Every now and then I like to cover green stories that push your green imagination – for better or worse.  I recently received a news alert regarding a company announcing a new green service it was offering to nasty  household problem.  One I certainly would never want. Yes, I’m talking bed bugs and it appears that Astoria, NY- based [...]

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Last week, our friend Joel Makower, the chairman and executive editor of GreenBiz Group Inc., producer of one of the leading on-line resources for corporate sustainability reporting in the country GreenBiz.com, made a bold statement that green marketing was not really worthy of its hype and we should just move on.  Makower points out and [...]

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May 11 and 12, Hearst Tower, NYC There is a great gathering taking place next month for those of you interested in green marketing and it’s just down the road in NYC.  This premier conference will give you the opportunity to hear from some of the best and brightest from various industries and will allow [...]

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It’s that time of the year when everyone including the news, sports and the entertainment media are reviewing the past year’s events, accomplishments and news items that dominated the headlines of the industries they follow.  Here is my 2010 review of green news items in Connecticut.  While the economy here in Connecticut and elsewhere is in recovery [...]

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General Electric’s ecomagination business, which now includes more than 90 products and since its creation five years ago, has invested $5 billion in research and development into cleaner and more efficient technologies, has a new leader who will be the keynote speaker next month at the Connecticut Summit on Business Sustainability. 

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This past week, I learned about a company based in Norwalk, Connecticut that is a global leader in the manufacture of yarn-based inter-dental cleaning products designed for people with gum diseases and dental bridges and implants.  Simply put, they make really good dental floss.  What’s even more intriguing is that the product is considered solar [...]

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