tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55844985114591260112011-07-30T23:25:21.837-07:00A PRO BONO ONLINE RESOURCE TO PROMOTE EARTH AND PEOPLE FRIENDLY BUSINESS MODELSAlynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584498511459126011.post-90812722888959986402007-12-26T13:15:00.000-08:002010-11-03T09:51:45.710-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">25 BRILLIANT THINGS<br />TO DO FOR OUR PLANET<br /><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.environment.columbia.edu/docs-wycd/reuse-recycle/reduce.html">1. Reduce Consumption of All Natural Resources wherever possible, Reuse what you do use, and Recycle or Compost the rest.</a><br /><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6110671.html"><br /></a></span><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6110671.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >2. Convert your Lights to Natural Sunlighting or Fluorescent Bulbs.</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://wsare.usu.edu/pro/pr2001/FW00-014.pdf">3. Reduce commuter pollution by Going Biodiesel, Going Local, and Promoting Public Transportation.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.environmentalhomecenter.com/learn.shtml?Directory_Code=topicsmain&amp;Page_Code=carpets">4. Switch your carpets to Natural Fibers.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/12/001206144705.htm">5. Open your work space by removing cubicles and other walls and installing windows.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://lookwayup.com/free/organic.htm">6. Go Organic and Local in your food products.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><a href="http://www.stop-discrimination.info/fileadmin/pdfs/CostsBenefExSumEN.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />7. Hire an Ethnically, Sexually, Physically and Ideologically Diverse Workforce.</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amaad-rivera/let-america-be-american-a_b_77417.html">8. Pay a Livable Wage and Provide Livable Health, Vacation, and Retirement Benefits.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.worklifelaw.org/">9. Provide for 3-months fully paid and 3-months partially-paid Paternity and Maternity Leave for full-time, long-term (1 year+) employees.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a href="http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/coalition_building/">10. Form coalitions with other Earth and People Friendly Businesses.</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.minnesotagiving.org/options/corporate.htm">11. Establish a Charitable Company-Giving Program.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/6692-6.html">12. Utilize a non-Hierarchical Administrative Process and Compassionate Communication Methods.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.bodyburden.org/">13. Stop using Toxic, Hazardous, and Other Questionable Materials.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.ecologycenter.org/factsheets/plastichealtheffects.html">14. Stop or minimize your use of metals and plastics wherever possible.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste">15. Recycle all Electronic Waste.</a></span><br /><a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />16. Boycott Businesses that Harm the Environment and Violate Human Rights.</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&amp;type=110">17. If you Outsource and Offshore your manufacturing, pay your employees US minimum wages rather than local standard wages which are often far less; and employ the same Labor and Environmental Regulations at force in the USA, or better, in your foreign business locations.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader">18. Vote for Politicians with a Demonstrated Commitment to Earth and People Friendly Businesses.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/">19. Educate your community about threats to Earth and People Friendly Policies.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.sustreport.org/business/report/intro_lg.html">20. Inform the Public about your Corporate Practices via Detailed Reports on your Webpage.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.greenbuilding.com/">21. Use Green Building and Alternative Energy Sources in all your buildings.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://transfairusa.org/content/about/overview.php">22. Employ Fair Trade principles and Get Certified as a Fair Trade Business.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.cs.org/">23. Support the Rights of Indigenous and Global South peoples by promoting Diversity, Environmental Conservation, and Peace.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.peta.org/">24. Promote Animal Rights by Never Testing on Animals.</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.terrachoice.com/Home/Six%20Sins%20of%20Greenwashing/The%20Six%20Sins">25. Never, ever Green-Wash.</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:78%;" >TM</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><a href="mailto:EthicalCounsel@Gmail.Com">EthicalCounsel@Gmail.Com</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phone 510.910.3198</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>For Fair Trade, Not Charity.</em></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.<br /></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5584498511459126011-9081272288895998640?l=ethicalcounsel-todo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alynoreply@blogger.com