Recently, 4GreenPs was spotted on Clean Currents' Business Blog.  Clean Currents provides affordable, wind-powered electricity to homes & businesses in Maryland, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania.  You may have noticed their circular “powered by clean currents” logo in the windows of some of your favorite shops or restaurants, in a home in your neighborhood, or the home page of our website.

When I walked into the office this morning, I was thrilled to learn that Lynn was mentioned in a New York Times article on composting.

Got weekend plans? Head over to Green Festivals DC, an epic expo of all things sustainability in DC!

The timing of this blog post may seem odd – after all, it’s late at night on a holiday weekend.  Who’s working? Well, if you’re responsible for your organization’s brand image, you are. After all, it’s a 24 x 7 job -- one where crises frequently break on the weekend.

For many of us, it’s the first day back in the office after a well deserved break. 

For marketers, the focus this Thanksgiving was on Black Friday. Or should we call it Black Thursday? For the first time, some stores started their sales Thanksgiving night. Thousands of Americans skipped Thanksgiving dinner to wait in line for “once in a lifetime” deals, only to learn that the most coveted items were limited to as few as two per store. 

The date doesn’t yet resonate with many, but that will change. Tomorrow November 9^th will be remembered as the day that millions were raised for DC area non-profits through Give to the Max Day.

Perhaps because Corporate Social Responsibility starts with the word “Corporate,” some assume that CSR is only for Big Brand, Fortune 500 companies.

If you’re in the Washington, DC area, you may have seen headlines about last week’s 43^rd annual Thoth Awards.  Billed as “the best night of the year in PR,” it’s a major event for DC area PR agencies, Independent PR Alliance members, and in-house communications teams.