Written by Jim Cavan Tuesday, 24 August 2010 23:03
In 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.
Read more: NH media company takes green message to many platforms
Written by Jim Cavan Monday, 16 August 2010 12:22
Ever 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.
Written by Jim Cavan Monday, 16 August 2010 12:03
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.
Read more: Seabrook alternative energy company erects largest solar system in NH
Written by Gillian Swart Friday, 06 August 2010 11:19
William 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.
Written by Gillian Swart Monday, 12 July 2010 12:44
A 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.
Written by Gillian Swart Friday, 21 May 2010 07:02
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.
Written by Jim Cavan Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:21
It’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.
Written by Gillian Swart Friday, 12 March 2010 11:01
A 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.
Written by Andrea Fox Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:09
Green 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.
Written by Gillian Swart Friday, 12 February 2010 09:18
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