Last week the Promotional Marketing Association (PMA) held its annual Integrated Marketing Conference in Chicago at the Downtown Marriott. My background is in promotional marketing so I’ve been a member of PMA for quite some time and was invited back this year to write about it. We were treated to... Read more →

Green, green, my world is green...now that spring is here. I think. Weatherman says snow flurries...this weekend? Well, flurries are no big deal. Thought I'd do some "green" reporting today (until Mary tunes in with her post, today). Sustainable Life Media sends me a weekly newsletter...that I like a lot.... Read more →

I have to give high Kudos to Mary Hunt, author of In Women We Trust. Mary is a true supporter of other women, but she goes far beyond that to give her passion and energy to the environment. Since publishing her book, Mary has been unswervingly involved in getting green... Read more →

Just couldn't help myself with that title...this article in the Los Angeles Times says, "In the latest step in its green offensive, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a Web-based tool to help identify new ways to make its operations more environmentally friendly." So, offensive, according to dictionary.com is defined as,... Read more →

Lena's award (so well deserved and well earned) at the Women's Congress Conference recently, which you can read about at the link above, mentions the phrase 'we teach nations.' Lena is spot on with that idea and I hope to contribute a bit to it right now. Women are the... Read more →

Looks like we're ending the year right. I'm discovering more and more websites and blogs about "going green." There is even "green" buzz everywhere I go. It's encouraging, don't you think? Here are the newest places (and one sustainable one) I've found that are tracking, talking, or totally committed to... Read more →

Green is the most popular word around, these days. I'm getting a lot of PR about companies going green, or folks talking about the green environment, and TV news has a story on going green almost every day, it seems. All to the good, of course. Diane over at The... Read more →

I guess my Gals Go Green on Tuesdays is changing to Gals Go Green on Wednesday. That's just how it happens, folks. Here are this week's green links and advice: First, from MarketWatch, on November 5th, I learned that "Seventy-eight percent of registered voters polled last month in a survey... Read more →

Kudos to Amy at Shaping Youth who commented on last week's Green Post, and also included some valuable information. First. she wrote about her daughter wanting to help oil-soaked wildlife and being told she was too young to join the sea of goodwill. Why is 12 too young, especially if... Read more →

First of all, thanks go to all the women who wrote to help me with my dilemma last week. Hugs to all. Now, I've discovered a whole new world of green out there, and it deserves to be highlighted. Last Sunday's USA Today had a great article on teaching kids... Read more →