Are You Trashy?: Corn-based and Reusable Shopping Bags

August 23, 2008

If you have been thinking about the growing plastic bag issue – because Plastic Is Forever – here are some things to consider:
Each year in the US we use 91 billion plastic bags and 10 billion paper bags
The average family collects 60 plastic bags or 30 paper bags in just 4 trips to the grocery
The [...]

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Fair Trade: Why Settle For Monetary Success?

August 21, 2008

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 [...]

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Socially Responsible Business Tip: Scuppie Marketing

June 17, 2008

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.
Capturing the attention of this market requires integrity and substance, to gain a Return On Investment that can [...]

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

June 6, 2008

Commenting on Elizabeth Spiers post Benefits of Buying Local; A great blog post about “Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the bullies.”
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 [...]

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Green Fashion on the Move in St. Louis

February 20, 2008

St. Louis’ Only Green Boutique Moves to Old Orchard in Webster Groves
Boutique Chartreuse, St. Louis’s only Green Fashion Boutique, will celebrate the Opening of their store in Webster Groves Saturday, March 22, 2008 from 10 – 5 p.m. at 8135 South Big Bend Boulevard, Webster Groves, MO 63119.  Boutique Chartreuse will join the dynamic and [...]

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Fair Trade Roses and Chocolate – Feb 1-15 Fair Trade in the News

February 16, 2008

Fair trade flourishes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wed, 13 Feb 2008 7:03 PM PST
Milwaukee’s first fair-trade-certified roses arrived at two fair trade shops Wednesday – just three dozen in!
For some consumers, Fair Trade chocolate a bit sweeter
The Daily Free Press Thu, 14 Feb 2008 4:58 AM PST
After reports of labor abuses by major chocolate corporations recently surfaced, [...]

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Socially Responsible Business Tip: Green Web Hosting

February 15, 2008

Did you know there are several Green web site hosting companies who use solar or wind power to generate all the power needed to host your web site or blog? We know that reliance on fossil fuels requires destructive drilling, significant energy to refine fuels for consumption, and toxic emissions issues. Why not type “green [...]

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Social Responsibility: Charity Hijacked

February 14, 2008

Is charity social responsibility?
After years helping businesses become more profitable, I’ve found myself waist deep in helping businesses get onboard the social responsibility bandwagon. Too often, I find when I meet with them they confuse charitable giving for social responsibility.
There is a unique and quintessential distinction between charitable giving and action for justice, creating a [...]

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Peanut Butter Saves Lives

February 13, 2008

Founder of Project Peanut Butter, Dr. Mark Manary, to Give Free Talk February 20th
In Malawi, Africa, Dr. Mark Manary, founder of Project Peanut Butter and a professor at the Washington University School of Medicine, uses peanut butter to save lives.  At 7 p.m. on Wednesday February 20, 2008, Dr. Manary will give a free, informal [...]

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Fair Trade 10 Standards

January 31, 2008

IFAT has expanded their 6 standards of fair trade to 10 standards.
The 10 Standards of Fair Trade
IFAT prescribes 10 standards that Fair Trade organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out continuous monitoring to ensure these standards are upheld:

Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers
Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and [...]

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