Posted in COMM 486F on Mar 29th, 2012 No Comments »
I chose “Turning Over A New Leaf” as both my blog and blog post title simply because after taking this course, I expect to be able to have at least changed a part of me. And to be honest, it did. I have always been on the “green” side of things, but I think this […]
Posted in COMM 486F on Mar 25th, 2012 3 Comments »
I’ve been working for McDonald’s as a part time employee for almost two years and as much as I enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, it bothers me that McDonald’s day to day operations are not close to sustainable at all. I constantly see food wasted and any supplies we used to serve our customers […]
Posted in COMM 486F on Mar 24th, 2012 No Comments »
During our last class, we had a guest speaker named, Tamara Brooks from October 17 Media. She mentioned in one of her slides about another group buying website called ethicalDeal. Based on its name, you can tell that it’s quite different from the other group buying websites like Groupon and Living Social. They have addressed […]
Posted in COMM 486F on Mar 21st, 2012 No Comments »
I recently saw a FedEx commercial that talks briefly about the different ways FedEx is currently doing in order to work towards sustainability. This short commercial shows a random company boss who is well-inspired by FedEx’s sustainable ways that it plans to adapt these ways into their daily business operations as well. As mentioned in […]
Posted in COMM 486F on Mar 10th, 2012 No Comments »
These days, third party eco-labels can be often seen in various products. According to our textbook, there are currently around 300 eco-labels. The question is, what do these eco-labels really mean? Can we really trust them and are they assuring enough to make us feel that the product is safe and eco-friendly? A man named […]