Venture
M3E on the Move!
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by ShermaineWaughJust recently, I had the pleasure of learning more about one of our up and coming ventures, Mission Three Ethical Consulting.
Founder Arthur Woods and his team of trained college students provide small businesses with an ethical auditing service in the areas of Health, Environment, and Community. Through this enterprise, student consultants have the opportunity to learn extensively about social responsibility, businesses receive guidelines and goals to develop more ethically-driven operations, and consumers can gain access to information on the ethical standing and goals of each consulted business.
Greening Sleep Away Camps Through Infrastructure and Education
Posted July 9th, 2008 by laurenmr in
Congratulations to Adi Segal, the Green Camp Initiative Coordinator, for all of his successes with Camp Ramah in the Berkshires!
Adi Segal has united with the staff at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires to form a commendable community-benefiting venture, which emphasizes the deeply-rooted Jewish value of environmentalism. The Initiative works to make the Berkshires Camp, and other sleep away camps, more environmentally sustainable through educating and leading by example. It raises awareness about environmental issues; increases conscious activism among staff and campers; and decreases the amount of waste (i.e. solids, water, energy, etc.) produced in the camp, thereby reducing its Eco-Footprint. It strives to reach all 600 campers and 200 staff members so that they will leave camp with a new eco-friendly mindset, bringing the message of environmentalism home to their communities.
From 40% to 100%: Success for Terrell Carter
Posted March 31st, 2008 by Molly in
Terrell Carter at the Lopez School desired to make a difference at his school- something that would enable the school to become more energy efficient and yet would be achievable.
He first came up with the idea of replacing the school's paper with recycled paper in August of 2006, and brought up the idea with the superintendent of Lopez School. Though school officials seemed hesitant about the chance of success, they readily agreed to his idea and encouraged him to do some research.
Terrell started researching different paper suppliers from all over the country, comparing costs. "Don't be afraid to make phone calls," he advises, "Just put yourself out there." He explored various aspects of each brand of paper, including the brightness and printer quality.
In May of 2007, the switch to 40% PCW paper was complete. However, Terrell was still not satisfied- he wanted 100%.
