10 Tips to Green Your Corporate Office, Event, and Party Groove

Kellee K. Sikes — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:53:32 -0500

Been cutting costs by greening the office? Thinking about how to reduce further, even when it is time to court Expo attendees or a ball room of potential investors? Shake it like a Polaroid Picture or Electric Slide on down the page for 9 tips (and reasons why) corporate offices and events are jumping to a green groove.

Comment on Node ant

Kellee K. Sikes — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:51:54 -0500

Every step counts and I will applaud each one. But what really gets my goat is PR-cover. Lets hope the real turkey stands up and makes some changes to their own internal stuffing... worker exploitation http://snurl.com/90a0e.
Kellee K. Sikes transitions organizations from single to triple bottom line success for people, profit, and the planet (P3). Reach her at ksikes at pioneer-technologies dot com or www.progressionary.com.

Five Nights Before Chirstmas

Kellee K. Sikes — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:47:30 -0500

T'was five nights before Christmas and all through the house
Creatures were stirring and rockin’ out.
Santa’s cool def jam blared on the non-digital TV,
As lights twinkled on our LED-lit, ecologically-forested, Christmas tree.
I wrapping presents with recycled paper all a glee,
Amazed by the next commercial announcing an ‘Eco TV.’
I am such a boob! I am!
I ordered a flat, digital TV that now does not seem so glam.
In the store the picture was all a glow.
The holiday deals so wonderfully low.
I never gave a thought, not one.

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Kellee K. Sikes — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:42:59 -0400

Different models like buying local, Organic, Green, etc help organizations and individuals get at responsible principles more easily, but the onus is still on each of us to be asking alert and precise questions that provide answers and change.

Buying Local -- Isn’t it really about Social and Environmental Responsibility?

Kellee K. Sikes — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:36:48 -0400

Commenting on Elizabeth Spiers post "Benefits of Buying Local?" A great blog post about "Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the bullies."

Socially Responsible Business Tip: Scuppie Marketing

Kellee K. Sikes — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:27:15 -0400

Are you marketing to Scuppies?

The conscious consumer (a consumer actively concerned about the environment and social justice) is one of the fastest growing consumer markets, remarkably gaining a foothold in almost every socio/economic demographic in the developed world.

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Kellee K. Sikes — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:44:00 -0400

Speaking as a native St. Louisan and current resident... As a significant employer, tax payer, and philanthropist, the loss or decline of the Anheuser-Busch presence in the St. Louis metro area would be a deep loss across the region.

Fast Talk Response -

Kellee K. Sikes — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:04:18 -0400

Here’s an example. Consider Fair Trade Sports, a sporting equipment manufacturing company who has chosen a social enterprise model as their operating model. A social enterprise operating model requires the core values and practices of the company to reflect a triple bottom line:

Bottom Line 1) A Social Responsible Mission – FTS has chosen to be a Fair Trade, Eco-certified company that donates all profits after taxes to children’s charities

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Kellee K. Sikes — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:17:09 -0400

Yes social and envirnomental policies of a company can and do effect the bottom line through reducing costs and gaining the growing number of conscious consumers. This is exactly why Wal-Mart is making a green effort by hiring the former head of the Sierra Club to help them reduce packaging and green up while sponsoring and attending major green events.

Fair Trade: Why Settle For Monetary Success?

Kellee K. Sikes — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:18:33 -0400

Before forming my own company , I had several life-altering business experiences while working for other firms. In Europe for four of nine years, my work took me to 29 countries over five continents. Often I flew solo as the consultant expert, but more often I flew in crowds, managing teams of five to 125 consultants.