Sustainable Initiatives by Andrea Dean » mary traynor http://www.andreadean.com/blog Initiatives that enhance island economy, environment and community. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 There’s no business like green business! Green business coach and consultant Andrea Dean interviews green business people who are successfully living and working in alignment with their eco values- integrating environmental and social principles into business. Dynamic interviews about green business from Hawaii and beyond- join the conversation at andreadean.com/blog. Andrea Dean, MBA, is coach and consultant. Andrea provides individual life and business coaching on a wide range of issues; group and green team coaching for individuals and teams who want to achieve rapid results; conducts workshops using The Natural Step framework for companies who want to incorporate sustainability into their strategic planning; and conducts research and management for business projects with a green focus. More at andreadean.com. Andrea Dean no Andrea Dean andrea@andreadean.com andrea@andreadean.com (Andrea Dean) 2009 Andrea Dean LLC Stories from the cutting edge of Green Business andrea dean, green business hawaii, green business, environment, coaching, hawaii, going green, life coach, business coach, going green hawaii, environment hawaii, business consultant Sustainable Initiatives by Andrea Dean » mary traynor http://www.andreadean.com/images/goinggreenpodcast.PNG http://www.andreadean.com/blog Day Three: Andrea & Mary’s Girls Business Retreat Week http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2009/10/30/daythree/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2009/10/30/daythree/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:57:36 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=447 day3computerOK, I’m delirious from working on the computer. It feels like I got nothing done today, but actually… I did. I upgraded my WordPress blog, which does not sound like much, but the automatic upgrade would not work so it turned into quite a little project. You won’t notice anything different, but everything is working much smoother on the back end where I live. This morning, I finally got the databases transferred over so Mary’s akamaipromotions.com blog will now work in perpetuity. I really learned a lot today- venturing into totally new territory with WordPress. I really wanted to get all of my new website pages done today- but I didn’t even get started! I did get signed up with google apps and am looking forward to ditching Outlook tomorrow and defecting to google.


day 3 maskWe also make more progress on the Halloween masks, adding a thin layer of a putty and glue mixture to try to smooth the surfaces. Sand and paint tomorrow. day 3 mask2


After grinding on the computer all day long, we took a walk down at Keokea and continued to experiment with the new camera.
day 3 leaf


We also got out and about to the Kava Kafe to play some chess and experiment with the new camera in the dark lighting.
day 3 kava

]]> http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2009/10/30/daythree/feed/ 0 Day One: Andrea & Mary’s Girls Business Retreat Week http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2009/10/28/day-one-andrea-marys-girls-business-retreat-week/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2009/10/28/day-one-andrea-marys-girls-business-retreat-week/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:31:49 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=432 My friend Mary and I get together a couple of times a year to work ON our businesses instead of IN our businesses. Mary owns Akamai Promotions- she is a marketing and communications consultant. My company helps businesses and communities move towards sustainability. We have a packed agenda this week- On the top of our respective lists is a re-doing our websites.


But fun is always on the agenda too, and we started today with going to Lighthaus Camera. Mary needed a new camera for taking photos to add to her Maui Events blog. Regina at Lighthaus Camera rocked, she was so knowledgeable about all of the different camera options and helped match Mary with a Canon Powershot SX1 IS. I am so jealous, but at least I get to play with it. I am using an old Canon PowerShot SD500, which has been a great camera, but is on its way out.


After that we went to the new Target in Kona to suss out a new couch for my office. We also tried the out the new camera. Wow- it is good- it even makes the cavernous Target look great.


After a few more errands in Kona and a little relaxing time back in cool, breezy Hawi, we went to Rebecca’s for Mask Making with Robin Mullin. Robin is a great mask maker and showed us how to make masks. We will be out and about on Halloween wearing our masks.


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Mary Traynor of Akamai Promotions will be the guest teacher in my Green Business Coaching Group.


Here are some national and Hawaii green internet resources to get things started:


Hawaii Green Directories

HawaiiHealthGuide.com Green Business Directory
HawaiiGreenPages.com
Hawaii Going Green Marketplace


National Green Directories

Green America National Green Pages (must qualify)
GreenConnected.com
GenGreenLife.com
GreenDrinks.ning.com


Hawaii Green Social Networks

GreenHawaii.com
PikoHawaii.ning.com
HawaiiGreenLeaders.ning.com


Green Twitter Articles

Green Tweets 75+ Green Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter
Top 10 Green Twitter Tweeters You Should Follow

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