Comments on: Can Business and Environmentalism Co-Exist Peacefully? http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Ron Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:05:44 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=192#comment-2202 <a href="#comment-2201" rel="nofollow">#</a>Ari Herzog→ That is really great. I think that as more and more advances are made in energy efficiencies, you'll see greater numbers of businesses getting on board with "green" initiatives. I was watching "Dirty Jobs" with Mike Rowe on the Discovery channel last night as he was cleaning some windmills at a wind farm in Oklahoma and thought, "I would love to have just ONE of those in my yard, supplementing my electricity use...just maybe not one that large. :) They ARE MASSIVE! #Ari Herzog→
That is really great. I think that as more and more advances are made in energy efficiencies, you’ll see greater numbers of businesses getting on board with “green” initiatives. I was watching “Dirty Jobs” with Mike Rowe on the Discovery channel last night as he was cleaning some windmills at a wind farm in Oklahoma and thought, “I would love to have just ONE of those in my yard, supplementing my electricity use…just maybe not one that large. :)

They ARE MASSIVE!

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 Ari Herzog Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:20:50 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=192#comment-2203 Do you know of the Discovery Channel's offshoot, <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/" rel="nofollow">Planet Green</a>? One of its hosts is <a href="http://summerrayneoakes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Summer Raynes Oakes</a>, who was awarded <a href="http://earthfirst.com/earthfirstcom-has-like-a-tractor-b hottest green girl. I subscribe to a Comcast cable package, but this new channel is the next level up which unfortunately is not the value of green I feel like spending right now. Do you know of the Discovery Channel’s offshoot, Planet Green? One of its hosts is Summer Raynes Oakes, who was awarded <a href=”http://earthfirst.com/earthfirstcom-has-like-a-tractor-b hottest green girl.

I subscribe to a Comcast cable package, but this new channel is the next level up which unfortunately is not the value of green I feel like spending right now.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 Ari Herzog Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=192#comment-2201 Austin, Texas-headquartered Whole Foods is a leader in not just organic foods but also green practices, ranging from providing silverware to eat-in diners, composting old food, and efficiency in lighting and HVAC. Up here in Newburyport, Massachusetts, about 5 miles south of the New Hampshire border, I point you to <a href="http://www.thetannerymall.com" rel="nofollow">The Tannery</a>, a collection of about 50 restaurants, shops, and offices that are housed in renovated millworks buildings which are topped with nearly 400 solar panels. The PV panels offset about 20 percent of the Tannery's electric bill. Another company, <a href="http://www.markrichey.com" rel="nofollow">Mark Richey Woodworking</a> recently received the city's first permit to erect a wind turbine. More applications are pending. Massachusetts may be no Texas in terms of statewide Kyotoesque protocols but there are hundreds of businesses that either design, manufacture, supply, or end-use solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal tanks, wood pellet burning stoves, and the like. Austin, Texas-headquartered Whole Foods is a leader in not just organic foods but also green practices, ranging from providing silverware to eat-in diners, composting old food, and efficiency in lighting and HVAC.

Up here in Newburyport, Massachusetts, about 5 miles south of the New Hampshire border, I point you to The Tannery, a collection of about 50 restaurants, shops, and offices that are housed in renovated millworks buildings which are topped with nearly 400 solar panels. The PV panels offset about 20 percent of the Tannery’s electric bill.

Another company, Mark Richey Woodworking recently received the city’s first permit to erect a wind turbine. More applications are pending.

Massachusetts may be no Texas in terms of statewide Kyotoesque protocols but there are hundreds of businesses that either design, manufacture, supply, or end-use solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal tanks, wood pellet burning stoves, and the like.

]]> By: Ron http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 Ron Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:07:56 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=192#comment-2198 <a href="#comment-2195" rel="nofollow">#</a>Adam Lehman→ Is that a book? #Adam Lehman→

Is that a book?

]]> By: Ron http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/business-environmentalism-co-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Ron Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=192#comment-2197 <a href="#comment-2196" rel="nofollow">#</a>Elliott - 21st Century Dad→ Hey, thanks Elliott! I've always liked their food, but when I saw their environmental initiatives and started thinking about how they impact the profit line, I was impressed. I love the idea of using solar power for the entire restaurant. Not every business can do this (it helps to be located in Texas) but if most gave it a shot, they could at least reduce their electricity bill. "A penny saved is a penny earned." :) #Elliott – 21st Century Dad→

Hey, thanks Elliott! I’ve always liked their food, but when I saw their environmental initiatives and started thinking about how they impact the profit line, I was impressed. I love the idea of using solar power for the entire restaurant. Not every business can do this (it helps to be located in Texas) but if most gave it a shot, they could at least reduce their electricity bill. “A penny saved is a penny earned.” :)

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