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IBM, one of the world’s largest technology firms, recently announced they would require its suppliers to install new management systems for tracking their environmental impacts. The primary data to be collected and reported include energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, and recycling efforts. Suppliers must also set environmental goals and make their progress public (via the Internet or annual reporting) in meeting those goals. In turn, these companies must ask their subcontractors to do the same. IBM currently holds contracts with 28,000 suppliers in over 90 countries. Read More-> IBM’s Environmental Push

Have you been anywhere lately and during check out you are asked “Do you have your rewards card?”  Ah no……..  “Would you like to apply for one?”  Ah no……… “You’ll save”   Ah…… no thanks.

What is it with consumer reward cards?  Everyone has them now, Kmart, Auto Zone, grocery stores, Best Buy, your local liquor store!!!!  If you need a rewards card at a liquor store, then you are an alcoholic.  If you had to carry a rewards card for every place you visit, you’d need a dump truck to haul them around.  Yes, it’s nice to save a bit of money when purchasing items, but is truly worth the data collection of your buying habits, wallet stuffed full of cards, junk mail, email garbage?  Overall reward cards are not worth the effort unless associated with an establishment you frequent.

Just leave us alone, no hassle, no qualifying purchases, just a la-carte please. What’s your story. Let us know

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

As we continue to evolve as a nation and adapt to the changing American landscape, we continue to impress upon ourselves new and innovative ways of conducting business and government. The educational system is no different. Despite the chronic cycle of slashed budgets and growing classroom sizes (thanks in most part to State officials and value shifts), technology always seems to find a way of reducing the stress and anxiety on school boards, teachers, and administrators. Take the State of California’s Digital Textbook Initiative as an example.

Read More-> E-Books Good for Mother Earth