Happy Thanksgiving from PLANET
The Thanksgiving holiday is tomorrow, and before we succumb to the effects of the feast of food, let’s not forget the deeper meaning behind the holiday. It is a time for us to pause and give thanks for all that we have and all that we are. So, as you sit down with your family to share in the feast of Thanksgiving, count your blessings. From all of us here at PLANET, we wish you a safe, healthy, and happy Thanksgiving.

Celebrate winners, dump losers…NOW!
As the year winds down, I want to remind everyone that the customer, while vital, is only half our management audience.  After a long, tiring season full of challenges and hard work, we all need to think about the players on our teams.  If you’re honest, you’ll face the fact that, in every company, on every team, there are winners and losers. Oh, I understand that you appreciate your good performers, the ones who show up each day, follow training procedures and meet expectations.  You are surely grateful for every helpful customer communication at the door, on the landscape or via a hand-written note.  And we all love those who hit go

Beyond a green interior
In PLANET’s November PLANET News Interior e-publication, I talk about how our industry can take advantage of the sustainability, green movement. Yes, PLANET and the Green Plants for Green Buildings organization are lobbying the U.S. Green Building Council for LEED recognition, and our members already tout the health benefits of “green” interiors, but we have other opportunities at hand. Probably at no time in our recent memory has the word sustainability had more meaning. Green is golden now in environmental vernacular, but i

Something for everyone at Green Industry Conference
Green industry professionals came together October 28–31, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual PLANET Green Industry Conference and GIE+EXPO. They networked with peers from around the country, attended educational sessions and round tables on hot topics such as sustainability and social marketing, checked out the latest products at the industry’s largest trade show and outdoor exhibition, participated in the PLANET Live Auction to benefit PLANET’s legislative initiatives and the PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF), and celebrated the

Final Days of GIC, Ambassador perspective!
Hey followers, Since my last entry we experienced the roundtable for the students, last day of the conference and my trip home. Well, first, the roundtable was an opportunity for the students tor have time with 6 companies with the choice between 21 companies. To the companies, thank you! Those of us students that really appreciated your time to tell us about your companies definitely took a lot from the experience! The last day of the conference was pretty popular even though it was Saturday, Halloween. A lot of members still filled the conference rooms and the expo continued to attract excited people. BUT in 2010, LETS BRING OUT MORE MEMBERS and NON MEMBERS from beginning