It S Easy Being Green How Conscious Consumers And Ecopreneurs Can Save The World
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It's Easy Being Green: How Conscious Consumers and Ecopreneurs Can Save the World by Aviva Peltin Pdf
Immerse yourself in a world where health-conscious and sustainable decisions are simple, and creative business leaders pave the way. You may think that this book is full of facts you really don't want to know. That may be your first reaction when you read about a product or a lifestyle choice that you believed was healthy and sustainable and then find out otherwise. It's Not Easy Being Green shows you that living sustainably and healthfully isn't as complicated as you may think. You'll discover the importance of educating yourself and making changes in your life to protect your health and the health of your family and the planet. Along with extensive advice, this book features exclusive and inspiring interviews with revolutionary ecopreneurs who break the mold and pursue health and sustainability over profits. And profits don't suffer, due to the growing number of consumers waking up and changing their lifestyle choices.After reading this book, you'll be well on your way to shopping, feeling, and thinking better. Soon you'll be glad you know facts you thought you didn't want to know, and as an ecopreneur in this book says, "When you know, you can't unknow."
As more and more of us become aware of climate change we are beginning to look for lifestyle changes that will provide us with a more eco-friendly existence. It's Easy Being Green is a little book for the growing number of what have been dubbed eco-worriers, not eco-warriors - concerned but not-yet committed people who want to reduce their environmental impact but aren't quite sure where to start. The book highlights simple changes that can be easily incorporated into everyday life to reduce the use of energy, chemicals and water, and the waste and pollution that is created. It shows how being green is not only better for the planet, but can also save money and make us happier and healthier.
Provides a comprehensive guide to adopting greener buying habits and identifying earth-friendly products, shopping for green products online, participating in online activism, and learning tips for cultivating a sustainable environment, such as collecting rainwater from your roof to use in the garden, submerging a plastic bottle in your toilet tank to save one quart of water per flush, and more. Original.
Starting Green: An Ecopreneur’s Toolkit for Starting a Green Business—From Business Plan to Profits by Ph.D. Croston, Glenn Pdf
Build a Better Business And a Better World Green entrepreneur and scientist Dr. Glenn Croston outlines green business essentials and helps you uncover eco-friendly opportunities, build a sustainable business plan, and gain the competitive advantage in today's environmentally mindful market. “The world is finally waking up to the importance of green...including entrepreneurs! They understand and appreciate the importance of going green, but few have the practical roadmap to make it happen. Croston gives entrepreneurs and small businesses an incredible blueprint on how to join the green revolution, be successful, profitable, and make a difference!” - Jim Horan, author, consultant, and speaker, president of The One Page Business Plan Company “Glenn Croston's Starting Green is the indispensable guide for the entrepreneur of the 21st Century. Croston's extensive research and incredible examples will illuminate the incredible opportunities within Green Business. Even as a green business owner for the past two decades, I drew countless ideas and inspiration from this book.” -Eric Corey Freed, principal of organicARCHITECT, author of Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies “We face great challenges today in our economy and environment, but the shift toward sustainability offers even greater opportunities. Starting Green gives you the tools to join this revolution with a business of your own. The business case for sustainability is clear; what we need now is action. This book will help you pave the way forward and thrive.” -Hunter Lovins, Co-author of Natural Capitalism, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, and president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions “The emerging green economy offers a wealth of opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators, building everything from green-minded service providers to breakthrough products and technologies. Glenn Croston has created a valuable roadmap that can help find the profitable opportunity that's right for you.” -Joel Makower, executive editor of GreenBiz.com, and author of Strategies for the Green Economy "In his new book Glenn Croston successfully fuses two of the most powerful and constructive trends in present day society: (1) the boom in entrepreneurship that Information Age technologies has ignited, and (2) mounting public support and consumer demand for more efficient and sustainable products and services. With Croston's book in hand, the many people eager to explore and to profit from this healthy social change can start taking giant steps. " Byron Kennard, executive director of the Center for Small Business and the Environment, and co-author of Small Wonders (http://www.smallwondersreport.org/) “Glenn Croston has done it again. In his latest book, Starting Green: An Ecopreneur's Guide to Starting a Green Business-From Business Plans to Profits, he provides eco-minded entrepreneurs with an inspiring, well thought out and information rich roadmap for creating new green businesses for the coming conserver economy. There are so many people looking for ways to enter this rapidly growing segment of the marketplace, yet because the territory is new and ideas are untested, many lose confidence before they've begun. But we need those ideas in order to create a sustainable economic future, and Croston, with his straight-forward and easy to implement advice, shows the way. If you are wanting to help re-envision our economic future, begin with this book and, and become a part of the transformation.” --Sarah Susanka, architect and author of The Not So Big House series, and The Not So Big Life
"Do you think going green will give you a competitive advantage, even save you money? Do you think your customers are more likely to buy if you are green? Do you want to do better by the environment and your community? If so, you are not alone. Many feel the need to go green. Jonathan Estes in Smart Green turns this need into value and lays out the steps for going green.?Read it and get ahead of your competition and the green tsunami sweeping the country." —Frank Phoenix, PE, LEED-AP, Partner, Greenbridge Developments, LLC "Estes's book articulates the opportunities, challenges, and trends of the blossoming conscious consumer movement using insightful research to make the case for growing a green business. His compendium examines and dissects our cultural shift in which a handful of people are optimists, many are ambivalent, and everyone is a skeptic." —David Lubensky, President, Bagatto, Inc. "Smart Green is a very practical guide for getting started with greening your company. Estes has taken the principles of business planning and applied them to a very complex subject. Worth the read." —Michael Knupp, former CEO, The RETEC Group, and former member, World Business Council for Sustainable Development "Estes's Smart Green is a great resource for small to mid-size enterprises that want to make measurable improvement in performance and align themselves with the global green wave. From strategic planning to practical how-to examples, Estes demonstrates how we can go green and make some too." —Aaron Nelson, IOM, President and CEO, Chapel Hill-Carrboro (NC) Chamber of Commerce, and Executive Director, Foundation for a Sustainable Community
We all know we can no longer ignore environmental changes caused by our actions. Industry is no different; there is increasing legal pressure, confusion about what is needed and anxiety about the potential cost. Small business in particular is slow in acting to minimise its environmental footprint and fails to realise that there are actually potential benefits for their business. It Is Easy Being Green is an extraordinary environmental book for businesses of all sizes and budgets that will show them how to implement effective and affordable environmental management systems. Jean understands the time pressures business people and managers are under and that to get the true benefits of management systems, they must be kept simple. It Is Easy Being Green will provide practical, balanced and commonsense information on how to manage your business in an environmentally friendly and effective way.
The Truth about Green Business by Gil Friend,Nicholas Kordesch,Benjamin Privitt Pdf
Everything you need to know to green your business and grow your profit. * The truth about what climate change means for your business * The truth about running lean and green * The truth about future proofing your business Simply the best thinking THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH This book reveals 52 PROVEN GREEN STRATEGIES and bite-size, easy-to-use techniques that get results. "This little book is inspiring in its range and practicality--not just for CEOs, but for every member of the enterprise...an exceptionally useful guide for ''going green'' at any scale of enterprise." CHIP CONLEY, CEO, Joie de Vivre Hospitality "In a world where green business advice is rampant, this is the one resource you need: a field guide that combines insight and inspiration with a solid, actionable path forward." JOEL MAKOWER, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com Introduction ix Part I: The Truth About Green Business TRUTH 1: What is a green business? 1 TRUTH 2: Why green your business? 5 TRUTH 3: How to approach greening your business 9 TRUTH 4: Why now? 13 TRUTH 5: Climate change and your business 17 Part II: The Truth About Green Strategy TRUTH 6: Profit and purpose 23 TRUTH 7: How green is good enough? 27 TRUTH 8: Green regulations 31 Part III: The Truth About Green Operations TRUTH 9: Secrets hiding in plain sight 35 TRUTH 10: Eco-efficiency: Good for business and the environment 39 TRUTH 11: Waste? Not! Eliminating non-product 43 TRUTH 12: EcoAudits can guide your course 47 TRUTH 13: Running lean and green 53 TRUTH 14: Carbon footprinting 57 TRUTH 15: Reducing your carbon footprint 63 Part IV: The Truth About Green Marketing TRUTH 16: Green branding and messaging 67 TRUTH 17: Creating strong EcoLabels 71 TRUTH 18: Green marketing claims 77 TRUTH 19: Reaching conscious consumers 81 Part V: The Truth About Green Products and Services TRUTH 20: What makes a product green? 85 TRUTH 21: Product take-back 89 TRUTH 22: Product to service 93 TRUTH 23: What makes a service green? 97 Part VI: The Truth About Green Design TRUTH 24: Biomimicry-learning from life TRUTH 25: Reducing your product footprints 105 TRUTH 26: Cradle to cradle 109 TRUTH 27: Design with nature 113 TRUTH 28: Innovation is at the heart of greening 117 Part VII: The Truth About Green Procurement TRUTH 29: Environmentally preferable purchasing 121 TRUTH 30: Supply chain management and partnerships 125 TRUTH 31: Supplier scorecards 129 TRUTH 32: Clearing the rising bar 133 Part VIII: The Truth About Green Buildings TRUTH 33: LEED standards for green buildings 137 TRUTH 34: The cost of green building 141 TRUTH 35: Green buildings improve productivity 145 TRUTH 36: Integrative design for green building 149 Part IX: The Truth About Green IT TRUTH 37: Computers and electronics 153 TRUTH 38: Creating more effi cient data centers 157 TRUTH 39: How IT can drive greening 161 Part X: The Truth About Green Management TRUTH 40: Engaging employees 165 TRUTH 41: Engaging stakeholders 169 TRUTH 42: Keeping score 173 TRUTH 43: Employee incentives 177 TRUTH 44: Environmental management systems 181 Part XI: The Truth About Green Finance TRUTH 45: Profit, value, and risk 185 TRUTH 46: Reality-based accounting 189 TRUTH 47: Investing in green and attracting green investment 193 TRUTH 48: Carbon trading and offsets 197 TRUTH 49: Fiduciary duty 201 Part XII: The Truth About Green Futures TRUTH 50: Certainty in the face of uncertainty 207 TRUTH 51: Scenario planning 211 TRUTH 52: Future proofing 215 APPENDIX A: References 219 Acknowledgments 228 About the Author 229 Note: Appendix B is available online at no charge at www.informit.com/title/9780789739407. APPENDIX B: Resources
Sustainable Entrepreneurship by Christina Weidinger,Franz Fischler,René Schmidpeter Pdf
Sustainable Entrepreneurship stands for a business driven concept of sustainability which focusses on increasing both social as well as business value - so called Shared Value. This book shows why and how this unique concept has the potential to become the most recognised strategic management approach in our times. It aims to point out the opportunities that arise from putting sustainable entrepreneurship into practice. At the same time, this book is a wake-up call for all those companies and decision makers who underestimated Sustainable Entrepreneurship before or who are simply not aware of its greater dimension. Well structured chapters from different academic and business perspectives clearly outline how Sustainable Entrepreneurship contributes to solving the world's most challenging problems, such as Climate Change, Finance Crisis and Political Uncertainty, as well as to ensuring business success. The book provides a framework of orientation where the journey might go: What can a successful concept of SE look like? What are the key drivers for its realisation? What is the role of business in shaping the future of our society? The book also presents best practices and provides unique learnings as well as business insights from the international Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award (www.se-award.org). The Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award (short SEA) is an award for companies today who are thinking about tomorrow by making sustainable business practices an integral part of their corporate culture. Companies that receive the SEA are being recognised for the vision they have shown in combining economic and sustainable responsibility.
The deteriorating earth’s environment is a matter of concern for all. Though the leaders of different countries are trying to face the situation at a greater level, but every individual can contribute in this regard. We use different things in our house or office. These are derived from plant, animal or mineral products (the natural resources). Less we use them, less is the demand on natural resources. We can help to protect the environment while acquiring, while using and while disposing them off. We should acquire that much of things which is exactly required for us (acquisition). Once acquired, we should take their proper care so that they remain useful for a long time (maintenance). And once an article is damaged, we should judiciously dispose it off (disposal). If we become careful at all these three stages of dealing with our material things, we can reduce the demand on their production. Reduced production means preservation of natural resources; hence the environment. Then only the earth can be saved. Co-operation of every individual is essential. Details about these three steps are described in this book.
Responsible Consumption and Production by Walter Leal Filho,Anabela Marisa Azul,Luciana Brandli,Pinar Gökcin Özuyar,Tony Wall Pdf
The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 12, namely "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allows a better understanding and fosters knowledge. Concretely, the defined targets are: Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries Achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources Halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses Achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment Substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities Ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities Editorial Board Medani P. Bhandari, Luciana Londero Brandli, Morgane M. C. Fritz, Ulla A. Saari, Leonardo L. Sta Romana
The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption by G. Seyfang Pdf
This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. It presents a 'New Economics' approach based on alternative measures of wealth and value, examining how these are put into practice through local organic food systems, low-impact eco-housing, and complementary currencies.
Author : Richard Seireeni,Scott Fields Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing Company Page : 0 pages File Size : 46,7 Mb Release : 2008 Category : Green marketing ISBN : 1603580611
The Gort Cloud by Richard Seireeni,Scott Fields Pdf
"The common thread he found in their triumphs was their surprisingly deft navigation of a vast and largely invisible network of NGOs, trendspotters, advocacy groups, social networks, business alliances, certifying organizations, and other members of the green community that in its entirety has the power to make or break new green brands." "Seireeni unveils the network and tells green entrepreneurs and their marketing partners how to use it to their best advantage."--BOOK JACKET.
Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development by Anonim Pdf
Climate change is a problem with unique characterictics. It is global in nature and involves complex interaction between climate and environmental, economic, political, institutional, social and technological processes transcending national boundaries.
The first edition of this book looked at the emergence of 'ecopreneurs' - environmental entrepreneurs gaining competitive advantage for their firms through understanding and utilising green issues. These green entrepreneurs have led the way in enabling market forces to generate economic growth whilst protecting the environment and encouraging sustainability. This new edition continues the examination of what distinguishes these green entrepreneurs from others. It draws on a diverse range of case studies embracing examples of both successful and unsuccessful ecopreneurial ventures on at least four continents. Contributions have been updated and a number of entirely new chapters describe sustainable business projects in places ranging from the USA , India, western Europe, UK, Australia, central America and New Zealand. Making Ecopreneurs, second edition, charts recent developments and remains highly relevant to researchers in the fields of sustainable business development and entrepreneurship, to policymakers within governments and NGOs, and to those running businesses.
