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NH media company takes green message to many platforms

Now_or_NeverIn a media landscape where the internet has become as indispensible as it is convenient, trying to find the most effective means of keeping someone’s attention has become as crucial as grabbing it in the first place.

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Driving to the “green:" one family’s three generation journey to change the way you think about golf

SagamoreGolfersEver since the environmental movement started to gain recognizable steam in the 1970s, a few select industries have enjoyed their fair share of the greater green scorn. Some of them you can probably name without much thought: oil companies, logging outfits, factory farms, auto manufacturers. And golf courses.

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Seabrook alternative energy company erects largest solar system in NH

When it comes to investing in solar energy, the Granite State just keeps raising the bar. Yesterday North Conway became the latest in an ever-growing list of New Hampshire cities to invest in renewable energy. Waterline Alternative Energies, the Seabrook, NH, company that installed the solar array, is part of Waterline Industries, the contractor for the first phase of renovations at the Newburyport wastewater treatment plant on Water Street.

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Electric bicycles now available for rent in Port

EZ_PedalerWilliam Barrett, owner of Plum Island Construction, and his wife Kathleen are veering off on a new sideline course they hope will become their full-time operation. The couple is renting electric cycles, but they need a base of operation.

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"Eco-arts oasis" planned for Rail Trail

Trailsitepic002-300x225A group of green artists has begun work on a different kind of botanical garden for the city’s new Clipper City Rail Trail. The alchemical garden conceived by the Green Artists League (GAL) will be an “eco-arts oasis,” say the designers – a space that will pay tribute to Newburyport industry and the idea of co-creation.

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Green Office/Green Facility conference in Waltham

MassRecycle, the recycling coalition of Massachusetts, is on June 15 holding its fourth annual green office conference entitled “Green Office/Green Facility 2010: Cost Effective Sustainability Tools for Businesses, Institutions and Non-Profits.”  The conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  at the LaCava Conference Center of Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.

The conference will provide a wide array of cost-effective tools to make offices and facilities more sustainable and healthful for the staff. According to leading sources, a greener workplace leads to a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive workplace and good news for the bottom line.

Attendees will participate with representatives of leading New England businesses and institutions that have made “green” work for them. Workshop offerings include “Creative Sources for Funding Green Initiatives,” “Selling Sustainability to Management and Co-Workers,” “Working with Service Providers: Food Service, Cleaning and Landscaping,” and “Surviving the Sick Office Syndrome.”

The information will be applicable to a wide range of facilities including hospitals, universities, large corporations as well as smaller venues. Exhibitors showcasing products and services that are environmentally preferable and energy efficient will also be present.

The cost of the conference is $75 for MassRecycle members and $100 for non-members. Exhibitor sponsorships are available at $300, $500 and $1,000.

Please go to http://www.massrecycle.org/index.html and select “Green Office Conference” under the “Events” menu on the left or call Elizabeth Rose, Program Coordinator, at 617-312-5671.

   

Cleaner and greener carpets

premiumbrandsoxivehicles2It’s that time of year again: spring cleaning, a time when the mops and brooms come out of hiding, the dust flies, the dirt flees, and most guys schedule weekend casino getaways. But for Chris Culcasi, it means another busy season making the cleaning rounds.

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Teamwork on tile project

Joppa_tilesA Newburyport business has joined up with Mass Audubon to enhance the new green education room at the Joppa Flats Education Center. The Pottery Isle in the Tannery Marketplace is helping the Mass Audubon facility create a community tile mosaic that will be installed in the corridor outside the room.

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Green Drinks organizes regional events

green_drinks_logoGreen business network Greater Salem Green Drinks is reaching out to chapters and green businesses in Newburyport, Gloucester, and the Lawrence area. The purpose is to create an expanded green business network and to facilitate development of a larger green economy for the North Shore.

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City plans workshop on Green Communities Act

The Mayor's Energy Advisory Committee will conduct a workshop on the Green Communities Act at its Feb. 25 meeting. The city's recycling coordinator Molly Ettenborough said the workshop is to create an action plan for Newburyport to become a green community under the provisions of the act.

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