Still wondering what green collar jobs are? Maybe you heard them mentioned on the presidential campaign trail, by candidates from both parties. Maybe you have seen the numbers – wind power created 35,000 jobs in 2008 alone despite the economic downturn, many of them in manufacturing. Maybe you have read the stories about re-purposing shuttered factories and re-hiring laid-off workers to build a new energy future.

Regardless, the stories are...

I highlighted in a recent blog posting how the Princeton Review now includes a Green Rating for colleges and universities around the nation.  This piqued my curiosity: how is my alma mater, The University of Notre Dame, measuring up?

The University of Notre Dame received an 86; out of a possible 99 points. I consider that pretty respectable given that the Green movement continues to gain momentum among individuals, businesses and...

I don’t usually rifle through my wife’s mail (ok, yes I do), especially her alumni magazine from her high school, Buckingham, Browne and Nichols, in Cambridge, MA. When I turned to the back cover of the most recent issue, I received a nice surprise: Community Energy’s Printed with 100% Wind Energy logo staring back at me in all its glory. I was excited to see the printer and our customer, Flagship Press, using the logo to demonstrate their...

A recent work project triggered an in-depth exploration of our current small business customer list.  To my great pleasure I discovered that we have loads of customers across a wide spectrum of businesses here in New York City.  I challenged myself to think about living off of only the products and services offered by our green-powered small businesses, and realized how simple it’d be!  Here’s what a week in my life as a...