by CELL Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Staff Column
Created by: Becky Mackey Paul Hawken made a great point when he said “All is connected…no one thing can change by itself.” Many of us forget that for every action we take has a reaction and that we live in a world of cause and effect. While one...
by CELL Staff | Oct 14, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability News
by: Courtney Remacle This October is being hailed as fair trade month, a month designed to celebrate fair trade products and raise awareness about what fair trade means and what its impact is. For those of you who may be unfamiliar, fair trade is a certification...
by CELL Staff | Oct 12, 2013 | Staff Column
by: Courtney Remacle By nature, I find it difficult to be an optimist. In fact Click here, sometimes at night the weight of despair settles in my chest and pins me to my bed and I find it nearly impossible to go to sleep, much less get up and go about the daily tasks...
by CELL Staff | Oct 10, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability Tips
by: Courtney Remacle You may have noticed a lot of places switching to hand dryers instead of paper towels in their restrooms lately, or at least having both options available, maybe with a sign encouraging you to go green or help save trees and use the hand dryer....
by CELL Staff | Oct 7, 2013 | Staff Column
Created By: Becky Mackey Many people will purchase water bottles without actually thinking of what it took to produce that bottle of water. Each year billions of water bottles are produced. For each of these bottles, it took twice as much water and 1/4 bottle...
by CELL Staff | Oct 5, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability News
by: Courtney Remacle When Congress was unable to approve an appropriations bill and budget for fiscal year 2014, the U.S. government entered a shutdown period, where thousands of federal workers were furloughed and many “non-essential” government services have ceased...