For those of you with business Facebook pages, the new timeline format provides some cool new tools for promoting and customizing your page. I recently attended a webinar put on by the helpful nerds of The Nerdery, which provided all sorts of great tools and tips. I recommend that you check out their presentation, but here are a few of the highlights: Read

When you’re shopping for clothes, do you ever look at the price tag and think, Sweet mother! Is this thing made of spun gold? What could possibly justify this price? Well one fashion retailer, Honest by, is trying to bring the hidden infrastructure behind fashion costs to the forefront with a shocking amount of transparency. You’ll never look at your closet the same way again. Read

The demographic known as the "Super Greens" are your best friends. They are the people who will always pay more for organic, recycled, eco, and sustainable products. They also make up only 16% of the American buying public; a number that has remained the same for the past 30 years and shows no signs of change. If you're marketing your product to this small audience, you're missing out on 84% of possible sales. So if you want to go big, it's time to think about mainstreaming. Read

I recently had the honor of speaking about sustainable design at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point NowHere Conference. While enjoying the company of some great up-and-coming designers, several of them asked me to recap my talk for those who were unable make it to the presentation. So for anyone interested, behold the Modern Species’ 7 Principles for Sustainable Design Thinking. Read

NUREMBERG, Germany, and WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb.15, 2012) – At a press event today at BioFach Germany, European Commissioner Dacian Cioloş for the European Union’s (EU) Agriculture and Rural Development and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the signing of an organic equivalence arrangement between the world’s two largest markets for organic food. Under the arrangement, the EU and United States will work together to promote strong organic programs, protect organic standards, enhance cooperation, and facilitate trade in organic products. Read