Join the Green Conversation!

Greetings Titans and Friends!

Michelle Nakaji here! Your 2008-2009 Co-Internal Director of Leadership Development! :) I can't wait to get this year started! We've got an amazing, talented, and passionate team of leaders that will guide you this year and a solid program of work that will surely help us to achieve all of our goals! One of the key issues we will be promoting is "the power of Green" and "sustainability". After all, we are the future business leaders of America and as such, we must be knowledgeable about key issues and concerns that are effecting the business world! We are a part of the answer - so let's get it right! I encourage you to join "the Green Conversation" every couple of days here on our blog! We'll be bringing this information to you in several formats through our blog, our future website, meetings, Twitter, and more!

We're pulling out all the stops as far as communication tools so stay connected!!! Every couple of days, I will be sharing with you pieces of Fast Company's "50 Ways to Green Your Business" - short, but awesome, little tidbits on how major companies are greening their business and even saving tons of money! Furthermore, check out my absolute favorite business magazine, Fast Company! You can check more of their Green Content - they've got some majorly innovative stuff that you NEED to know about! Let's check out today's company!

#1 General Mills

At $100 a ton, feeding a landfill is pricey. But in the past two years, General Mills has turned its solid waste into profits. Take its oat hulls, a Cheerios by-product. The company used to pay to have them hauled off, but realized they could be burned as fuel. Now customers compete to buy the stuff. In 2006, General Mills recycled 86% of its solid waste, earning more from that than it spent on disposal.

For more on General Mills and their corporate social responsibility, browse their website and/or Social Responsibility Report at: http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/corp.aspx.


Until next time....share your green knowledge, links, and tips! Leave a comment! Join the Green Conversation! Have a wonderful weekend!

- Michelle Nakaji
michellenakaji@csufpbl.org


[from Fast Company: 50 Ways to Green Your Business http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/50-ways-to-green.html?page=1 ]