Gregory Goes There

There’s no shortage of people trying to be green these days. Sometimes one wonders when some relatively new and small effort is touted as making a company “green.” And sometimes, it pays to take a cue from what others are doing.

In the process of moving into its new headquarters in Sacramento recently, Gregory tried to incorporate some sustainable elements in the design, things like using recycling office furniture and furnishings, and LEED standards for natural light. So it made the folks at Gregory think when - around the same time - Rob Holmes, founder of the Green Living Project, came knocking, looking for partners for his effort. Gregory signed on, and Holmes and his team are about to roll out some of the work they’ve done.

Want to learn what some other folks are doing to be green? Holmes and his team spent some time in Africa earlier this year documenting different projects that incorporate sustainability in some way - things like renewable energy, organic farming, responsible touring, community education. The Green Living Project’s goal is to share what’s out there on the forefront on sustainability through a variety of different media.

One of its efforts is a series of presentations Holmes and his team will be doing at a number of REI stores and other locations from now through the end of the year. The first of those events kicked off this week, but the Green Living Project will be giving presentations from now through September. Check out the schedule.

Yep, you could win a Gregory pack by turning out. More importantly, we could all learn from other ways that people are taking the initiative to try to live a little greener.