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Top Small Workplaces of 2008

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:14:12 -0400

Top Small Workplaces 2008

Creating great workplaces has never been more important for small businesses. Nor more difficult. Here are 15 companies that do it well.

By Kelly K. Spors

It's never been harder to create a great workplace. With all the turbulence in the economy, business owners are spending more time trying to boost sales and cut costs than fretting about the well-being of their employees.

But creating a rewarding work environ...

The Bloc Party

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:09:58 -0400

I fondly remember the days when all we worried about was climate change! Watching Paulson, Obama, McCain, Bush, the Dow Jones and everything else makes social change seem like a We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Rainforest Alliance SmartHouse and TreeHouse, two new interactive tools designed to introduce Web site visitors to the people, places and processes that stand behind production of sustainable goods.

Our SmartHouse -- complete with kitchen, living room and backyard -- ...

William McDonough at Bioneers 2000

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:35:25 -0400

Another visionary who has so much to offer. (His book "Cradle to Cradle", is essential reading for anyone considering environmental design issues.) More info/links on McDonough and his various projects can be found at http://www.mcdonough.com.

Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:54:33 -0400

1Choose foods grown on farms certified by the Rainforest Alliance

Buy coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, orange juice, g...

Rainforest Alliance Announces 2008 Honorees to be Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Support of Conservation Work

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:34:39 -0400

The Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit conservation organization, is pleased to announce the 2008 honorees that will be recognized at its annual gala on May 15 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The annual gala recognizes companies and individuals for their work with the Rainforest Alliance on making sustainable supply chain decisions or for their longtime support of conservation work.

"We are proud to honor global leaders across sectors ranging from forest products to coffee to finance for big strides they have made in supporting sustainabil...

Beijing Must Curb Use of Illegally Logged Timber, Forestry Official Says

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:17:30 -0400

China's government must tighten its policies on buying illegally logged timber to set a good example for Chinese companies that largely use wood from unsustainable sources, a government forestry official said Wednesday.

Only 0.3 percent of Chinese forests, or about 1.48 million acres, are certified as sustainable according to international standards, said Lu Wenming, chief of international cooperation at the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Additionally, only 501 Chinese companies purchase their timber from internationally certified sources...

Merrill Lynch's Carbon Bet: Why a Wall Street Firm Wants to Save Forests in Sumatra

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:56:39 -0400

The business of "carbon farming" is growing fast -- and Merrill Lynch is the latest big company to bet that it will become profitable.

What's carbon farming, you ask? It's a business designed to recognize the value created when trees store carbon dioxide and prevent global warming. So people who plant new trees or prevent existing trees from destruction can get paid for doing so.

That doesn't mean that the tree in your backyard or mine will help pay college tuition or fund a 401(k). For now, the payments are going to villagers in the developing world who agree to protect ...

Rainforest Alliance Finds Sustainably Certified Forests Have Fewer Wildfires

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:42:18 -0400

We already knew that certifying forestry projects under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification standards was a good idea. Now a new study by the Rainforest Alliance in Guatemala tells us that forest concessions managed in compliance with FSC certification standards have seen f...

Elite Flowers: Growing a Better Bloom

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:42:18 -0400

Robert Goodier is a communications coordinator for the Rainforest Alliance, based in our Guatemala City office. In February 2008, he traveled to Facatativá, Colombia to visit Elite, a flower farm that was recently awarded Rainforest Alliance certification. Here, he recounts the experience.

Monkey gets big-screen tea break

Monkey, the star of the fondly-remembered ITV Digital ad campaigns and the current face of PG Tips, is to appear in a Michael Palin-esque cinema extravaganza this Easter.

In a film called ""A Tale of Two Continents"<...

Excellent Video on Earth Day TV

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:25:30 -0500

Here is an excellent video from the Earth Day Network - It's a production of the University of South FLorida, about an hour long, and very inspiring! A great model for what we can do with the 3 finger Solution! Look at www.SustainabilitySymbol.com and check out EarthDay TV

Can You Picture Sustainability?

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:14:55 -0500

What comes to mind when you picture conservation? Migratory birds nesting in the shade canopy of a coffee farm? A red-eyed tree frog in the rainforest? The Rainforest Alliance invites shutterbugs to enter photos that are illustrative of our conservation work in agriculture, forestry and tourism in the first "Picture Sustainability" photo contest. One grand prize winner will receive a package including a seven-day trip to the Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, courtesy of Via Natura, Aer...

Tell us what you think about eco-tourism!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:01:36 -0500

Please help the Rainforest Alliance promote sustainable tourism by taking a short survey on your travel habits. The data gathered from the questionnaire will be used to create awareness about eco-friendly travel.

Natural Building Internship

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:41:00 -0500

Community Rebuilds is an initiative to build affordable and energy efficient homes for the workforce in Moab, Utah. We assist families that own homes in disrepair (such as manufactured homes built prior to 1976) to recycle the existing structure and build a new home using green construction practices and products. <...

Internship Opportunity - Tour Liaisons

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:51:37 -0500

Internship Opportunity—Tour Liaison
Otesha Cycling and Performing Tours
www.otesha.ca

The Otesha Project is seeking 14 dedicated, organized, fun-loving individuals, aged 18 to 30, to serve as Tour Liaisons for its 2008 cycling and performing tours. As part of a team of 15 to 20 performers, you will take care of all administrative and on-the-road logistics for the tour. Successful candidates will support team members as individuals, foster a positive team environment, support teams in achieving tour object...

Want to coach young social entrepreneurs?

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:51:07 -0500

Are you a seasoned social innovator? Have experience that you would like to share? ....A burning love for social change?

Be a Conscious Lifestyle Liaison!

A Liaison serves as a mentor to new CL ventures, helping them with: â€¢ development and design â€¢ infrastructure and management â€¢ organizational growth â€¢ quality control â€¢ publicity/outreach

As a Conscious Lifestyle liaison, youâ€™ll get the opportunity to work with outstanding students leaders, help to cultivate the growing movement of â€œconscious livingâ€, be a part of a vibrant young up-s...

Get $1,000 for your Socially Innovative Idea

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:44:36 -0500

Are you passionate about making the world a better place? Have an idea about how to make your fellow students and your school more socially responsible? Want to turn that idea into a realityâ€¦?

Conscious Lifestyle is accepting applications for its venture program.

Submit an application for the chance to win:

Up to $1,000 in start-up funding
Web space on consciouslifestyle.org
Monthly skill-building workshops
Personalized support
Access to a network of social entrepreneurs

Otesha launches 2008 Cycling and Performing Tours

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:22:59 -0500

The Otesha Project has announced the routes for the 2008 Otesha Cycling and Performing Tours (Check out: www.otesha.ca/bike+tours/index.en.html). Applications are now being accepted for seven regional tours throughout Canada that will take more than 120 inspiring young change-makers on the journey of a lifetime. You could be one of them!

Tour members will share an incredible experience as they live as a mobile and sustainable community for two months. They will cycle from performance to performance, braving the elements, connecting with communities along the route, and explorin...

My early Holiday gift to the Rethosaria - sharing an opportunity and recognizing your talent! - Philip McMaster

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:46:06 -0500
HAPPY HOLIDAYS ! My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I've collected over the years. All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we're working on (Like "STOP the GLOFs") The rest will be up to you to use and design as you wish. Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environmental Protection Association. http://www.d...

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:14 -0500

King or Queen of your own sustainability domain!

We'd like to offer you some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains collected over the years.

What we ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol (the 3 finger symbol) around the world and brings attention to, and supports at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost two years ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainab...

Help us create a new space

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:25:26 -0500

In the new year, our organisation, Public Achievement are moving into new offices in Belfast’s City Centre – actually in the new ‘Cathedral Arts Quarter’ up-and-coming funky part of town. We are moving because our existing building is in a terrible state and the owner won’t get it fixed, but we are excited about the move.

Now what we are getting is just over 1500 square feet divided into two office spaces (600 and 900 square feet). The smaller part will be used as a meeting/workshop/studio space and includes an extremely basic ‘kitchen̵...

Ally Request - Frank Miller

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:35:20 -0400

Ally Request - Mike Pritchard

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:09:53 -0400

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:45 -0400

We are in the process of translating the word/concepts/phrase of

1. SOCIETY

2. ENVIRONMENT

3. ECONOMY

... into the languages of the world, and adapting the different ways of writing to the three fingered hand symbol.

You can see a sample of the Sustainability Symbol in Chinese script on this message.

Your name will be forever associated with the chosen modification of the symbol that represents “Society, Environment, Economy” in your linguistic communi...

Convert website into something attractive

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:00 -0400

The three finger Sustainability Symbol is beginning to attract attention on and off the internet. This is a double-edged sword.

On one hand, more and more people are learning about the campaign (personally passing it along from one individual to another),

on the other hand, our website stinks.

It’s homemade, and as you will see, I’m no web designer!

If there are any talented web designers out there in the Rethosarian community, please have a look at www.DragonTHINK.com and make a suggestion of how we could use some of the existing conte...

Alliance Accepted! - Rainforest Alliance

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:21:43 -0400

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:21:40 -0400

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Top Small Workplaces Video

Top Small Workplaces of 2008

The Bloc Party

William McDonough at Bioneers 2000

Easy Ways You Can Help Conserve Rainforests

Rainforest Alliance Announces 2008 Honorees to be Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Support of Conservation Work

Beijing Must Curb Use of Illegally Logged Timber, Forestry Official Says

Merrill Lynch's Carbon Bet: Why a Wall Street Firm Wants to Save Forests in Sumatra

Rainforest Alliance Finds Sustainably Certified Forests Have Fewer Wildfires

Elite Flowers: Growing a Better Bloom

Excellent Video on Earth Day TV

Can You Picture Sustainability?

Tell us what you think about eco-tourism!

Natural Building Internship

Internship Opportunity - Tour Liaisons

Want to coach young social entrepreneurs?

Get $1,000 for your Socially Innovative Idea

Otesha launches 2008 Cycling and Performing Tours

My early Holiday gift to the Rethosaria - sharing an opportunity and recognizing your talent! - Philip McMaster

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

Help us create a new space

Ally Request - Frank Miller

Ally Request - Mike Pritchard

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Convert website into something attractive

Alliance Accepted! - Rainforest Alliance

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster