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		<title>Good News, Bad News: Paper&#8217;s Environmental Impact</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2011/08/04/good-news-bad-news-papers-environmental-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn McMaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As marketers, we&#8217;re acutely aware of paper use—we handle all kinds of print projects for clients, and paper appears in nearly every aspect of modern life, in packaging, personal and home products, and so on. I even own a hat made of paper (recycled). The bad news is, paper use is on the rise globally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Considers Benefit Corporations</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2011/07/28/california-considers-benefit-corporations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2011/07/28/california-considers-benefit-corporations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability-oriented businesses based in California may soon be able to choose a corporate form that bakes their social and environmental commitments into their legal business structure. AB 361, introduced by North Bay Assemblymember Jared Huffman, would establish benefit corporations as a legal corporate form. The bill is scheduled for a hearing August 15 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Must Defeat Prop. 23, the Green Jobs Killer</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/10/06/why-we-must-defeat-prop-23-the-green-jobs-killer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/10/06/why-we-must-defeat-prop-23-the-green-jobs-killer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prop. 23]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually write about politics in this blog, but there&#8217;s a proposition on California&#8217;s November ballot that would be so damaging to green, sustainable, and clean tech businesses, I just have to speak out: if you&#8217;re a California voter, please vote no on Prop. 23, aka the Dirty Energy Proposition. If passed, Prop. 23 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Bad Comparisons Kill Credibility</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/07/28/how-bad-comparisons-kill-credibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/07/28/how-bad-comparisons-kill-credibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credibility Quotient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent New York Times report notes that Growth Energy, an ethanol advocacy group, has blanketed the subway station closest to the U.S. Capitol with ads saying “No beaches have been closed due to ethanol spills” and calling ethanol “America’s clean fuel.” The article goes on to dispute that claim with a pile of data, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Mouth to Money</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/02/14/matching-money-with-mouth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/02/14/matching-money-with-mouth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[green marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;put your money where your mouth is&#8221;  has been coming up a lot here lately—in part due to our work with New Resource Bank, which lets sustainability-minded businesses, nonprofits, and individuals do just that, and in part due to our decision to join 1% for the Planet. If you&#8217;re not familiar with it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Upside of Transparency: Why It&#8217;s Worth the Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-upside-of-transparency-why-its-worth-the-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-upside-of-transparency-why-its-worth-the-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[communications strategy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Current talk about the Obama Administration&#8217;s trouble with transparency reveals a strong parallel with sustainability-oriented businesses: it&#8217;s easy (and sounds so nice) to say you&#8217;re committed to transparency; try to deliver on that promise and you&#8217;re likely to encounter walls of uncertainty, fear, and bureaucratic resistance. When transparency means revealing unfavorable or unflattering information (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Works When Communicating About Climate and More</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/11/19/364/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/11/19/364/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[communications strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote in April about what decision science research tells us about how people respond to environmental issues and what that means for communicators. Now the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University has released an illustrated guide to the psychology of climate change communication—handily summarized by Grist blogger Jonathan Hiskes here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC&#8217;s Draft Green Guides Set a High Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/09/30/ftcs-draft-green-guides-set-a-high-bar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/09/30/ftcs-draft-green-guides-set-a-high-bar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[communications strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies making vague and poorly supported environmental claims are about to get a smackdown from the Federal Trade Commission&#8217;s upcoming revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (aka Green Guides), according to Victor Bell of Environmental Packaging International, which has been giving the agency feedback on the long-awaited revision. That is, if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Language: Why &#8216;Consumer&#8217; Should Get the Boot</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/08/03/bad-language-why-consumer-should-get-the-boot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/08/03/bad-language-why-consumer-should-get-the-boot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[behavior change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to work myself into a good froth before posting one of an occasional series of rants on words and phrases that make me want to spit nails. And I&#8217;m finally there on consumer, used to identify a person or people (as opposed to business jargon for a market sector). In fact, I&#8217;ve stewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for Communicating Science Is on the Horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/06/18/help-for-communicating-science-is-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/2009/06/18/help-for-communicating-science-is-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn McMaster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randy Olson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thinkshiftcom.com/blog/?p=247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just learned about Randy Olson&#8217;s forthcoming book, Don&#8217;t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style, due out in September from Island Press. (Thanks to Andrew Revkin&#8217;s excellent NY Times DotEarth post on communicating climate change.) Olson wants scientists to be able to tell their stories to the rest of us. I [...]]]></description>
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