Posted on 18 August 2009. Tags: Companies, energy saving, Food, green, green business, green business practices, Natural Resources, Readiness Workshop, Sustainability, sustainability index, Wal-Mart, Waste

It doesn’t seem too long ago that the business practices of Wal-Mart were widely criticized by groups ranging from workers’ rights activists to environmentalists, from trade unions to anti-globalization demonstrators and to those increasingly concerned with the state of American urban sprawl. Yes, many of us took well advantage of Wal-Mart’s very low prices, but, [...]
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Posted on 11 August 2009. Tags: build green, energy efficiency, government sustainability programs, green, green business, green business advice, green marketing, green products, How to, Ink, small businesses, Sustainability, sustainable, Waste
The relationship between small businesses and the government is not always ideal. There is a constant tug-and-pull concerning taxes and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels and both sides never seem to be satisfied. However, the government does provide some excellent resources for small business owners, especially those focused on sustainability. Business.gov’s green [...]
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Posted on 01 August 2009. Tags: Garden, New Jersey, solar electric, solar electricity, solar power, solar program
PSEG, a utility company in New Jersey, has just received the go-ahead for their Solar4All program — a program to establish solar power across the state using centralized and non-centralized solar power sources.
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