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Greener Results Helps Develop the National Restaurant Association’s Greener Restaurants Program

2010-05-27T07:18:00.002-05:00

We are pleased to announce that we worked with the National Restaurant Association to develop its new Greener Restaurants program, which was featured at the NRA Show in Chicago May 22-25. We helped the National Restaurant Association design the voluntary framework for the program, developed much of its technical content and resources, and helped manage the design and implementation of the

Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay

2010-04-16T14:14:00.003-05:00

Thursday, April 22 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and in celebration as well as a mode of action Green Drinks chapters throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed will be coming together for the second annual Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay. Each chapter will celebrate in their own way but together will be concentrating action a grassroots movement to influence legislation and

Virginia Green Gazette

2010-04-05T10:06:00.002-05:00

The Virginia Green program was originally developed while Greener Results director Tom Griffin was working for the Virginia DEQ. Greener Results now serves as lead consultant to the program and Tom Griffin serves as spokesperson for the the program and coordinates the efforts of the Virginia Green Advisory Committee. Virginia Green is a statewide program that works to reduce the environmental

The Influence of Sustainability on Consumer Choice

2010-03-24T09:29:00.001-05:00

In the 2009 CMIGreen Traveler Study, the document opens by posing the question 'how' will sustainability influence consumer choice? The study acknowledges that it's not a matter of whether or not sustainability will be a consideration for consumers, but that on some level it will indeed be a determining factor for consumers. Thanks to rising public awareness of sustainability issues, green

Greener Results Helps Green Restaurants Get Recognition

2010-02-10T13:00:00.003-06:00

A recent Restaurant Report on NBC12 in Richmond gave some much deserved recognition to one of Richmond's local restaurants that has gone green in alignment with the Virginia Green voluntary self-certification program. Virginia Green is a program that provides recognition, guidance, and criteria for all sectors of tourism to self-certify their green activities. Virginia Green was developed by

The Stimulus is Killing Green Business!

2009-05-14T14:23:00.003-05:00

Preposterous! How could that be?! Look, don’t get me wrong. I’m as excited about the funding for green jobs and weatherization and other environmental programs as the next environmental consultant. But until the melting pot of good ideas at the state and local levels finally proposes a series of programs and the good federal folks finally approve of those myriad of initiatives -- no one is

Lamp Recycling: Green Litmus Paper

2009-02-06T06:44:00.001-06:00