Whether your office is in your spare bedroom or at a major corporation, you can make the workplace – and the world – more sustainable. Cape & Islands Green, a step-by-step verification program coordinated by the Sandwich, Hyannis Area, and Cape Cod chambers of commerce, helps businesses meet environmental goals. Momentum is building as the [...]
Green business recognition
Launching the first green business recognition program WINTER 2010 There’s a lot of money and media attention going toward sustainable technologies these days, says Amanda Converse, co-owner of Shift Boutique in Hyannis and Greenover environmental consulting. But she wants local businesses to know about – and incorporate – the day-to-day eco-friendly practices that are [...]
Cape & Islands Green gathers momentum
More and more businesses across Cape Cod are discovering the benefits of demonstrating their environmental commitment by completing the first level of Cape & Islands Green verification. This step-by-step “green roadmap” supported by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Community Development Partnership and local chambers. From making changes within their companies to raising awareness among [...]
Green Scene: The Cape Cod and Islands’ Green Revolution ‘09
2009 was a pivotal year in the Green Revolution on Cape Cod and the Islands. In 2009 the Cape and Islands accelerated down the road to fossil fuel independence and sharpened its focus on Cape and Islands preservation. With global warming eating our coastline and water degradation visibly affecting our ponds and inlets, Cape and [...]
Grassroots “NO” to NSTAR’s Herbicides
Residents of the Outer Cape are alerting people to a new looming threat; the spraying of toxic herbicides by electric utility NSTAR on brush surrounding power line right-of-ways. “Legally, NSTAR has the right to do this and they have a federal mandate to keep the lines clear. It’s their methods that we disagree with,” says [...]
NSTAR Spraying Update
LOCAL ACTION GAINS DELAY ON NSTAR SPRAYING In the battle between citizens of small Cape Cod towns and utility giant NSTAR, over NSTAR’s plans to spray chemical herbicides on power-line rights of way, the citizens scored at least a temporary victory. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources announced in early May that an agreement had [...]
Cape & Islands Green 2011
VERIFIED GREEN Congratulations to the following business leaders for completing requirements for Level I verification with Cape & Islands Green: Alive with Water, Sandwich, 508-888-6677 www.alivewithwater.com Cape Cod Beer, Barnstable (Hyannis), 508-790-4200 www.capecodbeer.com Cape Cod Five, Sandwich branch, 508-833-8837 www.capecodfive.com Cheap Chic Interiors, Barnstable, 508-367-5334 www.cheapchicinteriors.com Chatham Guest Rooms, Chatham, [...]
