£5,000 Prize Available to Transform an Ethical Business
Great news for Ethical Businesses – there’s £5000 up for grab! The “Pledging For Change Ethical Business Advantage Award 2009” is a new competition to win £5,000 worth of business image development from the brand image experts, Creatively Minded Design. Pledging For Change is an ethical community interest company promoting networking in the spirit of harmony with the planet and together with sponsors The SME Brand News, Creatively Minded design, Passion for the Planet and YouCanOnline they want to help small ethical businesses grow. The organisers are looking for young or struggling ethical businesses which will really benefit from the transf

Big News Name Getting Smaller
Below is the latest Passion for the Planet blog from our news partner FSN. BIG NEWS NAME GETTING SMALLER Kate Moody, FSN Washington DC Bureau It's another casualty for the world of journalism - the Washington Post has announced it will close its remaining US bureaus (in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles). The six correspondents who work there have been offered positions in the Washington office, while three news assistants will be let go.

The Internet; how to stop wasting time and increase productivity by Anthony Melbourne
Below is Passion for the Planet's new guest blog from Anthony Melbourne, Abbey Support - read more here. Avoiding Staff Misuse and Spam Spam or unsolicited emails is the biggest waste of business time today. As defences have improved so has the cunning of the “Spammers”. Last year they embedded all messages inside pictures to avoid detection, but the latest spam tools read the text inside pictures. So first and foremost guard your email address as you would your pin number. If you put your email address on your website, put it on as a picture or break up the email, fo

Danish Optimism Ahead of COP15
Despite the widespread belief that we will not see a global deal to combat climate change this year, some continue to have the audacity to hope. An essay written by the Danish Ambassador to the United States, Friis Arne Petersen indicates that he believes we will "seal the deal" in Copenhagen this December. To continue reading go to THE GREEN MARKET

Fancy a drink? By Helen Chapman
Below is Passion for the Planet's new blog from Helen Chapman. Millions of people in the UK spend millions of pounds on bottled water every year. And we’re being sold a scam… so let’s just clear something up; By opting for tap water over bottles you can help the ENVIRONMENT, YOUR POCKET and YOUR HEALTH! Now, if all this is true then why is bottled water such a successful industry? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist