by Shoko | Mar 26, 2013 | Small Bits
Ford Motor Company has teamed up with Green Festivals to award a $5,000 Community Green Grant in New York City this spring! Additionally, for 2013, four selected semi-finalists will each receive $1,000 to help fuel their goodwill efforts. If you work, volunteer or...
by Shoko | Mar 4, 2013 | Business, Collaborative Consumption, Featured
As I wrote about the future of social entrepreneurship in my previous blog, I am always curious about what’s the latest in the social enterprise’s space. One of the more intriguing social enterprises I’ve come to know recently is sourceFK, an innovative...
by Shoko | Feb 27, 2013 | Business, Featured, Small Bits
Last year, the Green Festival staged at the Javits Center in NYC celebrated Earth Day and attracted an estimated 25,000 green-minded individuals in the area. We were inspired by speakers such as Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and vendors promoted everything...
by Shoko | Feb 21, 2013 | Food and Health, Small Bits
Recently I visited the American Museum of Natural History for the special exhibition called “Our Global Kitchen: Food, Culture, Nature“. As I was walking down the street of 79th towards the museum building, I saw from a distance that the LED grow light covered the...
by Shoko | Feb 14, 2013 | Business, Small Bits
We are pleased to announce that we successfully completed our logo contest last week. We have selected the finalist out of 200 entries submitted by designers around the world! Here is our first logo and I hope that you...
by Shoko | Feb 10, 2013 | Business, Small Bits
A green small business is popping up everywhere in U.S. but, we still need a lot of support from mainstream consumers like us. Green America is one of the strong advocates to provide a guidance and necessary supports to a green small business and is currently hosting...
by Shoko | Jan 14, 2013 | Business
In November, I had the fortune to attend an event called “The Future of Social Entrepreneurship” in New York City. Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, hosted the evening at its beautiful, modern office in Midtown. What is...
by Shoko | Jan 10, 2013 | Business, Technology, Uncategorized
As I discussed this in my previous post “Be Cool But Conscious? – H&M’s Success with the Conscious Collection”, I always wonder how to be cool but conscious. I am an eco-conscious consumer but find it hard to be the same when it comes to...
by Shoko | Jan 9, 2013 | Collaborative Consumption, Small Bits, Technology
With the rise of mobile devices in the market place, we no longer feel the need of payphone and they have been disappearing around the world. But, have you thought about a good use of these old payphones? Lots of villages in the UK have turned red telephone boxes...
by Shoko | Jan 8, 2013 | Small Bits
Do you finally feel like letting go of your Christmas tree this week? Unfortunately, holiday’s now over and it’s a time to clean up! Before you throw your tree away, have you think about recycling...
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