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Thurs 5 to 7pm: Riley Life Industries will host Sustainable Open House

Riley Life Industries is a custom outsourced service provider of order fulfillment, product distribution, kitting / packaging, and warehousing. Our mission is to deliver superior outsourced service support to customers who aim to be sustainable and progressive. Chris Bingham, Riley’s President and CEO, will share an overview of the company and [...]

Armadillo Books: More to books than meets the box

The Chapel Hill News recently published this article:
“While I love to browse the big box bookshops, there is nothing that says I heart Books like a man who’s devoted 20 years to selling, appraising and genuinely caring about the written word.”
“You have to admire a man who’s figured out a way to harness the power [...]

The Daily Tar Heel: Carrboro car and tire business goes green

“Dual flush toilets, rainwater collectors, LED lighting and solar panels are not usually associated with a building dating back to 1905.”
“Not to mention a car care center.”
“After three months of renovations to its Carrboro location, Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center plans to return to a normal business schedule by mid-April, with a much more [...]

Lighting Alliance Accepting Applications from Non-Profits for Lighting Efficiency Grants

Vista Bright, an energy efficient lighting manufacturer, and the Energy ALERTSM Alliance, a nationwide consortium of lighting industry manufacturers, distributors, and electrical contractors, are offering grants to non-profits looking to improve the efficiency of their lighting.  According to the press release:
“The grants are designed to assist educational institutions (private and public), churches, charitable organizations, community [...]

Harvard Business Review: Finding the Money to Green Your Business

From the Harvard Business Review: “Contrary to the popular misconception that going green is expensive, in a very large range of cases, environmental initiatives don’t raise costs, they lower them — and fast…
But even for the most head-slappingly obvious changes with super-fast paybacks, companies still need to find the capital to buy the new bulbs, optimize [...]

Business Recycling Workshop, March 2 in Greensboro NC

Recycling:  What IS a Business To Do?
Paper and plastic and glass…OH MY! It all can (and should) be recycled, but how?
If you are a Greensboro area business owner or employee, Sustainable Greensboro and the Greensboro Partnership want to give you a leg up on recycling these and other business waste materials. This free workshop will include presentations and a panel Q&A [...]

BASE Speed Networking for Sustainable Entrepreneurs in Raleigh

UNC Business Accelerator for Sustainable Entrepreneurship hosts speed networking for sustainable entrepreneurs
Date: February 15, 2010
Time: 5:00-7:30pm
Location: Irregardless Café, Raleigh NC
Registration: CLICK HERE
Agenda:
5:00-5:30pm       Registration
5:30-6:30pm       Speed Networking
6:30-7:30pm       Open Networking
Speed Networking is designed as an efficient way for local sustainable entrepreneurs to meet each other and form valuable business connections. Participants are divided into cohorts covering [...]

ABC News: Businesses Saving Money by Going Green

“The Green Plus program helps businesses become less wasteful.” ABC Campus News talks with representatives of two participating Green Plus organizations – the PTA Thrift Shop and Chapel Hill Restaurant Group- about how the program has helped them save money through green measures.

Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (1 of 7) – A blog by Chris Jarvis

Source: 3BL Blogs
SUMMARY:
The 3BL Media blog roll is a select list of the most influential, respected, and authoritative voices in corporate social responsibility. Compiled from the 3BL Media staff’s extensive contacts with longtime CSR commentators, these blogger soffer relevant news, opinions, and ideas about all things CSR in one convenient place.  
BLOG / NEWSLETTER: [...]

How to Build a More Effective Nonprofit Sector by Transforming Boards

Source: Korngold Consulting LLC
BLOG / NEWSLETTER:
Boards of directors, comprised of volunteers, have the decision-making authority and power over the direction and finances of nonprofit organizations. Although there are boards that are disappointingly ineffective, I have seen many boards rise to the occasion to lead their organizations to success in service to the [...]