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8 makeup brands that are fighting plastic packaging
When you hear about excessive plastic packaging, the focus is usually on the food industry – straws, coffee cups, Styrofoam takeout containers, chip bags, and more. While the food industry is certainly at fault for not coming up with better packaging designs, it's curious that other industries Read More...
How a carpet maker became an unlikely hero of the environmental movement
We encounter carpeting every day, in offices, homes, stores–almost any interior setting. According to the Environmental News Network, carpets and rugs cover 70% of all flooring in the United States, a figure largely credited to the rise of corporate America and the white-collar workforce of the Read More...
Nestlé to launch plant-based ‘incredible burger’ this spring
Capitalizing on the growing trend of trading meat for plant-based alternatives, Nestlè will release the ‘Incredible Vegan Burger’ this spring. The world’s biggest food and beverage company has come up with a veggie burger made from soy and wheat protein that might pose some stiff competition Read More...
How this woman-owned sewing studio in Texas combats the refugee crisis
According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are more than 65 million displaced people in the world, and 22 million are refugees. In the United States, the number of annual, resettled refugees is less than 25,000 (as of Read More...
If billionaires are a cause of climate change, social entrepreneurs are a solution
GQ’s Luke Darby’s article, “Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change” makes the compelling point that 100 corporations produce 70% of the global greenhouse gas or GHG emissions. Upon reading that, the first thought that comes to my mind is that climate change should be easy Read More...
Desk, swivel chair, trees: Why companies are moving the office outdoors
Trees all around you. Freshly cut grass. A breath of fresh air. No, this is not your backyard. It’s an office space in the heart of a city. In a 6-acre park in New York this month, outdoor retailer L.L. Bean set up a temporary office to demonstrate what cubicle dwellers can experience when Read More...
How a small-business revolution is standing up to Amazon
Bloom Brewery is the kind of Main Street business that, a generation ago, shut its doors when shopping malls lured customers to their mega-buildings with well-lit parking lots, extended hours and everything imaginable under one Read More...
4 ways to help employees find meaning at work
Here’s a grim stat: More than half of your staff is ready to leave the company, finds a recent Gallup poll. Vacancies impact the productivity and bottom line of your company, but a survey from Globoforce’s WorkHuman Research Institute uncovered a reason people stick around. When asked the Read More...
How food entrepreneurs are saving the planet
'There's a lot of interest in bigger companies acquiring these smaller innovators like Tofurky. I see that as a really good sign,' says Jaime Read More...
The Boring Company unveiled its first test tunnel in Los Angeles
Elon Musk’s Boring Company that is set to help alleviate off-putting traffic congestions has cut the ribbon to its first test tunnel. One of the company’s main missions is to cut the costs and time involved in burrowing holes through the ground in order to build a network of traffic-busting Read More...