Green Team Spirit

09/22/2021

We are thrilled to welcome uBreakiFix-New Rochelle as the newest GBP -Green Services Directory member. By repairing electronics, these items are reused, rather than recycled or thrown away. The repair movement has taken off around the country and offers a simple yet highly impactful solution to reducing waste. Check out their listing here: https://www.greenbusinesspartnership.org/green-services.
https://www.ubreakifix.com/locations/newrochelle

06/03/2021

Hello friends an colleagues! I am looking for volunteers to have a conversation about upgrades to my Green Team Spirit cloud-based sustainability management software. I am seeking your input on a digital platform that will help monitor and report environmental performance. Please know, this is market research project and not a sales pitch. If you are willing to help, please message me here or schedule a meeting with me on my calendar app: https://calendly.com/dani-talk-green-business/30-minute-meeting-virtual. Thank you!

06/03/2021

Hello friends and colleagues! I am looking for volunteers to have a conversation about upgrades to my Green Team Spirit cloud-based sustainability management software. I am seeking your input on a digital platform that will help monitor and report environmental performance. Please know, this is market research project and not a sales pitch. If you are willing to help, please message me here or schedule a meeting with me on my calendar app: https://calendly.com/dani-talk-green-business/30-minute-meeting-virtual. Thank you!

04/30/2021

I am looking forward to attending this webinar to learn more about the Climate Community Investment Act and encourage you to join me.. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4264

What would the Climate & Community Investment Act (CCIA) do for New York State? What can you do to support it?

Wednesday May 5th 3-4pm: Join a conversation with business leaders from Seventh Generation, SunCommon, and EILEEN FISHER on the business case for the CCIA. We will also hear from Senator Kevin Parker and from Maritza Silva-Farrell of NY Renews. Your voice can make a difference!

Learn more and reserve your free ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nysbc-webinar-businesses-for-the-climate-community-investment-act-tickets-151130414137

04/27/2021

A Free Training for Future GBP Members
Gateway to Green Business: May 4th @ 12:00 pm
Register: https://www.greenbusinesspartnership.org/events/119

Organizational commitment is essential to becoming a sustainable business. This session is the first in a four-part series usually available only to GBP members - to learn about setting policies, creating green teams and communicating your sustainability vision. Whether or not you decide to join the GBP to finish the series and pursue official green business certification, you will walk away with an understanding of green business – what it means, why you should pursue it and how to get started and be successful.

03/20/2021

Can't wait for this one! Join us!

03/09/2021

02/03/2021

While this excellent article is focused on global corporations, it is important to know that firms with fewer than 100 workers account for 98.2 percent of U.S. businesses. It is essential that all businesses take "green" action, inventory GHG emissions, set reduction goals and transparently report their performance across all scopes, emissions that are caused directly and indirectly. GBP helps organizations of any size/type to do exactly that. We need all hands on deck to save this planet.

Fast Company

https://www.fastcompany.com/90588882/how-to-tell-if-a-companys-net-zero-goals-are-serious-or-just-greenwashing

01/25/2021

"...regenerative agriculture practices appeal to many experts because they’re field-tested and ready to be implemented....“They are relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to adopt, and have a huge area of land where they’re suitable, and they have tremendous momentum and provide huge benefits to farms,” said Eric Toensmeier, a consultant with Project Drawdown and author of a recent report comparing the climate benefits of dozens of farming practices. “Cover cropping is one of the lowest hanging fruits.”

Among his plans for fighting climate change, President Biden wants to pay farmers to use agricultural methods that lock carbon in the soil. But can climate-friendly farming practices make a dent in global warming?

01/21/2021

Another situation highlighting the need to change old practices that no longer serve us. Many empty or low occupancy office buildings are still using (wasting) up to 90% energy because it is part of a lease obligation.

"Buildings that implemented new system settings based on lower occupancy saw electricity usage drop significantly during their empty period, going down to just 60% of their typical need...If other buildings were to follow this model of more precisely tracking when and where electricity is actually needed, he says energy use in office buildings could see long-term reductions, even as they return to pre-pandemic levels of occupancy...Being able to make these changes will require more communication between tenants and owners, and also more data about how spaces are being used as the pandemic drags on."

Why are empty office buildings still air-conditioned all day long? Blame pre-pandemic leases.