Green and Sustainable

When most of us think about recycling, we usually think about the standard recycled items like plastic bottles, soda cans and paper. But there are actually hundreds of other materials out there that can be recycled into new and interesting items.

So you've got a pair of shoes (or a couple pairs of shoes) that are old, outta style, you're not in love with them anymore, etc. etc. What do you do with them? Here are a couple of ideas for your old footwear. If you have any other suggestions, share them.

As part of our ongoing interview series, Nigel Waller, CEO of Movirtu, shares his thoughts on applying technology and mobile solutions to help those people at the "base of the pyramid" (BoP).

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The janitorial business is no longer a mop and bucket project. With greater demands for Green Clean Certification by government, schools, and public buildings, it can bring in new business or cost you a valuable account. This designation will become more valuable year after year, and it will be required for numerous janitorial jobs. Businesses are increasingly asking, "Is your service Green Clean certified?" That does not come from Green products on the carts.

Content matters. With strategy, it's not just your content that matters-it's what you talk about and how you talk about it. Without an idea of who you're targeting, if you don't have a strategy in place to attract them, your efforts will fall flat. https://senseireview.com/category/internet-marketing/

Content used to be something you had to do in order to get people to notice you. Now, with the rise of social media, content is just another way of connecting - and brands are seizing this opportunity with creative and useful posts across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Tumblr sites. Here are five tips for staying relevant and making your community a part of your brand: https://senseireview.com/category/social/

For 50 years, Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) has practiced environmental stewardship and a commitment to sustainability. Sprawling over 300 acres of pasture and farmland at the base of western Colorado's snow-capped Mount Sopris, the high school promotes hard, meaningful work both within the classroom and, uniquely, outside, carrying on the ethos of its founders who were looking to start an independent, coed boarding school that would be "an antidote to modern, easy living" and believed that "work breeds confidence, self-satisfaction, the will to live."

Despite its destructive reputation, the goat is really a marvelous animal. Talk about sustainable. They are almost entirely useable and recyclable. Goats are intelligent and curious. Trainable and affable. They are a renewable source of milk and fiber for yarn. They provide meat and hide. They make great pack animals, and are easier to raise and require less resources than cattle.

For the first time in Olympic history, the medals at the Olympic Games contain gold, silver and copper that has been recovered from electronic waste (e-waste). Each medal was made with a tiny bit of the more than 140,000 tons of e-waste that otherwise would have been sent to Canadian landfills. More than 1,000 medals to be awarded at the Vancouver games this year.

3BL Media Announces Agreement With Thomson Reuters; Provides CSR-Related Multimedia Content for Thomson Reuters Financial Video Programming, Including 'theCSRminute,' a Daily Video Digest of News Focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility.

Be Green Packaging has designed a stand alone Compost Tool Kit and training program for its end user customers such as nationwide grocery and restaurant chains. The Compost Tool Kit walks customers through three phases of establishing an in-house food scrap composting program. The Compost Tool Kit provides them with useful information such as how to talk with your local waste management company, equipment needed, and how to receive tax incentives by participating in city food scrap programs where applicable. The reader is also empowered with a step-by-step employee training process.

My1Stop.com® demonstrated its commitment to being a leader in plastic card printing innovations by adding new PVC material options to their plastic card printing offering. The new PVC materials can be ordered through customer service or instantly priced, and ordered, online. The PVC material option is now available on many plastic card printing products including plastic gift cards, plastic loyalty cards and many other plastic cards. Customers can experience the expanded product offering at My1Stop.com.

Plants like blue agave make very good xeriscaping plants for Texas and other warm states.

Organizations get free access to promote CSR efforts & social impact goals

Here's a way to turn an old lamp into a planter, and a hanging one at that.

Luke Wilson tells Melissa McGinnis that he conserves by drinking beer from the tap vs. using bottles or cans, and recycles whether at home or on the go. A player in the Charlie Hoffman Foundation pro-am golf tournament, Luke Wilson also shows his support for recycling and conserving by sharing his thoughts with Greenopolis TV.

I'd like to correct a common misconception, although I do not imagine that these comments will actually have far reaching impact. The well-entrenched concerns for global warming have designated greenhouse gases as the culprit for this global climate change issue.

Using scraps from leftover sewing projects, and of all places, the dog groomers!

Check out how chocolate gets a green upgrade on the most romantic day of the year. Oh chocolate, how I love thee! You are the perfect drink of choice on a cold winter's day, and you make hot summer days seem tolerable with your frozen goodness on a stick. Whether you're a 100% chocolate candy bar, or only 25% of the topping on a sundae, you're still one of the greatest treats around to consume.