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15
Jun

Eco-Friendly Father’s Day Gift Ideas

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Father’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate and honor the father figures in your life. Whether dad is an outdoorsman, a techie, or just loves to kick back and relax, these gifts show you care for both him and the planet.

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8
Jun

Cool Choices at Smart Cities

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Cool Choices is proud to announce that we will be presenting our fun, easy, and social approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo in Austin, Texas this year! The 2017 conference takes place from June 26-28, at The Austin Convention Center.

The Smart Cities conference is co-located with the US Ignite Application Summit, and brings together over 200 cities leaders from around the globe to prospect and partner with innovative technology and service providers like Cool Choices.

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24
May

Beyond the Game: Abby Lives Sustainably by Foraging

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To highlight the cool things our alums do after taking part in the Cool Choices online sustainability game, we love to share stories from past participants. Our alumni always impress us by taking sustainable practices to the next level. This month we were inspired by Abby’s sustainability story of foraging.

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10
May

10 Eco-Friendly Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

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Mother’s Day is a great opportunity to recognize all the moms in your life! If mom cares about keeping things green and sustainable, acknowledging her passion for the earth and the environment is an especially thoughtful way to honor her this Mother’s Day.

Here are our top 10 eco-friendly Mother’s Day gift ideas.

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1
May

National Bike Month: The Benefits of Biking

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May is National Bike Month! National Bike Month was established in 1956 by the League of American Bicyclists as a way to celebrate the many benefits of biking and to inspire more people to ride bikes.

The League of American Bicyclists believes that bicycling makes our nation healthier, economically stronger, environmentally cleaner, and more energy independent. Here’s a list of our top 5 benefits of biking and our top 5 fun biking ideas. 

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26
Apr

Cool Choices to Attend Sustainable Brands 2017

 

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Cool Choices is proud to announce that we will be attending the Sustainable Brands 2017 conference this year in Detroit, Michigan!

Sustainable Brands is a learning, collaboration, and commerce community of over 348,000 sustainable business leaders from around the world. Members include business leaders from a wide variety of industries, and represent brands such as Starbucks, Target, and Nike – just to name a very few.

Launched in 2006, Sustainable Brands’ mission is to empower more brands to prosper by leading the way to a better world. Sustainable Brands provides content, events, and other learning solutions to inspire, engage, and equip their community to be innovative, sustainable, and profitable.

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21
Apr

Beyond the Game: Making Daily Sustainable Habits a Way of Life

 

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To highlight the cool things our alums do after taking part in the Cool Choices online sustainability program, we love to share stories from past participants. Our alumni always impress us by taking sustainable practices to the next level. Sara inspired us with her desire to make small, daily sustainable habits a way of life.

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18
Apr

An Integral Corporate Sustainability Model for Employee Engagement

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Sustainability Managers and other organizational leaders face many challenges when it comes to prioritizing their sustainability initiatives. From energy and waste focus areas to product procurement and resources, it is also important to integrate employee engagement into your sustainability action plan. By leveraging employee engagement, leads can accelerate sustainability efforts, while achieving deeper impacts on cost and waste.

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13
Apr

The History of Earth Day

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How did Earth Day get started? Let’s take a look at the origins of this widely-celebrated day of action as well as its role in efforts to preserve the Earth’s natural resources and to protect public health.

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11
Apr

A Week’s Worth of Sustainable Living Ideas

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Are you looking to be a little more sustainable in your daily life? We have seven sustainable living ideas that you can get started on today!

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