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How to Start an Environmental Business

Friday, May 24, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Within our business sustainability consulting practice we express to clients that pursing a ‘green’ career is a natural extension of living a sustainable lifestyle. When you embrace eco awareness as a part of your daily life, it is natural to...

The Difference Between Being Green and Sustainability

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Two emerging buzz words have accompanied growing eco awareness in our society: Sustainability and Green. As many find the terms confusing, we share within our sustainable business programs the difference from our perspective. Simply put, green...

How Would You Define A Sustainability Leader?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

What is a leader? What are the qualities of great business sustainability leadership? Does leadership rest only on the shoulders of those in the top positions in your organization or is it present in each of us? Our business...

5 Ways Bike to School Day (today) Is Important

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Bling! Bling! What's that you might ask?! Those are cyber bike bells ringing! Today is National Bike to School Day. As part of National Bike Month, Bike to School Day is a national event that gives communities across the country the...

Content or Context: Which Creates Powerful Sustainability Communications?

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Sustainability has emerged as an important component to our everyday lives, directly shaping our daily activities— the products we purchase; the materials we recycle; and our views on politics, business, climate change, and more. While its...

Get Spoked! It's National Bike Month!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Yay! It’s here! National Bike Month starts today — a full 31 days packed with unique and wonderful events and rides that celebrate the many joys and benefits of bicycling in communities nationwide. At Taiga Company, we love bike month! It's an...

How Sticky are Your Sustainability Communications?

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

The post, The Stickiness Factor states: The New York based firm, Media Dynamics, estimates that the average American is now exposed to at least 254 different commercial messages in a single day. There are billions of websites vying for your...

13 Green Apps for Earth Day Green Living and Beyond

Friday, April 19, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Monday, April 22 is Earth Day. With so much attention on "going green" many are still curious as to what green living means or and how to do it. Living green or a sustainable lifestyle means different things to different people. In a nutshell,...

Rethinking Waste for Earth Day

Thursday, April 18, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Do you know your waste and recycling facts? The average American office worker uses about 500 disposable cups every year. Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times. Every...

Earth Day Inspiration - 25 Green and Sustainability Pinterest Boards to Follow

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

In a perfect world, our world's energy is powered by renewable sources, business sustainability is the norm, and sustainable lifestyles abound. While we're not quite there yet, as a sustainability consultant, I ask, "What will get us there?"...

Pledge to Walk Your Green Talk this Earth Day

Friday, April 12, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed". Translated into today's language that equates to actions speak louder than words. Translate again to sustainability language, and eco actions speak...

Five Additional Tips for Your Employee Engagement Strategy

Thursday, April 11, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Who is ultimately responsible for stakeholder engagement? Where do employees rank among business sustainability stakeholders? And how do they directly contribute to your business' success? These are the questions many business sustainability and...

Provoking Quotes Shaping Our Thoughts on World Water Day

Friday, March 22, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the author describes a man lost at sea surrounded by water, none of which he is able to drink. This text illustrates one on the major challenges facing the world today. The ability to...

Gamification: The Hottest Tool in the Sustainability Toolkit

Thursday, March 14, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Can we be "nudged" into better, more sustainable practices that help the environment? The post, Is a 'nudge' in the right direction all we need to be greener ? says so. Citing subliminal and visual cues accompanied by policy nudges, the post...

Preserve Your Sustainable Business Knowledge

Friday, March 8, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

For most companies, the capabilities of the organization are heavily dependent on the quality of the individuals working within it. Knowledge management only goes as far as the retention of key resources. In this new age of business...

Addressing True Business Sustainability Change on the Front End

Monday, March 4, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

In a recent Innovation Excellence post, Why the Front End of Innovation is Different, our sustainability consulting practice is reminded of a key distinction in business sustainability change. Herein, the author brings to light the difference...

Human Change Not Climate Change

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

We tend to assume that people behave in accordance with their attitudes. However, social psychologists have found that attitudes and actual behavior are not always perfectly aligned. As we've shared in earlier posts, the gap between eco awareness...

7 Pledges for Green: Where Eco Inspiration Meets Eco Action

Friday, February 22, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

Do you have any idea how many decisions you will make today? The answer is in the thousands! The fact is that we are faced with an endless number of choices every day that can lead us in one direction or another. While some choose to turn right,...

Keep the Green Love Going Post Valentines Day

Friday, February 15, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

How did you express your appreciation this Valentine's Day? Did you share the green love, by make purchasing choices with eco awareness in mind? Did you recycle your cards and wrapping paper? In either case, our sustainability...

Acts of Green Kindness - Random or Intentional?

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Julie Urlaub

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” Kindness and sustainability are intrinsically linked. While we are here on this planet, at this precise time in history, many of us want to make a difference in the way...

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