Green cleaning products are now readily available

In my role as sustainability consultant I show businesses how even minor business policy changes can result in significant benefits to the environment and to improvements in the workplace.  The four sustainability areas I focus on are:  energy, water, air quality, and waste.

This week I’m pleased to again introduce my friend and fellow environmentalist, Eric T Faulkner, Architect, LEED-GA, with WishingRock Homes.  He has granted me permission to share excerpts from a recent article about sustainable business practices entitled, “… Continue Reading

Public transportation unavailable? Consider cycling to work instead

In my role as sustainability consultant I show businesses how even minor business policy changes can result in significant benefits to the environment and to improvements in the workplace.  The four sustainability areas I focus on are:  energy, water, air quality, and waste.

This week I’m pleased to introduce my friend and fellow environmentalist, Eric T Faulkner, Architect, LEED-GA, with WishingRock Homes.  He has granted me permission to share excerpts from a recent article about sustainable business practices entitled, “… Continue Reading

In my role as sustainability consultant I show businesses how even minor business policy changes can result in significant benefits to the environment and to improvements in the workplace.  The four sustainability areas I focus on are:  energy, water, air quality, and waste.

A Really Simple Solution

This week I’m pleased to introduce my friend and fellow environmentalist, Eric T Faulkner, Architect, LEED-GA, with WishingRock Homes.  He has granted me permission to share excerpts from a recent article about sustainable business practices entitled, “Green Business – Knowing … Continue Reading

In my hometown of Fredericksburg, Texas, I’m hoping someday soon to see the adoption and installion of “complete streets”.   Complete streets”…are designed & operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation users of all ages & abilities are able to safely move along and across a complete street….”   Here’s a sampling of benefits to any community that embraces “complete streets”:

1. Increased Safety
2. Enhanced Liveability
3. Improved Health
4. Reduced Traffic congestion
5. Increased Appeal to Tourists/Visitors

“Bicyclists are an indicator species for a healthy community – the more bicyclists you see, the more vibrant and “livable” that community is. … Continue Reading

I was greatly inspired by reading reflections from Dayna Mosier, a fellow environmentalist and now a LEED Green Associate, living in Austin, Texas, who just happens to be my younger sister. With her permission, I’m adapting her essay, penned during a recent Costa Rican vacation, into a series of postings. This week we conclude with Part V (the first paragraph is a partial review from our last posting):

Some more majestic Costa Rican scenery

“…Luxurious developments throughout Costa Rica woo Americans and Europeans with the use of thermal mass … Continue Reading

That Costa Rican hammock sure looks inviting!

I was greatly inspired by reading reflections from Dayna Mosier, a fellow environmentalist and now a LEED Green Associate, living in Austin, Texas, who just happens to be my younger sister. With her permission, I’m adapting her essay into a series of postings. This week we pick up with Part IV (the first paragraph is a partial review from our last posting):

…This [Costa Rican] vacation was meant to be a quiet closure to twenty-four years of selling prescription neuroscience and infectious … Continue Reading

Organic is a good word in any language

I was greatly inspired by reading reflections from Dayna Mosier, a fellow environmentalist and now a LEED Green Associate, living in Austin, Texas, who just happens to be my younger sister. With her permission, I’m adapting her essay into a series of postings. This week we pick up with Part III (the first paragraph is a partial review from our last posting):

…This [Costa Rican] vacation was meant to be a quiet closure to twenty-four years of selling prescription neuroscience and … Continue Reading

I was greatly inspired by reading reflections from Dayna Mosier, a fellow environmentalist living in Austin, Texas, who just happens to be my younger sister. With her permission, I’m adapting her essay into a series of postings. This week we pick up with Part II (the first paragraph is a review from last posting):

Galloping down a Costa Rican beach of paradise

“I’m flying down the beach. A young couple from Germany and Jaime, our guide, and I are the only other people within sight. Volcán, my gorgeous chocolate … Continue Reading

I was greatly inspired by reading reflections from Dayna Mosier, a fellow environmentalist living in Austin, Texas,  who just happens to be my sister.  With her permission, I’m adapting her essay into a series of postings.  This week we begin with Part I:

One sea of ugliness in the midst of a Costa Rican beach of paradise

“I’m flying down the beach.  A young couple from Germany and Jaime, our guide, and I are the only other people within sight.  Volcán, my gorgeous chocolate horse, gently glides me quickly … Continue Reading

Signaling a special welcome to pedestrians and cyclists

Business owners, ever notice how many shoppers are strolling about on foot? Perhaps you’re in a community like mine where one may often spot a steady stream of bicycles trekking down the main thoroughfares or nearby connector streets.  With a few simple steps your business can gain a reputation for being a friend to these walking and cycling customers:

1) Install a bicycle rack prominently in front of  your store (or place one in back and display eye-catching signage directing customers … Continue Reading