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Boston Green Fest Wrap-Up
Sep 1, 2010By Scott Szycher
From Beyond Economics
Fellow Green Group Boston member Mark Hoffman and I (Scott Szycher) had the pleasure of attending the Boston Green Fest last week, including the Green Jobs Forum on Thursday at the Massachusetts State House. I thought there were some tidbits that apply to the Seacoast region, and the Green Alliance community.
The Green Jobs Forum actually focused on several problems facing Boston. It’s densely populated, with a lack of “green” space for its residents to farm in, and its children to play in. As a result, one of its biggest challenges revolves around the issue of food: how can the city increase its residents’ access to fresh, locally grown food? Click here to read more.
The Paths to Greener Purchasing
Sep 1, 2010From Business NH Magazine
By Jim Cavan and Sarah Brown
September 1, 2010
From recycling and composting to solar power and hybrid cars, going green has become part of the daily lexicon. What's less discussed- and equally accessible-are the green purchasing practices offices can employ to do their part to reduce the nation's carbon footprint.
Conventional wisdom says such changes are costly, particularly in this sluggish economy. But that's not necessarily true. The following are seven ways you can help your office go green, and even save money along the way...
1. Printing
Just because your office has instituted a comprehensive paper-recycling program, uses recycled paper and prints on both sides of paper doesn't mean "paper" can be checked off the green list. Many printer inks still require harmful chemicals, and those chemicals can leach into a landfill and potentially affect the water supply....Click here to read more!!
York, Maine, cabinet makers bring old-fashioned quality to bear
Sep 1, 2010From Portsmouth Herald
By Jim Cavan
YORK, Maine — In the middle of a recession, you might not expect to see a high-end cabinetry studio turning a healthy profit
But York- and Newburyport, Mass.,-based Jewett Farms & Co. said it is doing just that. Jewett represents a quintessential Yankee philosophy: making the most out of what you have and making it as beautiful as it is long-lasting. For folks at the Newburyport-based studio and showroom in York, everything is about maximizing resources, particularly local resources, and leaving nothing behind.
According to Jewett partner Elena Ruocco Bachrach, the company's commitment to quality goes hand in hand with its equally strong commitment to green and sustainable business practices. "We're driven with quality and longevity in mind, things we consider very green in and of themselves," she said. "And beyond that, the materials we use are the best and greenest available."... Read the full story in the Portsmouth Herald!
Business Profiles:
Green Launching Pad Having an Impact
Aug 30, 2010From the Portsmouth Herald
By Michael McCord
August 30, 2010
DURHAM — For entrepreneur Mike Behrmann of Revolution Energy in Dover, the potential of a new program designed to help small alternative energy companies make it in the marketplace is bearing fruit.
"Things are going great," said Behrmann about the crash course his young business has taken since it was chosen in May as one of the five original companies taking part in the University of New Hampshire-based Green Launching Pad. "We have received a number of different resources from the GLP, and the mentoring has played a big role in helping us develop."
The Green Launching Pad, a partnership between the state of New Hampshire and the University of New Hampshire, was unveiled earlier this year with much fanfare and bolstered by $750,000 in federal stimulus funding.
The goal of the initiative was to help innovative clean energy companies succeed in the marketplace and jump start the creation of green economy jobs while lessening the economic dependence and environmental harm of fossil fuels. The template was to give established and start-up companies extensive financial, operational, technical, and managerial support to launch and commercialize green energy products and services to enhance energy efficiency and renewable energy.... To read more click here
Business Profiles:
These greens really are: Sagamore golf course embraces environmental management
Aug 30, 2010Published in Foster's Daily Democrat
By Jim Cavan
Ever since the environmental movement started to gain recognizable steam in the 1970s, a few select industries have enjoyed their fair share of the greater green scorn. Some of them you can probably name without much thought: oil companies, logging outfits, factory farms, auto manufacturers. And golf courses.
Environmentalists have long seen golf courses as antithetical to their core values. They're big, expansive, chemical-dependent, require copious amounts of water to properly maintain, and change the nature and course of the ecosystems in and around them.
While much of that criticism remains palpable and relevant, one course in particular is changing the way some think about the links. Sagamore Golf Club, located on North Road in North Hampton, has long been known ...
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Business Profiles:
Greenovations puts all things green under one roof
Aug 30, 2010Published in the Portsmouth Herald
By Jim Cavan
As in many other respects, the Seacoast is unique in its offering of green-minded businesses.
Whether restaurants, construction firms, alternative energy companies or even gas stations, the last few years have seen an explosion of green businesses from across industries and sectors pepper the Seacoast. But rarely has there been a business that offers as many sustainable products as Greenovations, Portsmouth's new green kid on the block.
Greenovations, which opened in May, and its owner, Christopher Ring, are as green as it gets. A catch-all building and remodeling depot, Greenovations offers everything from super efficient wall radiators to insulation, floors to countertops, cabinets to wood stoves, paints and coatings to solar tubes, attic fans, plywood and tiles.
To read the full story, click here!
Business Profiles:
NH media company takes green message to many platforms
Aug 25, 2010From Newburyport Business
By Jim Cavan
In a media landscape where the internet has become as indispensible as it is convenient, trying to find the most effective means of keeping someone’s attention has become as crucial as grabbing it in the first place.
And while that’s easy if you’re going for the cheap thrills – toddler music prodigies, drunken injuries and anything involving household pets seems to work as YouTube eyeball glue – the more serious the topic, the more important it is the interest be immediately piqued.
One Seacoast media company seems to have figured it out. Based in a second story office on Court Street in Portsmouth, Now Or Never Media is changing the way one important issue – global climate change – is not only transmitted, but also how it can ultimately bring us together... Read the full story in Newburyport Busines by clicking here!
Business Profiles:
North Hampton golf course drives for "green"
Aug 23, 2010Published in the Portsmouth Herald
By Jim Cavan
Ever since the environmental movement started to gain recognizable steam in the 1970s, a few select industries have enjoyed their fair share of the greater green scorn.
Some you can probably name without much thought: oil companies, logging outfits, factory farms, auto manufacturers. And golf courses. Though certainly not the subject to the degree of scorn seen by the previously listed, environmentalists have long seen golf courses as antithetical to their core values. They’re big, expansive, chemical-dependent, require copious amounts of water to properly maintain and change the nature and rse of the ecosystems in and around them.
But one course in particular is changing how you may think about the links.
To read the full story, click here!
Business Profiles:
Going green, saving green don't have to clash
Aug 23, 2010Published in Foster's Daily Democrat
By Jim Cavan
Albeit farfetched (unless, of course, you're a college student) let's say your entire diet consists of Ramen noodles, canned or microwaveable foods, and soda. Say what you will about the contents – and how hard most of them are to pronounce – one thing is clear: these foods are cheap, meaning even the thinnest wallets have change to spare.
On the opposite end of the culinary spectrum you have your farmers market set. You know the type: they spend more on vegetables in a given month than most of us spend on rent; they look for taglines like "free range, "hormone-free" or "grass-fed" and their idea of "fast food" is a $6 microwaveable meal – all organic, of course.
To read the full story, click here!
Green Cruise
Aug 19, 2010Click the following link and learn all about our Green Cruise aboard the Thomas Leighton!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KLNuICfLYU
Thanks to Now or Never Media for creating this great video! The cruise was a great time, and now you've got a 2nd chance! In conjunction with our friends at WXGR 101.5 FM, the Green Alliance is co-hosting a Funky Fall Foliage Cruise on Sunday, October 3, from 3:30 - 7:00 PM aboard the Isles of Shoals Steamships Co's victorian style, 348 passenger M/V Thomas Laighton.
While the event charge is $25, Green Alliance members can register for free! Just RSVP to scott@greenalliance.biz with your name and Green Card #, and we'll secure a spot for you.
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