New Product Provides Inexpensive ‘Carbon Offsets’ for Mobile Phones
It is not something most of us think about: our mobile phones and their contribution to global warming. iPhones, Crackberries, and PDAs don’t produce emissions like motor vehicles and thankfully they don’t have smokestacks. But when they get plugged in for a re-charge, they draw electricity which more often than not comes from coal-fired power plants. I feel all sooty just thinking about it…

Deloitte’s CEO on ‘Getting Your Hands Dirty’
I am a big fan of global accounting giant Deloitte LLC, a professional services company that takes corporate philanthropy and social responsibility very seriously. Deloitte LLC CEO Barry Salzberg (photo h/t Washington Post) According to Deloitte CEO Barry Salzberg, the role of corporate philanthropy is going through some big changes. Deloitte certai

My Green Business Executive Career Development Book: Due Out First Quarter, 2010
Cross-posted to dansmolen.com: My green business executive career development book will hit Amazon and book store shelves sometime during First Quarter, 2010. You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been a little quiet. In other words, the number of Sturdy Roots Blog posts I’ve written has dropped off in recent months. That’s because – since early August – I have been focusing my energi

DMA09 Convenes; New Board Includes ‘Reform Bloc’ Members, By-Laws and Compensation Committees to
Cross-posted from dansmolen.com. DMA09, The Direct Marketing Association’s annual convention and exhibit held this year in San Diego, has begun. And in its first piece of official business, The DMA’s membership elected a new Board of Directors. Gerry Pike, the DMA Board Member who staged a well-publicized proxy-battle, arrived at the board meeting

In 4 Minutes…
DMA Board Member Gerry Pike Cross-posted from dansmolen.com …this viral-video does more to envision the future of marketing than The DMA has in the past four years. Are you a member of The DMA? If so, this is another reason to submit your