. Since 2007, he has been the Global Director, Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters for Ford Motor Company. As […]
Green Building at its Finest at the Ford Rouge Factory
When Ford knocked on my door to visit their headquarter in January, I hemmed and hawed not because of Ford, but who wants to go to Detroit in January? Can you say bone chilling? (Been there, done that.) But they knew how to get a green building geek girl wobbly at the knees and beg for me. Wave […]
Conservation in Education. GP Hosted Panel Discusses How Biz Help
Georgia-Pacific’s Educational in Nature® program provides environmental education supplements for elementary school children. With the rapid growth in global learning and increased need for sustainability education, the company is seeking to expand its program. Over the course of four months, the company has sponsored two education based panel discussions in which I was the moderator. […]
Workplace Supplies Company Wins Green Apple Award
Welcome guest poster, Richard Bloomfield, the website editor for The Workplace Depot about how his company reduced its carbon footprint and saved money. The sector of industrial and office supplies is not well known for being at the forefront of environmental awareness. At Central Source we decided to make our company a more green-aware organisation so that […]
Top 5 Commercial Green Design Picks by Organic Architect Freed
Previously, I interviewed Eric Corey Freed, the Organic Architect on his top five green residential design picks. I couldn’t let him go without asking his top five green commercial design picks. He didn’t disappoint me. Watch the below video or podcast as Freed explains why he love his top five picks. Just as an aside, Freed’s choices do not lack from […]
