green

What does it mean to be green?

Being green is not a fad – it’s now officially a trend. In the past two years the number of green-minded consumers has increased from 12% to 38% – and the overall desire to be “greener” has become a universal need with over 90% of consumers believing that “environmental responsibility” is important. By 2010 the green market [...]

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Taking time to smell (and harvest) the roses

Posted by Sue Broverman on 08/26/09

As technology and globalization continue to expand, our appetite for instant gratification grows with them. Given the fast paced, multitasking, 24/7 society we live in, it’s surprising that one of the biggest growing trends right now is about slowing down. Starting as one man’s protest of a McDonald’s opening in Rome, and fueled by books [...]

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