Part 4 of 6 in the Growing a Green Business With Essential Sage is titled “Girls Gone Green!” Because of the importance of this portion of the “Growing a Green Business Blog”, this topic will be divided into two segments. In the first segment, we’ll focus on office supplies. In the next segment (June) we’ll [...]

When it comes to looking at your growing green business, one area that you can make a big impact is packaging for your products / shipments. We’re going to take a look at how you can recycle more of your packaging. This applies to both the packaging that you send out as well as the [...]

Today we are posing the question, what is a green office? I trust, you the reader, will agree with the following: in my opinion, and, by my standards a green office must be environmentally, and socially, responsible. Why it’s Important to Maintain a Green Office; The U.S. is competing with India (population 1.15 billion), China [...]

Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi Happy Spring everyone!  How I love this time of year. In the last installment I confessed to “flying by the seat of my pants” to start Essential Sage Weddings and Events. While this is true, that [...]

With the world focusing on eco-friendly solutions to every day living, it makes sense that businesses are looking into ways to add a little more green into their production, and the winery business is no exception. Given the very nature of the business of wine making, most would think this would not be much of [...]

Don’t feel intimidated about all of those “green” phrases flying around lately. More people talk about it than actually do something about it. Maybe you’ve never thought of yourself as a tree-hugging /vegan /Greenpeace member / bamboo user / Mother Nature nurturer / human being, but just a plain old Joe or Jane working in [...]

Whether you run a large corporation or a stay at home green blog business you may be looking to make a change in the way you operate in the world: Have you been thinking about embracing your environmental consciousness? In some cases, adopting an eco-friendly attitude is a way to build a better public image [...]

The Our Everyday Earth green blog is excited to announce part two of our six part miniseries. Over the coming months we will be publishing a unique guide to growing a green business from the experienced perspective of a superb local eco-conscious event and wedding planner, Wendy Dorsey. So let’s begin part 2 of 6 [...]

It’s an exciting time to be working for the betterment of our planet.  Over the last several years, there have been leaps in the technology needed to cut pollution (electric cars, anyone?) and provide sustainable energy (solar, wind, water, and geothermal).  Even housing projects and urban planning have gotten on board with doing less harm.  [...]

Businesses large and small are turning to recycling as a way to improve the planet we all share, bolster their brand images, and dispose of waste materials in a cleaner, greener way.  So if you haven’t yet gotten on board with an eco-friendly attitude at work, then you are woefully behind the times.  Although your [...]

The Our Everyday Earth green blog is excited to announce part one of an amazing six part miniseries. Over the next six months we will be publishing a unique guide to growing a green business from the experienced perspective of a superb local eco-conscious event designer and planner, Wendy Dorsey. Wendy is the president and [...]

New hotels are seemingly springing up all the time, each one trying to position itself differently to the next, claiming to be “the world’s most…this” or winner of “Somewhere very small’s hotel of choice…that”. It often seems that in the conception stage of a luxury hotel, a decision is made between being eco-friendly and striving [...]

Today I wanted to simply share a selection of green and organic local businesses here in North Texas, I was inspired by a visit to the Dallas farmers market which features fresh produce from a host of local producers… 1. Bolsa Bolsa Market Cafe Wine Bar Chef Graham Dodds uses seasonal ingredients from local farmers [...]

I was contacted yesterday with a request to write an article about a relatively new company and I approached the request with equal amounts of skepticism and intrigue! The request was to write about a company that takes used cardboard boxes and sells them back to businesses and the general public at low prices. What [...]

I just received my Utility bill today and was first, very happy to see it was much lower than last year due to our efforts at water conservation and also because the bill included a card that described a program that reaches out to young environmentalists. In cooperation with the North Central Texas Council of [...]

As our family attempts to take steps to simplify our lives and help our planet, I wanted to read something that was relevant to organic food and a simply life. This book fits the bill. On Good Land, is an excellent book. You are drawn into the story of this small farm in the suburbs [...]

While out grocery shopping this past weekend, I came across a great product. I bought a bag of Stahlbush Island Farms diced butternut squash. The brown paper packaging caught my eye with 100% Natural, Certified Sustainable Farming, Grown in the USA across the top. That was enough to make me buy and try the product. [...]

We were recently invited by my wife’s parents, Sharen and Carter, to get fresh frozen yogurt from a local business they had been telling us about for weeks. We tagged along in hope of some delicious dessert and found much, much more! The “Yogurt Patch” sells a variety of low-fat, no-fat and no sugar added [...]