8 Green Companies You Can Feel Good About
There are many ways to define a green company. For a company to be green they have to meet at least one of the following three criteria: conduct business in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner, source their resources and products through fair trade channels, or …
Green News Weekly – Super Bowl XLVI Offsets Consumption, Leonardo DiCaprio Sustainable Coffee and Wind Power in California
Welcome back to the Planet Forward blog for another edition of our weekly green news highlights. This week: Super Bowl XLVI is a lot greener than you think despite the huge consumption at the event; Leonardo DiCaprio: Lyon blend sustainable coffee benefitting the Leonardo DiCaprio …
Eco-School Cuts Trash By 46 Percent with Waste-Free Lunch Challenge
Anne Hathaway Public School green students recently participated in the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge and the results were impressive. Anne Hathaway Public School is located in Stratford, Ontario (that’s right, Justin Bieber’s hometown), with students from kindergarten to grade 6. “The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge is an …
New York Yankees – A league leader in green
This new feature of the Sustainable Scribe will look at the variety of Green Initiatives of various MLB teams. Next up, the New York Yankees. As a Torontonian I am supposed to root for my home team, the Toronto Blue Jays and although I try …
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Major League Baseball becomes an Eco Friendly Club
Toronto Blue Jays: My hometown Eco Friendly Club In March 2008, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced their collaboration with the creation of a Team Greening Program. This program was developed to support and coordinate the many environmentally-sensitive practices …
Ban Plastic Bags For True Eco Friendly Shopping
Is A Bag-Fee Policy A Step Towards Eco Friendly Shopping? On June 1st, 2009, the bag-fee policy takes effect in Toronto and although some may say it’s a step in the right eco friendly shopping direction, I’m not so sure. The facts about the bag-fee …
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