Use little actions to drive your company’s green agenda

In the push to become a better, more eco-responsible small or medium sized business, sometimes the best you can do is start small.  Just because you can’t do something revolutionary like replace your materials with flowers and soy, it doesn’t mean that you can’t make a green difference somewhere.  Environmentalism strengthens company culture and saves money too, so if you haven’t yet, start taking small steps toward sustainability and then see where it leads you.

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Where is Austin’s Green Social Network?

Why is Austin, the “Social Startup Capital of the World”, lagging behind New York and others who have created citywide social networks encouraging and driving green action and conversation?  It’s time for Austin’s techies and green entrepreneurs to earn their stripes by developing Austin’s own green network.

New York’s sustainability social network gets buzz

Reading about NYC’s new green social network, Change By Us, NYC, last week made me feel an interesting mixture of emotions.  First, I was excited that such a thing had been launched.  Then, I started feeling jealous and a little confused.  I thought to myself, “how come New York, a bastion of traditional media, gets to have this and Austin, the high-tech and green mecca that it is, does not?”
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