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Sustainable Festival Solutions to Keep It Green This Summer

Festival season is the signal summer has arrived for millions of people around the world. Whether it’s a music festival with a grandstand, a garden show filled with vibrant colors, a delicious food festival or tents filled with comedians making us laugh, festivals often attract huge crowds. As you likely are well-aware, the larger the […]

Go paperless | Tuesday Tip

Going paperless helps to reduce CO2 emissions. Turning a single tree into 17 reams of paper results in around 110 lbs of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. 

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Sustainable Tips for a Greener Working Environment

As much as we try to make a difference to our carbon footprints as consumers, the impact of business and industry is one that cannot be ignored. Research by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) found industry is responsible for 23% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the USA. Other key contributors […]

Sustainably soak up that kitchen | Tuesday Tip

When your reusable clothes and towels get dirty, they’re easily disinfected by boiling them in hot water. No waste necessary!

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How to Lessen Your Environmental Footprint as a Remote Worker

If there were any positives from this dreaded pandemic, it would be the rise of remote work. Although working from home was certainly gaining popularity beforehand, COVID-19 has demonstrated to businesses working from home can hold significant benefits for productivity and flexible scheduling. Because of these benefits, 91% of workers reported they want to continue […]

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Making Sustainable Choices While Being Financially Responsible

The word green is used to represent money. It’s also used to refer to sustainable or environmentally-friendly behavior. However, getting the two concepts to sync up can be a bit more difficult than it sounds. If you have a desire to live responsibly in both a fiscal and Earth-conscious manner, here are a few suggestions […]

Save Paper To Save Trees

For the month of March on Jamie’s Corner, we celebrate International Day of Forests, which reminds us all of how many trees are needed to make things like toilet paper and paper towels and what sustainable alternatives are available.

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How To Cultivate A Green Lifestyle On College Campuses

Adopting an environmentally-friendly lifestyle, also known as going green, is rapidly becoming a pretty important part of the mainstream. People of all generations are recognizing that, without serious environmental change and corrected attitudes, we could be set for some pretty serious consequences. Combating man-made global warming and environmental deterioration is easier said than done but […]

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Ways Companies Can Save Money By Going Green

Going green isn’t just an important moral responsibility. It can also be a savvy financial strategy. Businesses of practically every kind can reduce their overhead and pad their bottom line by upgrading key pieces of technology and making simple changes to their habits. Not convinced? Just keep reading for a minute or so. You’ll quickly […]