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Topic: sustainability

Running in Circles

Sports metaphors are hard to avoid. We're forever racing to the finish or otherwise racing against the clock to some goal.   However, when considering sustainable businesses, racing to the finish may not be the best approach. Consider, for example, the logging industry in New England. In...

Barnes Students Visit Seventh Generation for a Lesson in Sustainability

What happens when sixty 4th and 5th graders descend on our offices?  A whole lot of fun, combined with a whole lot of learning!  Students from Mrs. Gordon's, Mrs. Smith's and Mr. Fitzsimmons' classes at the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes School in Burlington visited...

99% Shocking

What's with all the hate for the Chevy Volt, the country's first mainstream plug-in passenger car? It cleans the air, prevents climate meltdowns, creates American jobs, reduces oil dependency, and maybe even does the dishes while it brings you a nice hot toddy. But listen to the public...

Watching Our Wastelines

For years, it's been garbage gospel that the average American creates 4.4 pounds of trash a day. Real-world data compiled from actual landfills and waste haulers reveals much bigger figures. According to the fascinating new book Garbology, Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash, researchers have...

Connecting the Dots

Our climate isn't the only thing that's changing. A new survey from Yale and George Mason Universities says Americans' belief in global warming is heating up, too. Better yet, we're increasingly willing to go where no scientist has gone before and draw a link between climate change...
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Every Day is Earth Day

Come join us as we celebrate all the things that make every day Earth Day here at Seventh Generation. Get a peek at our passion for living better and take a chance at winning big in our Green Your Town sweepstakes by visiting here: http://bit.ly/EarthDay-EveryDay! You could win a green makeover for...
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Seventh Generation Announces Partnership with Sustainability Academy

Burlington, Vermont School Unveils Renewable Energy System In An Effort To Become "Net Zero." Seventh Generation, the nation's number one green brand, announces a community partnership with the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes Elementary School in Burlington, VT. The nation...
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2010 Sustainability Report: Free & Clear Baby Diapers

As always, our diapers are FREE of chlorine processing; they are also FREE of fragrances, latex and petroleum-based lotions, so you get to decide what touches your baby's sensitive skin. Our diapers now have an improved environmental footprint, due to a redesigned core that is more efficient at...
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2010 Sustainability Report: Logistics

As our orders continue to grow, our nimble logistics team has to do some fast-stepping to keep pace with our goals to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) associated with transporting our products, keep costs down, and provide excellent customer service. The hallmark of our transportation work...
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2010 Sustainability Report: Volunteer Program

Seventh Generation strives to create a culture of inspirational service that allows us to share our passions, skills and time with the people and organizations about which we care deeply. To encourage each of us to give back, we offer employees 16 hours of paid time off annually to volunteer in the...