GreenMarket Solutions

World Cities Summit

Admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:17:51 +0000

World Cities Summit is a premier event that brings together practitioners and policy makers with leading experts in their field to identify innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing cities today. The inaugural summit in June 2008 brought together 800 senior delegates including leaders, mayors, policy makers and the civil society. To build on its success, the next Summit in 2010 will offer a strategic platform comprising a high-level summit, plenary sessions, networking forums and technical workshops.

The theme for the second Summit is Liveable and Sustainable Cities for the Future. World Cities Summit 2010 will be a three-day event focusing on leadership and governance and building liveable and sustainable communities. Through the exchange of ideas and knowledge, cities can learn from each other to create a good environment that is sustainable and forward-looking.

http://www.worldcities.com.sg/aboutus.php

No Impact Man - the movie

Admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:08:56 +0000

No Impact Man - the movie: Could you forego many of modern lifes conveniences? Could you forego using a car for a year? What about electricity? This movie will get you thinking about how you could cut back in ways you never thought you could.

No Impact Man is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein. The film, which premiered September 4, 2009, follows Colin Beavan and his family during their year-long experiment to have zero impact on the environment.^[1]^[2]

What is sustainability?

Admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:52:17 +0000

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans it is the potential for long-term maintenance of wellbeing, which in turn depends on the wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability

That’s why our motto has always been, “leave it better than you found it.”

GMS Updates

Admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:33:24 +0000

Coming soon!

USGBC

GMS Admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:40:22 +0000

Green Market Solutions has recently joined the United States Green Building Council. Visit their website at http://www.usgbc.org/

Green Market Solutions President Profiled in Colors of Influence

GMS Admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:38:51 +0000

Green Market Solutions President Neville Mercado was recently featured in Colors of Influence, an on-line magazine highlighting the contributions of people of color in business and civic life. To read the full article, click here: http://www.colorsofinfluence.com/2007/summer/neville-mercado.html

Verde

GMS Admin — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:52:33 +0000

Verde Awarded City of Portland Brownfield Program Grant
Verde is a Portland non-profit whose mission is to improve the economic health of disadvantaged communityes by creating environemtnal job training, employment, and entrepreneurial oppurtunities, fostering hte connection bewteen economic vitalit and environmental protection and restoration.

For more information about Verde and their work, visit http://www.verdenw.org/index.htm

GMS sponsors Moonrise Film Festival July 13-15

GMS Admin — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:29:43 +0000

GMS sponsors Moonrise Film Festival July 13-15
The Moonrise Film Festival showcases independent documentaries from the Philippines, by Philippines artists, on issues directly pertaining to the Philippines . This festival has never been to the Pacific Northwest , so please come out and support! This collection of independent films, documenting the country’s luscious landscape and increasing danger of environmental degradation, is coming into its third year as a critically-acclaimed tradition. The Moonrise Film Festival was originally organized by the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE), based in Quezon City, in order to address critical environmental issues facing the country’s heritage and future. It has been brought to Portlandin orderto bring awareness of the Philippines’ environmental potential and peril.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.ceae.org/film_moonrise_portland.htm

Earth Day 2007

GMS Admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:48:48 +0000

Happy Earth Day 2007! Earth Day provides us a good reminder that every action we take as a company or as individuals - no matter how small - can truly make an impact. The proliferation of green and sustainable products on today’s market is evidence of the massive power we as consumers have to initiate change. Small actions can lead to big results, and to that end here are a few things you can do every day to help keep the tide moving forward.

Don’t let the faucet run while you brush your teeth
Turn off the lights when you leave a room
Plant a tree
Keep your shades down in the summer and up in the winter
Swap paperbacks with paperbackswap.com
Bring your own mug or thermos to the coffee shop
Bring your own bags to the grocery store
Shop at your local farmer’s market
Get off junk mail lists by registering at dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist
Talk to someone

GMS Proud to Sponsor Fourth Grade Foresters USA at 3 Metro Area Schools

GMS Admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:45:59 +0000

GMS was very excited to play a part in helping three area schools celebrate Arbor Day and encourage kids to take action in preserving the natural environment. Students in five classes were given trees to take home and plant in commemoration of Arbor Day. These new trees can be added to the millions of seedlings that have been planted since 1885 creating a unique forest planted by generations of American children.

Given the urgency of the global warming crisis GMS feels it is important to promote awareness in our community, and emphasis that every action taken, no matter how small, can add up to big changes.

For information on how to participate in the Fourth Grade Foresters USA program visit their website.

For more history on Arbor Day visit the The National Arbor Day Foundation history page.