For the last several weeks I have been posting stories related to Earth Day 2010.  Since Earth Day is over, I figured I do one last post.  And while I experienced many different activities and events, this past Saturday, I took part in a grass roots Earth Day story that involved students, their school and [...]

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Bloomfield, Conn. – According to an article posted on connecticutplus.com, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Fairfield County (HBRA) has released an Earth Day Survey last week that reports that a majority of home builders surveyed are currently involved in green building and believe it has a future as part of the home building [...]

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New Haven, Conn. – The new Yale Forestry and Environmental studies Kroon Hall on Prospect Street in New Haven has been named by the American Institute of Architects as one of the 10 top green projects in the world. The carbon-neutral building on Prospect Street, built on what was once a brownfield contaminated by an [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced last week that FuelCell Energy Inc. in Danbury won a $100,000 federal energy grant to investigate the commercial application of one of FuelCell’s research projects. FuelCell is developing technology for producing high-purity hydrogen that could be used at refueling stations for hydrogen-powered automobiles  and equipment. Rell said [...]

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If you remember, Pepsi didn’t participate in the 44th Super Bowl and instead used the marketing funds  earmarked for the big game to launch a new cause-oriented marketing campaign called the Pepsi Refresh Project.  The project is a long term, multi-million-dollar program that will fund charitable causes proposed and selected by consumers in different amount categories [...]

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Simsbury, Conn. – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has announed it has launched a year-long effort to get its group benefits and mutual fund customers to go paperless and help plant up to 35,000 new trees. Under “Project Re-Leaf,” The Hartford has committed to underwrite the planting of one tree for each customer who [...]

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