Category Green DNA
Why a Millennial Chooses Milwaukee: Communication and Culture
by Hannah Leigh Thompson, The Good Jobs intern I have lived in Milwaukee most of my life, and I consider this city my home. Milwaukee is a beautiful city, an entrepreneurial city, with a fantastic food and music culture – uniquely suited for my millennial demographic. But I’m fairly sure that my demographic doesn’t know […]
Green Recruiting Practices – Does HR Need to Go Green? (Part 1)
We’ve all heard that green is the new black. Just like organizational culture was touted in the ‘90s as essential for business success, social responsibility seems to have taken its place during this decade. It’s good to be green — that’s what a lot of companies are finding, as they integrate environmentalism and sustainability into […]
In Search of Green DNA
We’re pleased to feature guest blogger Susan Camberis and her piece on the value of sustainability to both employers and employees. People want to work for great companies that make a difference in the world. They want to do interesting work that they’re good at, and they want to be respected for their unique contributions. […]
It’s Time To Be Green!
The other companies will be green with envy when they realize the positive impact your company will be making when it participates in Avery’s “Green Week”. The week, organized by office and paper product distributor, Avery, encourages companies to spend time each day to focus on conserving and preserving energy sources, waste management, and materials […]
B Good
Be the change. This idea is championed by B Corporation, a community of companies that use the power of their business towards the goals of social and environmental improvement. The more than 700 companies, known as the B Corps, have passed rigorous criteria by the nonprofit B Corporation to become a Certified B Corp that […]
Be Local
Shop local. Eat local. Drink local. Be local. The Good Jobs™ is now a proud member of Local First Milwaukee! Local First Milwaukee is a network of businesses with roots in the Milwaukee area. Locally produced products and services maintain the city economically, financially, and culturally. We care about our city and what it has […]
Bike Rental: There’s an App for That
There’s a start-up in Atlanta that is offering an affordable option to ‘go green’. viaCycle, founded by four students at Georgia Tech University, is a bike renting initiative that makes it more convenient and economical to rent bikes – simply by removing the costly bike storage units. As the first GPS operated bike renting […]
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