Tag Archives: business
One Man’s Story: From Janitor To Co-Owner
Anthony Lee had some ideas for what he wanted to do when he got out of the Army in 1999. Being a janitor was not one of them. He planned to go to college and maybe study accounting, but when his then-girlfriend, now-wife got pregnant, Lee needed a job fast. He gained factory experience working for a steel manufacturer before getting laid off, and after...
Chelsea Green Author Launches Seed Company
It’s late winter, and gardeners everywhere are thinking of seed catalogs and dreaming about getting their fingers back into the soil. Even here in northern New England we’re starting to get anxious, since it has been one of the warmest and least snowy winters on record.
So, just in time, Carol Deppe has sent us her first official list of varieties...
The challenge of re-localisation
Feasta’s particular approach to sustainability economics is to focus attention on the inadequacies of underlying systems. The development of local economies suffers from two particular adverse systemic effects – the in-built transfer of wealth from those that need money to those that already have money via the servicing of debt; and the transfer...
How to Start Your Own Hybrid Car Rental Company
In 2007, Ali Salman was a Vice President of Marketing at Beverly Hills Rent-A-Car in LA. He was becoming dismayed at how dirty the beaches were and how smoggy the skyline was near his home in Orange County. He began to get upset and thought someone should to do something to improve the water and air quality in southern California. He then remembered...
The Ins and Outs of Building a New Generation of Green Leaders
The number one asset for organizations competing in a global economy is its people. This point is generally shared, but more typically than not the value of human resources is diluted as current affairs, emerging issues, and the woes of the marketplace cloud critical and strategic (deliberate) planning on maintaining and enriching these critical assets.
As...
The Four-Week ‘Debt Buster’ Plan
If your financial situation is stressing you out, there is a solution. On Anderson’s “Stop Spending, Start Saving! ” show on Monday, Farnoosh Torabi talks about her “Four-Week Plan” that will help anyone straighten out their bank account. On the show, Anderson said that by following these guidelines, it could save...
Private Businesses Added 110,000 Jobs in October
adding 110,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in October, according to an ADP report released today, private businesses created 10,000 more jobs than economists originally forecasted, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. The Automatic Data Processing, payroll company, also revised its previous report “to show a rise of 116,000 versus 91,000 reported...
Experts Say Rosy Oil Forecasts Obscure Impending Crisis
Leading energy and economic experts will gather on Capitol Hill this week for a conference to examine how the United States will adapt to an impending oil supply crisis. Most Americans are unaware of this emerging threat in part due to overly optimistic forecasts by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) within the Department of Energy (DOE).
Who:
Association...
Newly Leery of Nuclear Power, Europe Faces a Cold Winter (Time.com)
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Figaro.
Almost eight months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, energy remains a sector fraught with tension. In its annual energy report, European Energy...
Romney Says He’s as Consistent as a Human Can Be
Mitt Romney says he’s “been as consistent as human beings can be” to a New Hampshire newspaper editorial board Thursday, which, if true, means humans are always changing their opinions on abortion. For instance: While Romney told abortion-rights activists he’d help make the Republican Party more pro-choice in 2002, more...
