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Kenan Samms

"I'm Green. Are You?" Are You Up For the Sustainability Challenge?

As Sustainability Moves Forward, Are You In? Or Out?READ»

Kenan Samms

How Your Small Business Can Grab the Green Business Spotlight

The green entrepreneurs I speak with every day have great stories to tell about their phenomenal work saving resources, cleaning our energy, and creating a better world.  These stories do more than entertain; they get attention ...READ»

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The Health Care Industry Has a Big, Fat Carbon Footprint

The U.S health-care debate may be centered around money, but researchers at the University of Chicago recently published a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association looking at a different kind of cost: the ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Getting in Hot Water with Bob Hallam and D1 Spas

Bob Hallam is in hot water, and he likes it that way.  Hallam founded Dimension One Spas 32 years ago and has grown it into a $60 million business that designs and produces luxury hot tubs sold throughout the United States and in ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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The Freakonomics of SuperFreakonomics

A Rogue Blogger Explores Climate Change, Sumo Wrestlers, and Best-Selling Authors READ»

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Show Me the Green Money - How to Find Stimulus Funding for Your Cleantech Business

As the US economy slowed, the US Government stepped in with the $787 stimulus package passed in February 2009 as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).  A big chunk of the stimulus, about $67 billion worth, is ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Easing the Switch to Green Office Supplies

No matter what business you’re in, you use office supplies, and greening these office supplies is step in the path toward a more sustainable business.  Shoplet.com is helping more businesses and consumers choose green office ...READ»

Kenan Samms

How to Make Money and Make a Difference

     We all hear a lot about the problems we face, and there's no lack of them it seems.  Our environment and our economy face great challenges.  We need clean water and food.  We need to produce ...READ»

Kenan Samms

How to Make Cool Roofing Cooler

When’s the last time you had a look up on your roof?  There’s a lot more going on up there than keeping out the rain.  A roof sitting in the summer sun can soak up heat like a sponge, heating up the building that the ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Biomimicry, the Zoo, and San Diego Too

Building Businesses Using Nature as a MentorREAD»

What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ»

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Commitment and Your Green Business

The entrepreneur who practices green living in the home or community organization can easily become a committed green business owner. You just have to find the willpower and long-term commitment to a set of green business strategies. ...READ»

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Going Green in the Professional Services Sector: The Paperless Office

Incorporating environmentally-friendly practices into office operations is an effective means of contributing to sustainability, cutting overhead expenses, and strengthening public relations. One of the most significant methods of ...READ»

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7 Ways to Cut Driving to Reduce Your Workplace’s Carbon Footprint

As sustainability spreads deeper into consumer consciousness, making your small business more environmentally-friendly is not just the right thing to do, it’s a profitable marketing decision. Companies are increasingly eager to ...READ»

What Does the Resignation of Van Jones Mean for the Green Economy?

What Does the Resignation of Van Jones Mean for the Green Economy?

Van Jones announced his resignation today from the White House Council on Environmental Quality where he has worked in recent months as the "green jobs czar" continuing his efforts to promote green jobs as a solution for many of our ...READ»

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Green Advocacy for Small Businesses Through HR Practices

So, you want to run your business in a way that advocates sustainability. You have cut your energy consumption and switched to green products and processes. What else can you do? The answer is simple and straightforward. Get your ...READ»

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Biodiesel Revisited

America is a commuter society. Each and every day millions of Americans hop into cars, trucks, and sports utility vehicles and begin their daily commute. We begin and end our work days amidst the traffic jams, exhaust fumes, ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Connecting the Green Dots - Green B2B

Green B2B Social Networking with Greenergy2030READ»

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The Realities of Global Warming

The debate over the earth’s future is finally beginning to heat up. (pun intended!) With rising levels of CO2 literally looming overhead, people are starting to realize the enormous repercussions of everyday decisions and actions. ...READ»

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Green Light for Efficient Commercial Lighting

Energy efficiency is the cheapest and greenest power around, and in buildings efficiency often comes in the form of better lighting.  Most people these days know the curly compact fluorescent bulb used in homes, but most of us ...READ»

Home Business 101: 10 Steps to a Green Home Office

Every day, more and more people are realizing the need to help protect the planet against the impending global warming in whatever way they can. The truth is that we all have a responsibility to the environment. As a home business ...READ»

SMB Virtualization for Energy Savings

Microsoft cited the following information from an EPA report to Congress (August 2007):“The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have reported on the high energy costs of data centers, estimating that ...READ»

Write an Environmental Management Plan for a Small or Medium Business (SMB)

As an owner of a small or medium-sized business (SMB), it is terrific that you have decided to tackle making your small business more sustainable and environmentally safe. The good news is that the Small Business Division of the ...READ»

The Ecological Credit Crunch

Banks and the automobile industry have had the luxury of government bailouts, but what about Mother Nature? Who should be responsible for paying off the huge ecological debt that has accumulated over years of use and abuse of the world’s natural resources? The idea of an ecological credit crunch happening may seem far-fetched, but the truth is we are using up limited resources that are fast running out. We may not have much longer before an ecological credit crisis occurs.READ»

Inexpensive Green Tips for Your Small Business

Amid growing concern for our environment, several businesses have been thinking of turning green. One of the major concerns of employers is the costs this change will incur (a very common misconception). However, being green need not involve an expensive and major redesign of your entire office. There are several inexpensive ways to start making a difference to the world and the environment while actually reducing some costs too.READ»

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