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Blogs: Sustainability

Sharing Our Local Bounty

What happens when you bring together  Seventh Generation employees, a bounty of fresh-from-the-farm produce, and one amazing local chef?  You get one incredible lunch! As part of our commitment to building a healthy community – both outside and inside our corporate walls – we...

Thank You, Vermont

There is something a bit magical about the place where we live. We like to think it's not just the beautiful mountains that give the Green Mountain State its nickname, but also our progressive approach to environmental conservation. From thoughtful zoning and land use policies, to our landmark...

Giving it All Away

Last week I attended the United Nations Social Innovation Summit in New York City. As always at such conferences, there were many brilliant speakers, innovators and giant conglomerates talking about their sustainability agenda in an era when to not to do so would be a sign of immoral capitalism....

Where Are Your Energy Dollars Sneaking Off To?

Every day, every night, all year long money is slipping away from you. It is sneaking out the window one dollar at a time through lost energy. Your heaters and air conditioners are begging you to do something as they work overtime to make up for all the warm and cool air that is not just escaping...

Here Comes the Sun

It's a simple process. Walk outside. Open a canister. Fill it with air. See what's there. And this spring, what's there in the Arctic's air is a new number no one wants to see: 400 parts per million, a milestone in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels the Earth hasn't experienced...