tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29631283665439397522024-03-13T08:15:24.266-05:00Greener Results BlogThe latest green news and musings from industry expert Tom Griffin.Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-60938868985489502892010-05-27T07:18:00.002-05:002010-05-27T07:23:19.541-05:00Greener Results Helps Develop the National Restaurant Association’s Greener Restaurants ProgramWe are pleased to announce that we worked with the National Restaurant Association to develop its new Greener Restaurants program, which was featured at the NRA Show in Chicago May 22-25. We helped the National Restaurant Association design the voluntary framework for the program, developed much of its technical content and resources, and helped manage the design and implementation of the NatalieFritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695198677743641511noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-67857340436762115272010-04-16T14:14:00.003-05:002010-04-16T14:23:26.076-05:00Green Drinks for the Chesapeake BayThursday, April 22 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and in celebration as well as a mode of action Green Drinks chapters throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed will be coming together for the second annual Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay. Each chapter will celebrate in their own way but together will be concentrating action a grassroots movement to influence legislation and NatalieFritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695198677743641511noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-60180590446478574192010-04-05T10:06:00.002-05:002010-04-05T10:14:16.950-05:00Virginia Green GazetteThe Virginia Green program was originally developed while Greener Results director Tom Griffin was working for the Virginia DEQ. Greener Results now serves as lead consultant to the program and Tom Griffin serves as spokesperson for the the program and coordinates the efforts of the Virginia Green Advisory Committee. Virginia Green is a statewide program that works to reduce the environmental NatalieFritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695198677743641511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-79344315000821862992010-03-24T09:29:00.001-05:002010-04-05T09:56:35.322-05:00The Influence of Sustainability on Consumer ChoiceIn the 2009 CMIGreen Traveler Study, the document opens by posing the question 'how' will sustainability influence consumer choice? The study acknowledges that it's not a matter of whether or not sustainability will be a consideration for consumers, but that on some level it will indeed be a determining factor for consumers. Thanks to rising public awareness of sustainability issues, green NatalieFritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695198677743641511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-49217742043966371022010-02-10T13:00:00.003-06:002010-02-12T08:01:27.327-06:00Greener Results Helps Green Restaurants Get RecognitionA recent Restaurant Report on NBC12 in Richmond gave some much deserved recognition to one of Richmond's local restaurants that has gone green in alignment with the Virginia Green voluntary self-certification program. Virginia Green is a program that provides recognition, guidance, and criteria for all sectors of tourism to self-certify their green activities. Virginia Green was developed by NatalieFritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695198677743641511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-75942911308690689722009-05-14T14:23:00.003-05:002009-05-14T14:25:08.018-05:00The Stimulus is Killing Green Business!Preposterous! How could that be?! Look, don’t get me wrong. I’m as excited about the funding for green jobs and weatherization and other environmental programs as the next environmental consultant. But until the melting pot of good ideas at the state and local levels finally proposes a series of programs and the good federal folks finally approve of those myriad of initiatives -- no one is Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-82023488446812408772009-02-06T06:44:00.001-06:002009-02-06T06:52:28.374-06:00Lamp Recycling: Green Litmus Paper<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-801635826474271102009-01-21T14:28:00.011-06:002009-01-21T15:09:08.749-06:00Getting Your Facility to Go GreenGetting a factory or corporate campus to run smoothly is a monumental feat, so facility managers have good reason for pause when they consider tweaking their operations. But factors ranging from cost savings to environmental concern are prompting these managers to “green” their facilities, i.e. to make them more environmentally sustainable.Sometimes the greening process begins with a directive Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-66935306299174254992009-01-14T14:51:00.000-06:002009-01-21T13:55:33.888-06:00Lynn Forsman's toast to the bay: Our glasses are half fullChesapeake Bay Health Fatigue is all around us - from doom and gloom about dead zones to reports about failing to meet improvement targets set 25 years ago.It's enough to make you feel hopeless and depressed. We believe that by working together we can turn things around. We see the proverbial glass not as half empty, but as half full.Our ancestors came here by water. Many of us live here because Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-67460594184039426732009-01-07T16:28:00.000-06:002009-01-21T13:55:04.398-06:00How Green Can You B&B?Grace Manor Inn, Richmond, VAIt was the Summer of 2007 when it hit – the Green Tornado, or better known to her friends as Dawn Schick. Dawn and Albert Schick had been operating Grace Manor Inn in Richmond’s Historic Fan District for just over 4 years. Albert and Dawn had just taken the trash out – again! It was amazing how much waste their 4-guestroom operation generated! That very day, Dawn saidAnnapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-63306733995454441932009-01-02T11:03:00.000-06:002009-01-21T13:54:31.355-06:00An Eco-Bistro ExperienceCroc’s 19th Street Bistro, Virginia Beach, VACroc’s 19th Street Bistro truly is an eco-bistro-experience. The definition above gives you a general idea of what you can expect from the restaurant and its environs, but it doesn’t begin to tell the full story about what Croc’s 19th Street Bistro has become in conjunction with its effort to go green. It has literally become the community hub for Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-24414611614165238562008-12-27T13:40:00.000-06:002009-01-21T13:54:07.846-06:00Green Winery: Rappahannock Cellars, Huntly, VABeing Good to the Earth and the GrapesOkay, I really love drinking wine and certainly I do love Virginia wines -- but I’m a wine hack at best. And I literally know nothing about the real art of winemaking, the growing of the grape, the challenge and tribulations, etc. But what I do know is that every organization has the opportunity to “go green”. And when an organization really embraces a Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-18625639703995126932008-12-22T12:35:00.000-06:002009-01-21T12:36:22.384-06:00Santa Changes Naughty and Nice Standard to Include Reduction of Carbon FootprintNorth Pole Media AlertYes, even the big-man himself is thinking green this year, and I guess it really makes sense given the melting of the ice caps and all….I’m sure that must play havoc with north pole operations, its supply chain, materials flow, transport issues…..Seriously though, the holidays are an excellent time for us all to be thinking green. Whether its business or at home, the same Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963128366543939752.post-19517074184823298062008-09-28T12:37:00.000-05:002009-01-21T12:37:42.288-06:00Welcome to Greener Results!Welcome to Greener Results – My name is Tom Griffin, and I'm in charge of a unique environmental consulting group that focuses on simple, practical approaches to help your organization and the environment!So, this green thing – wow,it is really everywhere these days. It’s in the papers, magazines, TV, the grocery store – you can’t avoid it! Sometimes it does seem a little out of hand and it Annapolis Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868936765822454362noreply@blogger.com0