In Business

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) issued a 100-Ton Challenge. The 12-month campaign encouraged United Methodists to increase the sale of fairly-traded coffee, tea, chocolate and snacks purchased through The UMCOR Coffee Project and its partner Equal Exchange, a 100 percent fair trade, worker-owned co-operative.

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There is a fair trade boil-over brewing around the entry of corporate giants into the fair trade market place. The latest entry is chocolate giant Cadbury. Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, McDonalds and Nestle’s entry into fair trade have stired the pot as well. Cadbury’s deal to certify their Dairy Milk bars as fair trade continues to raise complicated questions about fair trade and who is a fair trader. A slope that can be made slippery to be sure, and one with an outcome sure to affect the lives and wallets of many.

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I am green with laptop envy but, Greenpeace is harpooning Mac’s spouts about being green.
The new Mac Notebook family has gone green, and its not just the color of the unibody enclosure.  To give the new notebook family a smaller carbon footprint Mac is striding forward with the following improvements:

Arsenic-free glass
Mercury-free LED-backlit display
Brominated flame retardant-free [...]

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My company has launched several new enewsletters for: clients, socially and environmentally responsible business, conscious consumers and a media wire for reporters interested in those topics.
Go to the opt in page for P3 News Wire to select to receive one or all of the following enewsletters via e-mail.  New options will be added as they [...]

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REDRESS: U R WHAT U WEAR
Schlafly Art Outside Fashion Show by Boutique Chartreuse 7PM Friday, September 5th at the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood, MO
Forecast: partly cloudy, dry and 75 – perfect for a late summer evening outdoors!
It is Boutique Chartreuses’ second annual fashion show for Art Outside and they are doing a little wordplay with their theme.
Starting off with [...]

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Before forming my own company , I had several life-altering business experiences while working for other firms. In Europe for four of nine years, my work took me to 29 countries over five continents. Often I flew solo as the consultant expert, but more often I flew in crowds, managing teams of five to 125 [...]

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Are you marketing to Scuppies?
The conscious consumer (a consumer actively concerned about the environment and social justice) is one of the fastest growing consumer markets, remarkably gaining a foothold in almost every socio/economic demographic in the developed world.
Capturing the attention of this market requires integrity and substance, to gain a Return On Investment that can [...]

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Commenting on Elizabeth Spiers post Benefits of Buying Local; A great blog post about “Exploding the myths, presumptions, and pretensions of the bullies.”
Different models like buying local, Organic, Green, etc help organizations and individuals get at responsible principles more easily, but the onus is still on each of us to be asking alert and precise [...]

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St. Louis’ Only Green Boutique Moves to Old Orchard in Webster Groves
Boutique Chartreuse, St. Louis’s only Green Fashion Boutique, will celebrate the Opening of their store in Webster Groves Saturday, March 22, 2008 from 10 – 5 p.m. at 8135 South Big Bend Boulevard, Webster Groves, MO 63119.  Boutique Chartreuse will join the dynamic and [...]

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