Green Team Spirit consults with the Town of Cortlandt and the villages of Dobbs Ferry and Hastings-on-Hudson, NY on their sustainability efforts and green team programs. The Green Team Spirit program creates the foundation for culture change within an organization where leadership commitment, a dedicated green team and full staff engagement are the key components to a sustainable enterprise. Our unique program guides organizations through step-by-step training modules that address energy, waste, water, transportation, green purchasing, green building and communications.

Dani is one of the creators and administrators of the Westchester Green Business Challenge, a partnership of Westchester County Government and the Business Council of Westchester focused on helping all Westchester County businesses “go green”. The WGBC is designed to help companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) while improving operational performance and saving money. Check it out at www.westchestergov.com/greenchallenge

Green Drinks Westchester

Green Drinks Westchester is part of the international Green Drinks network, where people who care about a more sustainable world meet, learn from one another and enjoy each others company. Dani Glaser and Lea Cullen-Boyer of greengurunetwork.com organize these monthly events in the Westchester area.

MEDIA

12/8//11	Westchester Green Business Challenge Presentation: Antun’s of Westchester
12/8//11	Town of Cortlandt Green Update Presented at Climate Action Plan Meeting (Video) The complete CAP meeting video can be viewed HERE
11/15/11	Green Drinks Westchester & Croton Shop Local (Video)
11/15/11	EPA Portfolio Manager and the Westchester Green Business Challenge, Presented by Dani Glaser, Green Team Spirit; Hanna Grene, The Cadmus Group (EPA Contractor); Jason Prue, Con Edison
11/9/11	Westchester Green Business Challenge Presentation – Regeneron
9/21/11	Westchester Green Business Challenge Presentation – Atria on the Hudson
7/01/11	Green Team Spirit in 914 Inc Magazine
7/22/11	Cool Planet Blog features Green Team Spirit Municipal Programs
5/23/11	Green Team Spirit local… blogging for the PATCH!
5/27/11	Dani Glaser was featured on She’s Next, a website dedicated to inspirational women. “Go Green & Get Lean”

1/29/11	Mastering the Green Business Challenge: Landlord & Tenant Best Green Practices Presentation/Video
10/06/10	Dani Glaser was interviewed on Your Triple Bottom Line Radio to talk about Green Teams: http://bit.ly/your3bl10

INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE CORE CULTURE REQUIRES…

green business

1. LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT:

Incorporate sustainability into the core vision/mission of the organization
Willingness to listen openly and make choices toward a sustainable future
Value staff participation and devotion of time
Participate on the Green Team

2. A DEDICATED GREEN TEAM:

Representative of all organizational disciplines
Voluntary, open, transparent and welcoming
Willingness to devote time to learn, communicate, educate and motivate others
Responsible and accountable for actionable goals

3. ENGAGEMENT OF ALL STAFF:

Supportive and respectful of sustainability mission
Included in the assessment, ideas welcome
Encouraged to participate in green initiatives
Welcome to join the Green Team anytime

“Our initial findings suggest that people want to work for a company visibly committed to making the world a better place–and for many, the environment is a high-priority societal concern. Involvement in a grass-roots green team helps demonstrate this commitment, and in the process, reinforces the employee/company relationship.”Corporate Green Teams: A New Social Trend at Work? Alta Terra Research Network

“What emerged overwhelmingly in this project was that the teams and companies that are driving successful and sustainable transformation are those with strong Executive Support, a centralized leader that is the conduit for communicating corporate goals to the Green Teams and taking the Green Team’s idea back into the corporation, high diversity amongst team members, and systems for creating, measuring and tracking initiatives.” SABRE HOLDINGS GROUP, GREEN TEAM RESEARCH STUDY, July 2010

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

- Margaret Mead

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