SustainLane launches Creation Care Page
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
SustainLane, your everything go green web portal has launched a page with articles and resources for evangelical environmentalists. Also known as the topic of Creation Care, the greening of Christianity has the potential to reach a growing audience in the U.S. It’s a group of people that could have a big impact on environmental issues [...]
Tags: creationcare, green, greenmarketing, Sustainability, sustainlane
Today is Earth Overshoot Day
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
It’s the day our demand surpasses nature’s budget. I dig getting an email notification of this event every year.
On September 23rd this year we mark an unfortunate milestone: As of today, humanity will have consumed all the new resources the planet will produce this year, according to Global Footprint Network calculations. For the rest of [...]
Tags: earthovershoot, globalfootprint, Sustainability
Interviewed on Carbon Offsets Daily
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
originally posted here
Interview: SustainableWebsites on the Soundness of Carbon Offsets to Combat Global Warming
Carbon Offsets Daily: Do you think companies should use carbon offsets to mitigate their global warming emissions?
SustainableWebsites: Yes. The old saying in carpentry is “measure twice, cut once” and I think it applies to offsets too. First, take a baseline measurement of [...]
Tags: carbonoffsets, globalwarming, interviews, Sustainability
Video: Stabilize Carbon Dioxide at 350 ppm
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
via WorldChanging:
“The evidence indicates we’ve aimed too high — that the safe upper limit for atmospheric CO2 is no more than 350 ppm,” says Jim Hansen.
Tags: capandtrade, carbon credits, climate security act, globalwarming, Sustainability
100% post-consumer recycled paper business cards from Moo.com
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
via GreenLAGirl.com: Eco-friendly business cards don’t come cheap, she discovered a while back. But just in time for the BlogHer conference later this month, eco-cards have gotten a lot more affordable, with Moo.com entering the eco business card business!
Tags: businesscards, marketing, moo, Sustainability
Green Gorilla in the Greenhouse
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
Ross and I have been doing some work for Green Gorilla — continuing to develop Sustainable Websites significant expertise in WordPress and SEO for WordPress. It’s been a pleasure to work with Jay and Reenita — because they both understand that SEO is a creative and technical process — and want to learn more about [...]
Tags: coaching, ecomom, gorilla, green, kids, plastic, Sustainability, technology
U.S. Junk Mail Accounts for One Third of All World Mail!
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
More than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail are delivered each year (that’s more than 800 pieces per household). The greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the manufacturing of the 6.5 million tons of paper required for junk mail annually is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 3.7 million cars.
What can you do to stop it? [...]
Tags: junkmail, marketing, Sustainability, waste
Eco tips for Jeans
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
From our friends at UNEP sustainable consumption — simple tips for energy efficiency and “danser le Tecktonic” Today, many in the fashion sector are concerned by their impacts on the environment, due to the exploitation of raw materials, the production, the transport and the generation of waste. However, the life cycle analysis of a pair [...]
Tags: advertising, fashion, jeans, Sustainability, UNEP, youtube
Bookmarks for Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Posted by ivanoats | Filed under Bookmarks, Sustainability, Web Design, photography
Here’s what I’m reading and bookmarking this week on the web.
Digital Web Magazine – How to Build a Green Business
In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has become a popular catchphrase and the new marketing must-have for many companies. But [...]
Tags: copywriting, ecopreneur, hpricot, openid, photography, photostich, photostitch, rails, rails2.0, royaltyfree, ruby on rails, rubyonrails, sandbox, software, Sustainability, tdd, Technology, testing, themes, Web Design, wordpress
The Top 50 eco blogs
Posted by Ivan Storck | Filed under Sustainability
The Times UK reports on its top 50 eco blogs. It is a must-read (and bookmark) for an aspiring green social marketers. It would be nice to know what criteria (PageRank, Unique visitors, Editorial quality) they used. Congrats to all that made the list, and boos to the climate change skeptics!
Tags: marketing, Sustainability
