“IT’S OUR COUNTRY”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Environment
As the clock runs out on the world’s opportunity to mitigate the climate crisis, the new president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is poised to continue the destruction of the “lungs of the world,” the Amazon Rain Forest. He thinks the environmentalists in his own... PLASTIC OR ALUMINUM
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
A New York Times article released over the weekend, by David Yaffe-Bellany, raises some serious practical questions about water packaging we feel need more consideration. Would you drink water out of a can? Or would you balk because you couldn’t see its clarity? Would... WE PAY FOR PACKAGING - ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
We recently read with great interest an article by Michael Corkery in the New York Times about the mounting waste crisis. Entitled “Recycling Efforts Stall as the Cost Skyrockets”, he thoughtfully examines a problem that is soon going to hit us all in the... WHEN CHEAP IS DANGEROUS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
From “shortcut-to-riches” internet marketers to Shark Tank, we hear a constant refrain, “If you want to be successful, outsource your manufacturing to a country with cheap labor costs.” If all you are concerned about is the bottom line in the short term, this may be... YOU WANT ME TO MOVE WHERE?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
These days parks across the country are underfunded. In fact, if all the local volunteers who donate their time to provide access, management, funding and maintenance suddenly quit, the parks would have to close down. In most states, parks are kept open only due to... THROW IT “AWAY” – IT COMES RIGHT BACK
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
Last week we joined in on a beach clean-up on Manly Beach near Sydney, Australia. It was co-sponsored by the Manly Beach division of The Surfrider Foundation and Barefoot Wines. We have been to many beach clean ups before but, not counting Bonnie’s spontaneous and...