Earth Day … Has it Made a Difference?

By Rae Ann Dougherty, CWCC Member It is spring time.  Also on Friday (April 22) we celebrate Earth Day.  Since the first Earth Day in 1970, it has grown from a grassroots effort with 20 million participants to over 1 billion in 174 countries today!  A series of environmental atrocities, where people died and rivers…

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It’s Easy Being Green

By Nancy Crego, CWCC Member and Green Leads Group Leader How I first began to understand the real meaning of being green was way back in the early 1970’s.  I was a daily newspaper business reporter in Vermont.  I carried my Nikon camera and had the great fortune of interviewing and photographing people who ran…

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How to Create a Safe and Nontoxic Home

By Rae Ann Dougherty, CWCC Member While much attention is paid to outdoor air pollution, we spend the vast majority of our time (87%) indoors, and the EPA has found that air pollution can be 2-5 times higher inside the home than outside. Much of this is due to the chemicals we use. Consider taking…

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Greening Your Business – 8 Painless Steps

By Linda Giannosa, CWCC Member What Does Greening Your Business Mean? Good For Our Earth, Good For Your Bottom Line You may think, “What good can I do?” “What difference can it really make?” I maintain, I know, that there are small decisions and painless steps that we can take in moving our businesses to…

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