The Southeast Regional office of the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce was officially opened on Thursday, July 14, 2011 with 250 Central Florida area business leaders in attendance to celebrate the grand opening and engage with speakers from national companies who shared their success stories of sustainability. Speakers representing AAA, Costco, Darden, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin,…
Take Action in Support of the California Shark Fin Bill AB 376 The Shark Fin Bill will reduce demand for fins and will help enforcement in our ports. The Bill has passed the Assembly and Senate Committees and is going to the full Senate next week. We Must Act Today! Please support this bill by calling…
Roz Savage is a British ocean rower and environmental campaigner. Coupled with her solo row across the Atlantic in 2005-6, she has rowed over 11,000 miles, taken 3.5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively nearly a year of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. Her personal creed of taking life ‘one oarstroke at a…
Building on from the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce’s recent opinion piece Green Jobs Are Queuing Up To Be The New Economic Drivers Of The 21st Century, which was featured on the organization’s website and called on members to take advantage of all existing funding opportunities that exist, the USGCC has teamed up with The…
SDG&E will be hosting a FREE public talk about mitigating global warming. The talk will compare and contrast mitigation practices implemented in Norway and California. Norway has established ambitious climate goals, declaring it will be carbon neutral by 2050. The Norwegian Government has proposed cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by substantially reducing Norway’s own emissions…
Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. will bring their research and development forces together to accelerate the creation of a hybrid vehicle system for trucks and SUVs. The partnership is also likely to help the companies meet U.S. fuel economy standards quicker than operating alone. Ford and Toyota said they’ve been working individually on…
Equinox Center and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) invite U.S. Green Chamber members to join other top business leaders and policy makers from the San Diego region for a luncheon event on September 14, 2011: “The Young & Restless: Winning the Race for America’s Top Talent.” This luncheon presentation will feature Portland…
Your company or organization is invited to compete in the iCommute Rideshare 2011 Corporate Challenge. Through the Corporate Challenge, companies encourage their employees to replace solo commutes with a new, more sustainable commute choice. It’s a great opportunity to try commuter benefits that can save employees money and time, help reduce stress, and improve health…
A new report issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests that investing just 2 percent of global GDP in the green economy would cut humanity’s environmental footprint in half. The report, titled “Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication,” outlines ten key sectors of the economy that have the…
The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce (USGCC) is encouraging local small business to take advantage of the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health’s fluorescent light recycling program, which offers small businesses the opportunity to recycle fluorescent lamps (tubes and bulbs) at no cost. Generally fluorescent lamps are four to five times more efficient than…