Archive for the ‘Green’ Category

How Clean is Your Restaurant? (2009-10-29)

At this time, you might be tired of hearing that old cliche “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” In fact, it seems so overused that you may have taken its meaning for granted. But take heed, cleanliness is an added value that should be included in everyday living, especially if you’re running a restaurant business.

Hydroponics in Commercial Food Production (2009-10-29)

People pay a premium price for organic produce to ensure high quality. However, with the onset of hydroponics in 1930, this marked the change of agricultural production from conventional to the growing trend of hydroponics farming.

Eight environmentally friendly wines worth trying (2009-10-13)

Making wine is a dirty business. Some growers apply pesticides, fertilizers and weed killers to their vineyards, while the fermentation process emits heavy doses of carbon dioxide, which causes global warming. Stand over a 10,000-gallon steel fermentation tank long enough, breathing in the fumes, and you could drop dead.

Can Thinking Be a Form of Pollution? (2009-7-29)

Can our self concept, how we view others and the world around us have environmental impact? Can thinking be a form of “pollution”?

Organic Tees, Organic Vegetables and Hula Hoops (2009-7-29)

Will all the hype about buying organic tees and vegetables ultimately turn out to be a passing fad like hula hoops? Will organic cotton clothing and organic tomatoes follow the path of the yoyo and the Edsel? Let’s view this question from a broader perspective.

I’ve Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day (2009-7-19)

Are there cloudy skies on your horizon? Don’t worry. Cloudy skies may still be filled with sunshine in the near future. It’s all part of global warming and proposals to evade a climate disaster for our planet and its inhabitants.

Saving Green – Finding Ways to Protect the Environment and Our Budgets (2009-7-13)

The recession has financially hit us all in some way. And for some, it keeps coming again and again, beating us down until we are forced to curl up and remain as still as possible, closing our eyes and hoping that it will just go away. But it doesn’t. It keeps punishing our budgets and [...]

Why Would You Help Donate Solar Panels? (2009-7-11)

Some business owners might ask what the benefits of donating solar panels to others would be. If you were going to donate something like that to anybody you’d donate to yourself—right? They say charity begins at home and your business is your home—wrong.
Your home is your community and the area your business serves, and one [...]