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Business Seminar Raising Money and Gifting to Flood Affected Businesses – Brisbane
The Attitude, Aptitude, Altitude 2011—Low Cost, High Return Business Strategies Seminar was planned prior to the floods in Brisbane. In light of the recent natural disasters in New Zealand and across …
Karamea Eco-Tourism Business Demonstrates How to Be Carbon Neutral
Rongo Backpackers & Gallery and Karamea Farm Baches in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand have recently undergone a carbon emissions audit conducted by Carbon South, a Christchurch-based carbon …
Celebrate Your Year – by Jack Canfield
Celebrate Your Year:
23 Questions to Inventory Your Successes
As you set goals for the coming year, it’s a good idea to take stock of the progress you’ve made toward your 2010 goals. For many …
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle – Check Out ‘Zoove’
Happyzine chats with Zoove founder Martin Ryan
What is Zoove?
Zoove is a website to give away your extra stuff and pick up other stuff you might need, all for free. It works on the same concept …
Quantas Announces New Carbon Offset Provider
QANTAS ANNOUNCES NEW CARBON OFFSET PROVIDER
SYDNEY, 30 November 2010: The Qantas Group today announced it had finalised new supplier arrangements for its voluntary carbon offset program under an agreement with Climate Friendly.
Customer contributions to the …
Energy Efficiency at Work
It should be a “no brainer”…. shouldn’t it? If you save energy at work, your operating costs reduce. When your costs reduce, you either make bigger profits, or you can be more cost competitive in …
Energy Risks for Business
“… we have entered a period of deep uncertainty in how we will source energy for power, heat and mobility, and how much we will have to pay for it.”
These words are quoted directly from …
Hey Green Business Owners! Sponsored Prizes Are Wanted for the Happyzine Wild Energy Green Design Competition
Kia Ora,
My name’s Charlotte Squire, I’m the Editor of www.happyzine.co.nz – New Zealand’s good news website (with a key focus on positive news about the environment). I would like to invite you to participate as …
Calling All Passionate Business Owners – Feeling the Need to Take Control of Your Accounts?
Gaibrielle Syben of www.myva.co.nz is offering an exclusive 20% discount this month only, to Happyzine subscribers only, who would like some help to smooth out their accounts.
It can be a challenge to …
Sustainability, Government and Offshore Inspiration
It would be easy to become dis-heartened if you work in the sustainability field in New Zealand. Although the National party has introduced an emissions trading scheme, it is gutless, and won’t in any meaningful …
Talking Rubbish – and Waste Audits
A good thing for any organisation to do from time to time is review the management of any waste that is produced in the course of the day to day operation. In this …
Measuring your progress
A challenge that all organisations face is reporting results to their stakeholders. Embarking on the sustainability journey presents new facets to that challenge.
The old adage that you “cannot manage what you cannot measure” is a good …
What is sustainability?
Although I’ve already written a few blogs, I suddenly realised that I hadn’t actually taken the time to provide a definition of sustainability. So, before we go any further, let’s define the term. …
One Woman on a Mission to Help Twelve People to Retire Young and Save the Planet.
Friday, 16th July, 2010
Press Release: Retire Young
One Woman on a Mission to Help Twelve People to Retire Young and Save the Planet.
A business coach who generated $5000 in passive income in just six months is …
Getting Started With Sustainability at Work
If you’ve made a personal commitment to behave more sustainably then you’ve probably started making changes in your life. You’ve already changed your light bulbs to compact fluorescent, you’ve started taking the bus instead of …
Business Sustainability
Many businesses seem to be challenged when it comes to sustainability. Why? Because everyone in a business is (should be!) focussed on achieving the outcomes desired by investors.
When you’re focussed on your cash flow, or …
Happyzine – Share the Good News About Your Business With the Right Audience
Sometimes it’s only a matter of saying it in the language people can hear.
Got a green or socially responsible product, service or package that you’d love to launch or shout out to the world about? Or perhaps you’d …
Teen Sex and Corporate Sustainability
Marc Gunther tells a joke comparing corporate sustainability and teen sex – you can find his original article here. The joke goes:
“Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very …
Restructuring, Redundancy and Serious Fun
What on earth has redundancy got to do with pyjamas? And more importantly, how can the notion help your business operate? Well, let me explain.
With the advent of the industrial revolution came radical change …
Tips for Success: Tip #5 Seize the Day & Take Decisive Action!
My fifth tip for success: Taking Decisive Action covers Where to Start, Baby Steps to Success, Analysis Paralysis, why you should Seize the Day and how to Keep Fresh. I am going to show you …
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