Great Ideas for Holiday Corporate Gift Giving

Great Ideas for Holiday Corporate Gift Giving

The corporate gift giving season is almost upon us and if you’re stuck trying to think of something to send out on behalf of your company and wondering what makes great corporate gifts that will stand out in a sea of gift baskets, we’ve lined up some suggestions that will be sure to grab your client and prospects’ attention and market your brand.

Making Fuel from Plastic Is Not Science Fiction

Making Fuel from Plastic Is Not Science Fiction

A Japanese inventor named Akinori Ito was disheartened by all of the trash piling up and he had an interesting thought; if plastic is made from oil, can it be converted back to oil? The short version of the answer is yes, plastic can be converted back into oil. Here’s how.

Top Promotional Products for Your Brand, Business, or Event

Top Promotional Products for Your Brand, Business, or Event

There are so many great and useful products you can customize and use to market your business. Remember when you think about what promotional item to go with, choose something that is handy and convenient. The more useful your custom promotional item is, the more your customers, attendees, and prospects will use it. And the more they use it, the more they will expose your brand to other prospects. Here are some products that are bound to appeal to your customers and help increase your brand recognition.

Top Green Bloggers Give Their Must Have Eco-Finds for Fall

Top Green Bloggers Give Their Must Have Eco-Finds for Fall

Fall is upon us and the change of seasons mean different things to people in different areas, but generally it means an end to warm weather, drinking pumpkin infused beverages and a switch to rich earth tones and cozy clothing. We’ve asked some of the most prominent green bloggers to give us their list of some must have items for fall that are seasonal, stylish and most important green.

How Businesses and Consumers Can Both Go Green This Halloween

How Businesses and Consumers Can Both Go Green This Halloween

This Halloween businesses can effectively market their brand while helping consumers celebrate the spookiest day of the year in green fashion. It’s actually pretty easy to be green and spooky and go reusable now! Why not create a customized reusable bag that kids can use this October. Whether trick or treating in their neighborhood (here’s how to go organic with your treats this year), at school or participating in a community event, kids are bound to have a need for a special reusable bag this Fall. And when a business creates a reusable bag customized with their branding info, they will help out the kids, our planet, our wildlife and help spread the word about their brand.

Thank You for All You Do! Now Tell Us How We Can Help You

Thank You for All You Do! Now Tell Us How We Can Help You

This Labor Day we got to thinking about how much our customers and online friends have helped us in the work we do each and every single day, and we wanted to say thanks. If it wasn’t for all of you out there being just as engaged and passionate as we all are here at FDP about creating a healthier future for us all, we wouldn’t be able to make such a difference.

It is because you help us spread our message that businesses, consumers and municipalities all over the United States and beyond are getting the message that it is time to #GoReusableNow and ditch single use plastic bags.

3 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Work

3 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Work

We know our friends in our online community are looking for ways to go green and reduce their carbon footprint at work so this week for Eco-Fact Friday, we are offering up three ideas to help you make a smaller footprint at work.

The Easy Thing We Can All Do to Protect Wildlife

The Easy Thing We Can All Do to Protect Wildlife

There are a lot of merits to using reusable shopping bags, from the streamlining of waste management to the use of more eco materials, but there are a lot of perks for members of the animal kingdom when humans decided to make the environmentally responsible decision to carry their purchases in reusable shopping bags.

Love Shark Week? Why Disposable Bags and Sharks Don’t Mix

Love Shark Week? Why Disposable Bags and Sharks Don’t Mix

The Ferocious Predator That Kills Sharks Sharks are awesome and we have enjoyed watching along with all of you during Shark Week on Discovery Channel. These majestic animals rule the oceans and it’s stunning to watch them in their element. Unfortunately, sharks are not safe in the waters they know as home and it’s not […]

Turn to TSNN to Stay On Top of Trade Show News and Trends

Turn to TSNN to Stay On Top of Trade Show News and Trends

I am happy to announce I am one of TSNN’s Thought Leader Bloggers along with some pretty awesome business minds in the trade show industry like:

Lisa Apolinski , a writer, blogger, and digital strategist, as well as the owner of a consulting company, 3 Dog Write
Traci Browne, owner of Red Cedar Marketing, and author of “The Social Trade Show: Leveraging Social Media and Virtual Events”
Mike Thimmesch, the director of industry relations for Skyline Exhibits

Transform an Old T-Shirt Into a Reusable Bag

Transform an Old T-Shirt Into a Reusable Bag

According to an EPA estimate only 15 percent of textile waste is reused or recycled, making used textiles a largely untapped resource. This material already exists, so why not use it in manufacturing? When clothing, sheets and towels, curtains and other materials wear out and are not suitable for donation don’t toss them in the trash.

5 Ways to Show Your Patriotism with Reusable Bags!

5 Ways to Show Your Patriotism with Reusable Bags!

A lot of people think using reusable bags makes you a tree hugger or an environmentalist. This may or may not be true, but using reusable bags is a great way to show your patriotism this Fourth of July and beyond. We put our heads together and came up with 5 ways you can show your patriotism this year and always by ditching single use, disposable plastic bags in favor of reusable shopping bags. You with us?

5 Cool Eco Friendly Facts to Share About Recycled Bags

5 Cool Eco Friendly Facts to Share About Recycled Bags

All reusable bags have their merits, but recycled bags have a cool eco-history. Recycled bags’ back story makes them seem almost more eco-friendly than other reusable bags since their raw materials started out in not so eco ways but despite the odds, they were recycled and given a second (or third, or more) go around. Here are 5 cool eco-facts about recycled bags that are sure to make you want to stock up on these environmentally friendly options.

Here Are 5 Reasons Why You Need to Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags

Here Are 5 Reasons Why You Need to Switch to Reusable Shopping Bags

You know reusable shopping bags are the right choice over single use plastic bags but in case you need some motivation, or some help convincing your friends or loved ones to make the change, here are five reasons you should stop using single use plastic bags and start carrying your groceries home in reusable shopping bags.

Why Are Reusable Grocery Bags Good for the Environment?  Here Are 5 Ways Reusable Grocery Bags Help the Environment

Why Are Reusable Grocery Bags Good for the Environment? Here Are 5 Ways Reusable Grocery Bags Help the Environment

Most people understand that plastic bags are bad for the environment, but you may not understand the how and why. When people make the switch to reusable grocery bags they no longer have a need for disposable plastic bags. This lessened need equals less production, and using reusable grocery bags will help to right the wrongs that single use plastic bags cause. Here are five explanations that breakdown why plastic bags are bad for the environment and how reusable grocery bags help the planet.