Back in April of this year, Clorox Chairman and CEO and Sierra Club’s Executive Director visited the New York Stock Exchange to kick off Earth Week while promoting Clorox’s new Green Works products. I’ve seen the Green Works products on the shelf, but had not investigated these new cleaning products. So what’s the deal on these [...]
Entries from July 2008
18 July, 2008
Green Flushing
I never realized how Green the city of Scottsdale is! At the cost of $7.3 million, Scottsdale Arizona’s newest fire station, Station 2 has some interesting features. Besides solar panels and double-paned , high visibility glass windows that save electricity that we all hear about, the city has added to their green building two items that may [...]
10 July, 2008
Green Tourism Industry
Today the Arizona Office of Tourism announced that they are creating a 15 member council to determine how the state might get the tourism industry to go green. The council is going to be made up of members from the business community, government officials, and executives from the tourism industry. Plans are for the council [...]
7 July, 2008
Green Taxi Cab a Reality
What started out as a business plan for college students is now a reality in the Phoenix area. Just this spring, four students from Arizona State University (ASU) competed in the “Better Living Business Plan Challenge” in Bentonville Arkasas. The competition was comprised of students from nine leading universities who submitted business plans to [...]
