Last Thursday, a panel of business leaders spoke at Antioch University to a full room of entrepreneurs, students, faculty and members of the business community. Each gave a great presentation on how their company is working to create social and environmental benefits through innovative practices.

Harry Case has lovingly managed his 176 acre forest for over 60 years and has now permanently protected it for future generations. At the end of 2008, he donated a conservation easement on this land. Located near to both Putney Woods and Saratoga Woods, this forest boasts over five million board feet of timber. The conservation easement protects this forest from being clear-cut and developed into 35 homes.

Car Wash Enterprises, Inc. dba Brown Bear Car Wash has also instituted a charity car wash program. The program provides non-profit groups an environmentally-safe alternative to driveway and parking lot car washing, as well as an effective method for fundraising.

…using some of what I learned from our forest stewardship class, I began to clean up parts of our forest, limbing up the large hemlocks, spruces, and firs to create flyways for birds. We got what we set out to do. The unfortunate part that I sort of forgot about, was that we had in effect created the perfect hunting grounds for owls, eagles, and hawks….

By Steve Jaasund
In July, 1968 I was driving north over the Raritan River on the Garden State Parkway when I decided that my work toward a degree in Chemical Engineering could be best utilized in doing something to clean up our environment. At the time, the Raritan River was a literal sewer and the air [...]