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| I help forge truly sustainable businesses
at GreenSmith Consulting. I bring to the
table a wide range of skills and
knowledge, an have an extensive network of
resources to further extend the scope of
what we offer, as needed. For both
existing companies wanting to push the
needle greener, and startups needing help
effectively and authentically getting the
message out and navigating the operational
and strategic considerations involved, we
can help.
Getting an MBA in Sustainable Management
from Presidio considerably strengthened my
green business skills, helping make me
attuned to how to do business in a way
that's more profitable, well managed, and
ecologically sound. I see possibilities
where others don't. I make connections
that others haven't yet. I help people to
see them, and know how to best take
advantage of them.
My overarching talent is "bottom lining"
complex ideas, in a way that is
understandable and accessible to a variety
of audiences, internal and external to a
company. After all, if you have the
greatest idea/product/service ever, and
your employees or customers don't see the
relevance to them, it doesn't really
matter, does it? |
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| Dixie Schmatz is President and Co-Founder
of Notyak: Gateway to Greener Living found
on the web at www.notyak.c
om . Notyak is a web site offering
earth friendly products, “Green Gossip,”
Green Gateways and even an Enviro Mystery
Story with clues scattered around the web.
The name “Notyak” comes from the company
philosophy that you don’t have to become a
yak herder to have a positive impact on
the environment. Notyak believes that each
person should take the steps that make
sense for them, and expect others to do
the same. If we all do this, the world
will be a better place. Dixie has a Ph.D.,
is very interested in the environment and
has had an Internet presence for several
years. Businesses are recognizing the
importance of “going green” and as a green
business owner and manager, Dixie’s
insights can help your business understand
the issues, participate in the movement
and take advantage of new marketing
opportunities. |
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Silver Authors |
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| The Dynamic Small Business Network (DSBN)
is an online resource for small business
owners. We feature a wealth of
information, articles, business tools,
podcasts and discounts that support you
and your small business. |
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| Green Blogger who specializes in
highlighting eco friendly products and
companies. Whether you run a restaurant, a
dry cleaner, or anything else in between,
social responsibility is no longer
optional.
To reach me, visit my personal blog on vege
tarianism you can also find me daily
on Twitter.<
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| Adam Ney
Managing Director
AuctorVerno, LLC/buildingctgreen.com
Adam is managing director of AuctorVerno,
LLC (AV) and has launched www.build
ingctgreen.com, Connecticut's leading
on-line resource for green business and
green building activities. The site
offers visitors green news, a green jobs
directory and much more. He is also the
author of Auggie V's Green Blog which is
housed on the site. In addition to the
Web site, AV also helps organizations
implement best green practices for their
workforce, operation, supply/value chain
and reputation. One of the goals of AV is
to help small-mid sized firms realize
their green potential. Adam believes that
green is no longer a movement but a smart
business practice that cuts costs and
eliminates waste, doesn’t harm the
environment and can have a positive impact
on an organization’s budget. |
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| I am the founder and President of the
World Green Business Association. The
company is an environmentally-focused
membership organization that encourages
business owners to incorporate green
principles into their daily operations. We
specialize in offering our members
marketing in return for their green
commitment in order to help demonstrate
that economic and environmental concerns
do not exist in opposition. More
information about the WGBA is available at
our website: www.worldgba.com<
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| Gregg McLachlan is founder and president
of WorkCabin.ca, Canada's Outpost for
Green Jobs, Canada's first job site
bullfrogpowered with 100% green
electricity and the first job site to be
approved as a member of
internationally-acclaimed 1% For The
Planet. The site, launched in 2007, is
Canada's new professional source for
leading job listings, job seekers, career
advice and more. |
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| Anne Loehr, a graduate of Cornell
University, owned and managed
international eco-friendly hotels and tour
companies for over 15 years. She is also a
certified coach, specializing in coaching
hospitality industry clients. Her book "A
Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and
Effective Ways to Get the Best Out of Your
Employees" is now available in bookstores
and on Amazon. Her work has been mentioned
and/or featured in Newsweek International,
National Geographic Traveler, Elle
(Canada), CNN Money, Washingtonian, and
Body + Soul.
Her business partner has worked as a
business advisor for many conservation
organizations and focuses on helping
international hotels and destinations
become more “green” and sustainable. He
has worked with ConsCorp Africa,
Madagascar tourism board, Marriott Hotels
and many international financiers.
Anne combines all of these skills in
Hospitality Sustainability Solutions,
using coaching and other business skills
to help hotels and resorts become more
sustainable. |
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| Hi, my name is Stefan Doering. I work with
Fortune 500 Executives, authors,
entrepreneurs and students to help them
achieve their dreams and goals as a master
coach. I've been featured on the CBS
Evening News, Good Morning America, The
New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg TV, and dozens more. I'd like
to work with you -- and give you an
opportunity to learn the secret of leading
the best business, career, and life
imaginable!
I’m also a professor at Columbia
University with CERC, Center for
Environmental Research and Conservation; a
division of the world re-known, Earth
Institute, teaching Environmental
Intrapreneurism and Environmental
Entrepreneurism. |
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| Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D., C.E.M., shows
clients how to make more money and
simultaneously help the environment.
During the past 15 years, he has helped
over 250 organizations improve profits
with energy-environmental solutions. He
has written over 25 professional journal
publications and his work has appeared in
hundreds of articles. Dr. Woodroof is the
Chairman of the Board for the Certified
Carbon Reduction Manager program and he
has been a Board Member of the Certified
Energy Manager Program since 1999. Dr.
Woodroof has advised clients such as the
U.S. Public Health Service, IBM, Pepsi,
Ford, GM, Verizon, Hertz, Visteon,
JPMorgan-Chase, Universities, Airports,
Utilities and Cities. He is friends with
many of the top minds in energy,
environment, finance and marketing. He is
also a columnist for several industry
magazines, a corporate trainer and a
keynote speaker. Eric is the founder of
ProfitableGreenSolutions.com. See what
Clients say about Eric's programs. |
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| Glenn Croston is the author of the book
“75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make
Money and Make a Difference”, coming out
in August 2008 with Entrepreneur Press and
available on Amazon.com. The green
economy is estimated at $300 billion and
growing quickly as businesses in many
industries go green, building a
sustainable economy and a healthy
environment. 75 Green Businesses give
entrepreneurs from many backgrounds the
starting point to join the green economy,
describing innovative green business
opportunities in renewable energy, green
building, food, water, farming,
transportation, services, recycling, and
other fields. For more information about
the book, see: www.75Gr
eenBusinesses.com
Even with a great idea in hand, green
entrepreneurs often need help starting
their business and keeping it growing.
Currently the author is developing
Starting Up Green to help green
entrepreneurs succeed by connecting them
with resources and expert partners in
fields such as promotion, financing, and
human capital. To find out more about
getting involved as a partner providing
services, sponsor, or entrepreneur seeking
help, go to: www.Start
ingUpGreen.com. |
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| I run a few small companies in England and
have made a concious decision to change
the way we operate in an effort to reduce
costs and our carbon footprint. More
information or the hire of our services
are available at our websites:
www.aerial51.com<
/a> (for thermal imaging including aerial
imagery)
www.1stpro
pertycare.com (Building Services to
rectifyt any problems)
www.greenasgr
ass.org (Everything Green)
Since making a few changes in 2007 we have
benefited from considerable financial
savings, as a result we are constantly
seeking new techniques which we are happy
to share with our readers.
Marcus Kett |
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| Jessica Jensen is Co-Founder & CEO of Low
Impact Living, Inc. Low Impact Living.com
is the largest green home improvement site
online. We help consumers learn how to
make their homes and lifestyles more
environmentally sustainable. Then we help
them find the best green products and
local service providers across the US.
Please visit us at www.lowimp
actliving.com |
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| Serge Charlebois is a passionate
environmentalist who's committed his life
to educating people about green living and
to helping make green choices as
convenient as the alternative. He is the
founder of TheGreenCity.ca which is a
green-living tool for Toronto residents.
TheGreenCity.ca is there to educate and
inspire by providing visitors with green
living tips and articles but the main goal
is to help people get in action about
Green Living. That's why TheGreenCity.ca
is equipped with a Green Business
Directory to help visitors get in action
as inspiration strikes. |
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| Traci Purdum is an award-winning business
journalist with extensive experience
covering management issues. She spent 10
years at IndustryWeek magazine. At that
publication, which features articles and
departments on management for executives
at manufacturing companies, she worked as
senior editor and director of the
magazine’s flagship database projects. She
also is a prolific freelance writer doing
projects for various outlets including the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Business.com, and
several local public relations agencies in
the Cleveland area.
Purdum is a graduate of the Kent State
University School of Journalism and Mass
Communication, Kent, Ohio, and an alumnus
of the Wharton Seminar for Business
Journalists, Wharton School of Business,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. |
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| Richard Pang is a full time webmaster who
running an artic
le directory site.
Over 380++ categories and 80000++ free
quality artic
les reprint for your website, email
newsletter, blog, ezine and rss feed.
Submit your articles to our article directory for massive
exposure. |
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| Student of entrepreneurship, leadership
and the environment.
I have been an entrepreneur for a number
of years now, my biggest success being the
founder of OpenTable, Inc.
(OpenTable.com). Since OpenTable I have
been focused on early stage company
development, with an emphasis on being
green. My most recent venture the Green
Business Project – Simplifying the
Greening Processing for Businesses at www.g
reenbusinessproject.com is an early
stage attempt to centralize the knowledge
of the business community into a tool that
will be beneficial to all businesses that
are trying to move in a greener direction.
It is currently focused on Restaurants
with other verticals to follow (such as
banking, retail, grocery,…). Because any
business is so far from being sustainable,
I didn’t feel it right to make a
certification program. This is a “relative
score” rating system in which businesses
will be able to see how they stack up
against each other, hopefully creating a
competitive environment between them to
accelerate progress. |
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| I write about business ideas in Central
and Eastern Europe. |
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| Stephanie Armistead is principle and owner
of the (The) Communication Works, a
marketing communication and event
production company. Stephanie has worked
in the event planning and sponsorship
marketing industry for more than 25 years
and established (The) Communication Works
in 1999. She recently established
GreenBusiness Works™ as an extension of
her company’s offerings. GreenBusiness
Works serves to advocate and educate
sustainable living through three programs;
GreenBusiness Works EXPO, Green Team
Leadership Program and Atlanta's Tour of
Green Homes.
Stephanie has dedicated herself to worthy
organizations such as Ovarian Cycle,
Athletes for a Better World, and most
recently, the City of Atlanta’s Greener
Atlanta Initiatives.
Stephanie lives in Ansley Park and enjoys
playing tennis, hiking, horseback riding
and any activity with her nieces, nephews
and great nephew. |
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| Hi! My name is David Isserman and I'm an
entrepreneur living in Boulder, Colorado.
For several years, I've owned and operated
Isserman Consulting, a communications
consultancy where I help companies improve
market awareness through public relations,
investor and shareholder relations, and
web strategy development. To learn more
about me, visit www
.isserman.com/about/ |
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| Michael Solomon is the founder and
managing director of SEE Potential Ltd,
the London company behind the SEE
Companies scheme. He is responsible for
all commercial, strategic and business
development issues.
Michael travelled extensively in his early
twenties, living and working in 14
countries over a four-year period. It was
during this time that he saw at first hand
the negative effects business policies and
practices could have on the peoples and
environments of both the developed and
developing worlds.
When he returned to the UK he was
determined to make a positive impact and
enrolled at The University of Manchester
and gained a degree in Finance and
Economics. After experience as an economic
researcher in the City of London, working
for an NGO and then business development
in financial publishing, Michael founded
SEE Potential.
Michael developed the business as interest
in corporate responsibility issues
increased dramatically in both business
and politics. Michael has transformed the
initial concept of CSR business
questionnaire and website directory into
the SEE Companies accreditation scheme and
the wider mission of SEE Potential. |
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| At Green Business Technologies, we believe
that going green should SAVE YOU MONEY.
That is why we have made it our business
to educate people about innovative,
efficient, green technologies that will
save your business or school money. |
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| Ceri Balston is the editor of Harmonious
Living (www.harmoniousliving.co.za), a web
portal for conscious and conscientious
living. At a time when the way we live is
so out of synch with the health of our
bodies and our planet, Harmonious Living
provides a wealth of resources to bring
balance back into our lives.
Harmonious Living is an online magazine,
providing users with daily and monthly
updates on the ideas and tools that they
need to live balanced lifestyles. With
sections about Health, Wellness,
Spirituality, Events and the Environment,
the site is used extensively as a research
resource for people who want to live a
different and better life. |
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