Green Cleaning is Alive and Well – Thank You
February 10, 2011 – By Steve Ashkin – Despite the vaporings of naysayers, Green Cleaning is doing very well, so much so it is becoming mainstream. For example, I just saw that the State of Kentucky passed legislation on Green Cleaning in Schools, and it is the second State already this year to do so (Vermont passed legislation in [...]
Green Gift Guides
December 21, 2011 – By Elizabeth Crosbie Steward – If you still have a few people on your list to buy for this this holiday season, look here for a list of Green Gift Guides to find those unique and eco-friendly gift ideas! Treehugger Holiday Green Gift Guide 2011 The Daily Green – Green Gifts for Every [...]
The Health and Finances of Green Cleaning
December 10, 2011 – By Steve Ashkin — Imagine two scenarios that take place commonly across America: The first is in a private-sector boardroom of a corporation looking for ways to improve its bottom-line. The second in the public-sector board meeting of a school district seeking to improve fiscal efficiencies as well as student results [...]
Natalie Jeremijenko: The art of the eco-mindshift
December 4, 2011 – From TED – Natalie Jeremijenko’s unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting “fish,” planting fire-hydrant gardens and more. Natalie Jeremijenko Natalie Jeremijenko blends art, engineering, environmentalism, biochemistry and more to [...]
With 7 billion on earth, a huge task before us
November 2 - The world population now stands at 7 billion. How do we address the steadily increasing population that puts enormous pressures on our planet’s resources? From: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Special to CNN, CNN Just 12 years after the arrival of the 6 billionth individual on the planet in 1999, humanity will greet the 7 billionth [...]
New Dashboard Puts Anyone in the Sustainability Driver’s Seat
TORONTO, Greenbuild – October 5, 2011 – The time has past when only a highly trained professional using expensive, sophisticated tools could steer an organization’s sustainability efforts. A unique web-based service, launched today, makes tracking and managing sustainability programs affordable and easy for everyone. “Any person tasked with integrating sustainable practices in their facilities will [...]
Green Cleaning to Sustainability
September 23, 2011 – When talking about sustainability, we are actually discussing at least two general concepts, interrelated but separate nonetheless. For instance, very often when I meet with facility managers and cleaning professionals to discuss the evolution of Green cleaning and sustainability, they think I will be going over such things as: Increasing recycling [...]
Green Cleaning Awards for Schools & Universities
August 22, 2011 – Schools and universities, along with their suppliers should take advantage of a FREE webinar by the Healthy Schools Campaign and Green Cleaning Network on applying for the 2011 Green Cleaning Award for Schools & Universities. Entire teams will be recognized including vendors, which is why vendors should listen in as you can nominate your schools and help [...]
Steve Ashkin Sees BSC’s Becoming Green Cleaning Guides
August 10, 2011 – With the ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America tradeshow fast approaching, Stephen Ashkin suggests that more cleaning workers will be attending the show “not so much for ‘procedural’ training, but to help educate their customers on becoming Greener, more sustainable, and more environmentally responsible.” Ashkin is considered the “father of Green Cleaning” and is [...]
Time to Close the Green Gaps in Green Cleaning
July 26, 2011 – Steve Ashkin writes about how the changing of the seasons, no matter which continent you live on, is also a good time to evaluate your Green Cleaning programs and look for, what he calls, gaps. While North America is experiencing a long-deserved warm summer, Australia and other countries in the Southern [...]
