People can accomplish great things on their own, it takes perseverance, will power, sometimes strength and training, and quite often a little luck. But even greater things can be accomplished when you work with others that are just as determined. How many times have you started an exercise program or diet, only to fall off… Continue Reading
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Don’t throw away your holiday cards…Donate them to St. Jude’s Ranch
Wishing to show donors appreciation for making St. Jude’s Ranch for Children possible, the idea was conceived for turning the previous year’s Christmas cards into “new” cards for the coming season. The recipients were so delighted with their unique “thank you,” they requested the children sell them the special cards. And so, the St. Jude’s… Continue Reading
Retirement, what it means for your business and the U.S. Economy
Is your company prepared for retirement? No, I don’t mean that your business is retiring, but many of your key employees just might be ready to take that step. For decades, economists have foreseen the retirement of the baby boom generation as a looming economic threat. Now it’s here, and every month more than a… Continue Reading
True Tale from a Green Business
When Elysa Hammond joined the staff of Clif Bar in the summer of 2000, she assumed the title of “corporate ecologist” and took on the task of improving the energy bar company’s environmental impacts. She started by helping Clif Bar become the first certified organic energy bar, and then went on to redesign to the… Continue Reading
One-Third of Food Is Lost or Wasted: What Can Be Done
From our farms to grocery stores to dinner tables, 30 percent of the food we grow is never eaten. Picture this; it’s lettuce season in Salinas Valley, in the central California region that produces about 70 percent of the leafy greens sold in U.S. retail markets. On a typically foggy morning, tractor trailers stuffed with… Continue Reading