Is “HIP” Investing Right For You?

How your investment portfolio can do good for your wallet and the planet

It’s HIP to do good. It’s even better to make a profit while doing good. This is the philosophy behind HIP Investor, an investment advisor based on the belief that forming your investment portfolio around its “human impact” can also bring a comfortable return in the form of profits.

The HIP (Human Impact + Profit) idea is the brainchild of R. Paul Herman, CEO and founder of HIP Investor. [...]

The “Greenest ballpark in America”

Go Twins, Go Green: The Greenest ballpark in America

America’s favorite pastime may have become its greenest pastime at the Minnesota Twins’ Target Field. The Minnesota Twins organization is ahead of the curve when it comes to green thinking, which makes everyone - the team, the fans and the city of Minneapolis – a winner. The Twins commitment to the environment paid off in a big way when Target Field was awarded LEED® Silver Certification in 2010. Target Field earned 36 certification [...]

Modeling Dough for Everyone

Generations of children have been amused by modeling compounds made from dough. The leading modeling compound, that almost every one grew up with, is wheat-based, and made of salt, water, flour and food coloring. It is used in both educational and play settings. Throughout the years, the children’s modeling clay has developed from a simple artistic tool into an entire industry full of colors and different fragrances. This is where Soy-Yer Dough comes in.

IMPORTANCE OF MODELING DOUGH

Modeling dough is more [...]

Wrap Green For The Holidays

The fun and excitement of the Holiday Season is highlighted by the excitement of sending gifts to our family and friends. Add to that, we joy of tapping into our creativity by wrapping the gifts we give. Gift giving at the holidays does, however, come with an environmental cost. The typical scenario goes something like this:  set up the wrapping station, add wrapping paper, gift bags, bows, ribbons, cards, tape, writing utensils and packaging paraphernalia. As an aside, the US [...]

Champagne Bedazzle!

The fun and excitement of the Holiday Season is always enhanced by the yummy consumption of food and drink. Some of the best offering of the season come in the way of  party cocktails. Champagne cocktails are a wonderful addition to all parties from November through the new year.

This champagne and brandy cocktail provides you with the tongue sizzle and eye bedazzle, as you enjoy it with your friends, family and co-workers. The bitters and brandy bring a refreshing [...]

Apple Sage “Sausage” Chestnut Stuffing

Each and every year, at this very same time, we go in search of unique and delightful recipes to share with our Holiday guests. Since so many of us are making nutritional decisions based on our ethical values, it is always nice to be able to share a dish that doesn’t compromise any living creatures.  This year, The Green Connoisseur will be sharing some of it’s new found favorites for you to put on your dining room table. Today we’d [...]

Recycle Your Pumpkins

Do you wince every time you have to throw out a perfectly good pumpkin, after it’s been carved? This is the point in your life when your CFL light bulb should come on, as you recognize your level of environmental stewardship.

More than one billion pounds of pumpkin are purchased in the US every Halloween. The majority of those end up in the trash after their sole life purpose has been to sit on the front porch with a candle in [...]

Reverb
Bringing Sustainable Music to the World

The music industry seems to have managed to fly under the environmental radar. There is, however, an organization out there that is trying to promote change and action from within. Reverb is proving that you don’t have to compromise on your musical tastes to uphold your environmental values.

The birth of an eco-music revolution

Reverb was founded in 2004, in Portland, by an inspired musician and environmentalist husband and wife team. Set up as a non-profit organization that is focused on providing [...]

The New York Jets
Green in Color and in Deed

As so many of you already know, The Green Connoisseur LOVES football. Though we each have our favorite team, we will watch anyone that is playing!  From community based middle school games to front-runners for the Super Bowl, we are all over it. In addition, we watch the statistics. As the owners of at least two individual Fantasy teams each, we keep track of the individual player stats too. With such a passion for football, I’m sure you can imagine [...]

Environmentally Friendly Self-Storage

It’s not romantic, but it’s something that statistics tell us at least one out of every ten American households need at one time or another: storage. Though Storage is not inherently bad for the environment, any business that involves upkeep of a building that must be heated and/or cooled, and that uses electricity, or irrigates its grounds, has a carbon footprint of some sort. If you want to keep your own carbon footprint small when you need to store something, [...]