IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
When Michael was a young boy, his grandfather, a former police officer in the Mission District of San Francisco, would take him to play in Dolores Park where he would summersault down its pristine green banks. Last year almost 15,000 cubic yards of garbage were... POLLUTION KNOWS NO BORDERS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment, Political
Over the past three years, Ian Faloona of UC Davis and several other atmospheric scientists have been picking up increased readings of lung-damaging ozone from their monitoring stations along the extreme edge of the Pacific coast. The stations are over 5000 feet up... DOING GOOD IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Worthy Cause Marketing
What we dubbed Worthy Cause Marketing back in 1990 was really an outcome from a serious business problem: How could we get the word out about our products when we had no money for commercial advertising? We discovered something very important when we got a call one... THE TRUE COST IS INCREASING
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment, Lifestyle Blog, Political, Technology
Regardless of how long it lasts, it seems like everyone is thrilled with the current reduction in price of gasoline. But how does that savings stand up to the increasing cost of climate change? One or two super storms could easily wipe out any savings and ultimately... USE LESS -PAY LESS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment, Lifestyle Blog, Political
We do a lot of traveling for our speaking engagements, and lately, no matter what hotel we stay in, we get a notice in the bathroom that says something like, “Please help us conserve water by hanging up the towels you wish to reuse. If you would like them replaced,... DRIVE IT IN – DRIVE IT OUT!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Environment, Lifestyle Blog, Political
Not everyone wants to save the parks. In California, voters soundly defeated a measure that, for the cost of a few lattes, would have funded the state parks and granted everyone free access. Why? Because many folks don’t use the parks and they think that users should...