Grist points out an article in today’s Wall Street Journal on new companies that offer environmentally friendlier products for sale at fundraisers for schools and non-profit organizations.
As the article observes, selling products that are environmentally (or otherwise) harmful to raise funds for a good cause clearly sends a mixed message. This concern can be elevated [...]

Can there be such a thing as too much green? Tom Greenwood of the brand consultancy Scamper thinks so, and I’m inclined to agree. Why? Because too many companies try to convey their environmental responsibility by slapping the word “green” on their names, such as a hypothetical print shop naming itself PrintGreen or a dry [...]

Each day, it seems, there are more signs of a serious economic downturn. On Friday, the price of crude oil jumped by an unprecedented $10.75 to more than $138 per barrel, with major U.S. stock market indexes dropping roughly three percent for the day. The rise in the U.S. unemployment rate in May was [...]

The latest issue of the San Francisco Bay Guardian highlights several unconventional small businesses and entrepreneurs through the weekly newspaper’s annual small business awards. Among the recipients, the business that caught my eye was Luscious Garage, which took the Small Green Business Award.
Reading the Bay Guardian’s profile of this hybrid-only repair shop reminded me [...]