by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
GreenBusinessOwner.com offers a variety of workshops perfectly suited to those considering eco-entrepreneurship; those who have laid-out the ground-work but not yet launched; and those who have taken the plunge, have had a year or two of success, and need now to nurture the business and assure stability and increased profit. …Click here for workshops by GreenBusinessOwner.com …Click here for membership in...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
AlterECO has happily served our beloved San Francisco Bay Area since our founding in 1997. Since then, we have also offered the greenest cabinetry available…anywhere. So it’s safe to say that we’ve played at least some small role in the evolution of the “Greenest City”… San Francisco Named North America’s Greenest City by Leslie Guevara. Published June 30, 2011 San Francisco took the title as the greenest city in North America in a study of the environmental performance and commitments by 27 major metro areas in the U.S. and Canada. Click here to read the full article at...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
Let’s remember 9/11 by putting our attention toward Peace. Here is a beautiful invitation from United Tribes for Peace: Dear Fellow Passengers of this Beautiful Earth You are invited to join with heart, mind, body and spirit in a self-organizing Worldwide Week of Peace, September 11–17, 2011. In the interest of healing history, particularly a decade of fear and enmity, let us build fresh understanding and renew our joy in living. We can restore emotional health through collective expressions of Peace. These may be art exhibits, concerts, poetry readings, rallies, prayers, meditations, acts of kindness, words of gratitude, parties, media events, reconciliation councils, or simply walks in nature. It can also be a time to reach out with an open heart to those we have been afraid to speak to. This is a do-it-yourself and do-it-together movement. Everybody spread the word! And let us know about your peace activities by posting news on this wall. Thanks! Visit our...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
WHAT is ”Moving Planet”? …A world-wide rally on September 24, 2011 to demand solutions to the climate crisis. It is on track to be one of the most massive mobilizations of people power in history! And it will be FUN! WHY ”Get350!”? …This is a way of summarizing/focusing such solutions, since whatever actions we take ultimately need to bring global atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions (from cars, factories, coal-fired power plants, etc.) down from the current level of ~395 parts per million (ppm) to 350ppm or less. According to many scientists and climate experts, 350ppm is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. For more info, go to http://350.org. It is important that everyone “gets” (understands) “350” so that we can work together to assure that Mother Earth gets 350! Get it?! THE DAY—9/24/11…Our Get350! event will start from AlterECO’s showroom in Sausalito. We will walk to downtown Sausalito, board the ferry for San Francisco, and stroll across the Embarcadero to Justin Herman Plaza, where we will connect with and assimilate into the . We will then parade down Market to the SF Civic Center Plaza for a powerful event designed to bring real attention to the climate crisis and to inspire meaningful solutions….NOW! For more information and to SIGN-UP for the “Get350!” action, see the event page at: http://www.moving-planet.org/events/us/sausalito/336 If you are closer to San Francisco than Sausalito, please go directly to Justin Herman Plaza. Here is the link to the“Bay Area Mega-Massive Moving Planet Mobilization”: http://www.moving-planet.org/BayArea If you are not close to Sausalito or San Francisco, go to http://www.moving-planet.org/ and search for an event near you. Whatever you do, please help the...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
350 THANK YOUS to all who attended our Get350! event and the “Bay Area Mega-Massive Moving Planet Mobilization” in San Francisco (see previous blog post below for info about the event and the movement). What a wonderful time…what a beautiful movement…what a critical CLIMATE REALITY*!!! This brief, beautiful video shows snippets of a handful of the global events (including several of the Bay Area parade & plaza action)… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lteZulzEM4&feature=player_embedded *…Oh, and speaking of “CLIMATE REALITY”, please take a look at the amazing work Al Gore and concerned global citizens have been up to at http://climaterealityproject.org/ And remember, whatever you do, please help the world “Get...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
To B or not to B… that is no longer the question! SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 10 /CSRwire/ – Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 361 today to spur the creation of high quality jobs in California through benefit corporations. The legislation, introduced by Assembly member Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), creates a new class of corporation in California called benefit corporations that are legally required to pursue the creation of a material positive impact on society and the environment, while meeting higher standards of accountability and transparency. Current law requires corporations to prioritize the financial interests of shareholder over the interests of workers, communities, and the environment….click here for the full press release from B-Lab (the creators of the B Corp concept). …UNTIL NOW, CALIFORNIA B-CORPS HAVE EXISTED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS (NOT A LEGAL STRUCTURE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE). THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE WORKFORCE, GREAT NEWS FOR “CONSUMERS”, GREAT NEWS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, GREAT NEWS FOR BUSINESS…THIS IS TRULY GREAT...
