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New Design

Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

Today green | rising debuts a new site design - one that's much simpler than before. For some reason I got caught up on having two sidebars. Two sidebars, two sidebars . . . it's all I could think of, ...

green | rising v2

Friday, January 12th, 2007 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

I may need to start regularly taking Focus Factor, or something like it. My brain is all over the place. I made some wicked strong coffee this morning and let's just say the side effects include a lot of shaking, ...

Responsible MBAs

Friday, December 29th, 2006 Posted in Capitalism, Education, Globalization, Ideas, Miscellaneous, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »

For most of America's history political parties have been divided by business. As a candidate or as a voter you were either pro-business or you weren't - and for the most part people still are. We have a tendency to draw ...

Happy Holidays

Friday, December 22nd, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

It's 4pm on the Friday before a long weekend and I'm still at work. There's something wrong with that. While the holidays are a time of family and friendship they're also a time of massive energy expenditure and waste. Be ...

From Hot to Cold

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

I was on a roll there for a while, posting some good stuff for days on end - and I use days literally, as in more than one. I trust everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday (in the U.S.) and ...

Green Gifts for the Holidays

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

Environmental Defense's annual roundup of earth-friendly ideas can be found here. Finding presents that align with your "green" values — and your friends and loved ones' tastes — used to be a challenge. But today, as more companies make environmentally responsible products, ...

Charity Navigator

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous, Philanthropy, Responsibility, Society | 1 Comment »

While reading the Post this morning I came across a short article about a great site called Charity Navigator. The organization's mission is as follows: Charity Navigator works to guide intelligent giving. We help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing ...

Conscious Clothing

Friday, September 15th, 2006 Posted in Environment, Miscellaneous, Responsibility, Style | 2 Comments »

Clothing manufacturers are growing a conscious. For years it's been "style" at any cost - economic, social or environmental. Hopefully the tides are turning. I've written about sustainable style before and there are some great companies doing some ground breaking ...

Wowza!

Friday, September 1st, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

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What Am I Saying?

Friday, August 18th, 2006 Posted in Free Verse, Miscellaneous | No Comments »

I'm considering changing my subtitle. I know what No One is saying, "No one reads this blog so why worry about?" Well No One needs to consider the possibility that one day some people might actually read it. So there. The ...