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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Rokovnici, kalendari, posjetnice, uredski materijal
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Poslovni pokloni
Poslovni pokloni – Kako izabrati poklon za partnere?!
Svake godine u ovo vrijeme počinje se razmišljati o poklonima. Iako je za privatne poklone za Božić još uvijek rano, za poslovne nije. Budući da se tu najčešće radi o većim količinama i da sve treba unaprijed odlučiti i naručiti, mi vam predlažemo da već sada o tome razmislite kako bi izbjegli stres zbog gužve i manjak vremena.
Dostupnost informacija i noviteta, pa čak i kupnje preko interneta proširilo je mogućnosti izbora poslovnih poklona. S druge strane veće mogućnosti uvijek traže i više vremena za donošenje odluke i izbor pravog poklona.
Kod odluke o poslovnim poklonima uzmite u obzir slijedeće:
- Provjerite da li postoji nekakav pravilnik u poduzeću o poslovnim poklonima. Ukoliko ga vi nemate možda imaju vaši poslovni partneri i morat ćete tome prilagoditi svoje poklone.
- Kome poklanjate, da li su to partneri ili su to maloprodajni kupci?!
- Kakav dojam želite ostaviti, da li želite biti tradicionalni, moderni, inovativni, originalni, neobični ili želite nasmijati one koji dobiju poklon?!
- Koje vrijednosti će pokloni biti, da li će se raditi samo o simboličnom poklonu s logom firme ili će to biti neki skuplji poklon?!
Prema istraživanjima u poslovnom svijetu Amerike poklanjaju se najviše:
1. kalendari i rokovnici
2. poklon bonovi za maloprodaju i restorane
3. brand proizvodi poduzeća
4. košare s voćem, hranom, slatkišima
5. buket cvijeća ili biljka i vino ili liker
Za izbor poslovnog poklona je jako važno da budu kvalitetni. Bez obzira da li se radilo o jeftinijem ili skupljem poklonu, on bi trebao biti kvalitetan. Uzmite u obzir da poslovni pokloni predstavljaju poduzeće!
Nemojte štedjeti na pakiranju. Dobro umotati poslovni poklon je jednako bitno kao i izabrati poklon. Nemojte dobar poklon upropastiti lošim pakiranjem. Ako nemate stila za to, obratite se stručnjacima. U većim prodajnim centrima često imaju odvojeni štandovi za umatanje poklona, a takvu uslugu možete dobiti i cvjećarnama.
Osobno dostavite poklone, ukoliko je to moguće. Dakle nemojte slati poštom osim ako je to neophodno. Ukoliko vaš partner priprema domjenak onda je to pravo vrijeme da ponesete svoj poklon.
izvor: www.covermagazin.com
Friday, October 2, 2009
Eco-Bags
Twenty years ago, Sharon Rowe was the only person in the checkout line at her local grocery store with a cloth bag. Checkout workers looked at her with confused stares when she refused plastic and instead placed her items inside her own cloth bag. What those checkout people didn’t know was that Sharon was onto a trend that would take another twenty years to become mainstream. They also wouldn’t realize that Sharon would be what her friends referred to as a “social agent,” that she would start the “grassroots movement” with the same people who pioneered natural products. They didn’t know that Sharon would put an end to plastic and that thousands of their future customers across the country and around the world would instead be carrying their groceries in Eco-Bags.
Originally pursuing a career in acting, Sharon’s senses became heightened when she had her first child. She became “tired of all the plastic mess,” and started to notice the increased amount of garbage all around her. She wanted a job where she could create her own schedule and work to help clean up the world for her children. Fast forward to today and Sharon is now CEO of Eco-Bags. A line of eco-friendly cloth bags that allow people to skip out on the plastic. They have been featured on the arms of Serena and Jenny on Gossip Girl and made their debut on Showtime on an episode of Weeds. She has also been featured on Oprah and in countless publications. ”
In the 90s, Sharon started Eco-Bags with the classic string tote. A bag she sold in all different colors and styles. Since then, she has created a line of canvas bags with adorable sayings and designs. Eco-bags has also teamed up with companies such as Kashi, Origins and Whole Foods to create custom pieces for specific green campaigns. Her best selling bags still include the string bags, while her cloth produce bags, which serve more of a functional purpose rather than a fashionable one, are also doing well with her customers. “They are not quite as sexy, but they will get you from A to B.” And while you can pack away as much as 25 pounds of stuff in any of her pieces, Sharon advises to stick with a more comfortable load of 15.
Three years ago, she partnered with other reusable companies to make the Eco-Bag website a one-stop shop for “eco-friendly lifestyle tools.” These products include reusable water bottles, lunch boxes and more.
Eco-bags is currently featuring a line of eco-friendly canvas totes designed by prominent artists. The bags not only serve their usual green purpose, but proceeds from their sales will go to the artist’s charity of choice. They are also working on more reusable lunch boxes for back to school and have some noteworthy partnerships coming up in the near future.
Twenty years ago, Sharon was one of an entire grocery store with a cloth bag. Now, she has finally noticed a 50/50 split between those who BYOB (bring their own bags) and those who do not. On a recent trip to Lincoln center, she peered down at the crowed. Some carried her own Eco-Bag designs, some carried paper bags and some carried cloth, but not a single person had plastic.
She notes that is the most important thing. Whatever you do, whatever bag you carry, just say no to plastic.
Also, be sure to enter our Summer Heat Sweepstakes for your chance to win an Eco-Bag!
izvor: www.whatswear.com
International Plastic Bag Free Day 12th September 2009
Welcome to the first day of National zero waste week and What a celebration!
On the final day of National zero waste week, it’s International Plastic Bag Free Day!
What Timing! What perfection!
The first ever event takes place on 12th September 2009 and was set up by a group of eco pioneers who I found through the Marine Conservation Society. The group have a ‘Plastic bag free‘ forum on Google.
The Plastic Bag Free forum is a group of individuals and communities who are working to make their local areas Plastic Bag Free, so that eventually we can make the UK a plastic bag free country.
But if rallying your community isn’t your thing, don’t worry! Just give up plastic carrier bags yourself and your actions will spread like the ripples in a pond.
If you want to promote International Plastic Bag Free day in your town, you’ll find everything you need such as posters, a press release and a list of plastic bag free towns in the UK.
Modbury in Devon was the first town in the country to say no to carrier bags on May 1st 2007 thanks to the incredible work and insight of Rebecca Hoskins
Rebecca encountered the destruction caused by carrier bag pollution first hand while Message in the Waves for the BBC. The sight of the sea filled with plastic and dying sea animals inspired her to persuade the town traders from her hometown of Modbury to stop using carrier bags and now the town are looking at other ways in which they can reduce their use of plastic.
She has written an excellent pocket book called ‘Ban the plastic bag‘ which tells you everything you need to know about developing a Community Action Plan for making your own town carrier bag free.
I have a copy of this great little book which I’m going to give away. Just leave a comment below and I’ll use a random generator to pick a lucky winner on International Plastic Bag Free day!
izvor: www.myzerowaste.com
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
UN poziva na zabranu plastičnih vrećica: "Ne postoji niti jedno opravdanje za njihovu proizvodnju"
PRIGODOM obilježavanja prvog UN-ovog Dana svjetskih oceana, tajnik Ujedinjenih naroda Ban Ki-moon kazao je jučer kako čovjek svojim djelovanjem nanosi užasnu štetu oceanima i mora. Osim što se uništava riblji fond nekontroliranim i protuzakonitim izlovom ribe, mora i oceani su pod stalnim udarima zagađivača, ponajprije onih stacioniranih na kopnu, istaknuo je.
No, najviše je bure izazvao izvršni direktor UNEP-a (UN-ov Program zaštite okoliša) Achim Steiner. On je predstavio izvještaj te organizacije u kojemu se navodi kako se, unatoč međunarodnim i regionalnim naporima za smanjenje onečišćenja mora i oceana, i dalje u svjetska mora bacaju ogromne količine smeća.
Zatim je pozvao na globalnu zabranu plastičnih vrećica.
"Trebaju biti zabranjene ili postupno iskorijenjene, ali brzo, svugdje"
"Neke vrste smeća, kao što su plastične vrećice za jednokratnu upotrebu koje su debljine filma i guše morske životinje, trebaju biti zabranjene ili postupno iskorijenjene, ali brzo, svugdje", kazao je Steiner. "Apsolutno nema niti jednog opravdanja za njihovu daljnju proizvodnju", naglasio je.
Plastika, prije svega PET ambalaža, najrašireniji je oblik morskog smeća i čini 80 posto prikupljenog otpada u moru i oceanima. Godišnje se na svijetu proizvede oko 225 milijuna tona plastike. U provedenim zoološkim istraživanjima, u želucima oko 95 posto morskih ptica pronađena je plastika, jer životinje često zabunom pojedu plastični otpad.
Ipak, najčešći otpad koji more vraća dolazi od cigareta. Nakon opušaka i praznih kutija cigareta, po zastupljenosti u tonaži morskog smeća dolaze vrećice, koje su po mišljenju ekologa daleko opasnije.
www.index.hr
Monday, March 16, 2009
12 Ways to Unclutter Your Life
Illustration: Jillian Tamaki
He's got organizational superpowers! He can bring order to your kitchen and demystify the reasons you're hanging on to things you don't need (and don't even like) in your closets, drawers, basement. He's here to help get your house, and your sanity, back. He's Andrew Mellen, a.k.a. VirgoMan.
Think of this scenario: If your house were burning and your family, pets, and purse were already out of harm's way, what else would you want to save? Probably not the blender that only works on one speed, the china you inherited but never use, or the photo in which you're not exactly looking your best. Which begs the question: If those things aren't worth taking, why are they in your home in the first place?There's no reason to be surrounded by things that don't work, that you don't need, or that you don't even like. As a professional organizer, I help my clients figure out what they should keep and what they should kiss goodbye; then we figure out how to make what they have work for them. You can do it yourself by following the steps I've outlined:
The Ground Rules
1. Everything you own should have value, either because it's functional or beautiful or you just love it. Remember the question of what you'd grab if your house were on fire; that's your baseline for determining an object's worth.
2. Every item needs a place where it "lives." Setting things down on the coffee table or kitchen counter creates piles and confusion. My clients mock me when I say, "Where do your keys live? They live in a bowl or on a hook by the front door"—but you never lose anything when you put it where it lives.
3. Focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking is supposed to help you get more things done quickly, but when you try to do 19 things at once, everything ends up incomplete. You're trying to simplify your life, so simplify your approach to getting organized. Now let's get started.
The Crammed Kitchen
Your kitchen is a food preparation area, not a storage space. The idea here is to weed out what you're not using, then put similar items together and in the best places.
Appliances: Machines that are broken or aren't used are just taking up space. If your Crock-Pot has a missing lid that you say you're going to replace someday, or you're keeping the bread maker just because it was a gift, get rid of it.
Food containers: All your plastic storage items should have corresponding lids. If you don't have one or the other, it's a recycling item.
Pots and pans: If there isn't a lot of space in your kitchen, use a pot rack. If you have the space, hang them along the wall for fast access.
Knives: If you're short on counter space, consider the type of knife block that fits in a drawer.
Plastic bags: Everybody has a plastic bag full of other plastic bags. Use the ones you have for trash can liners, or take them back to the supermarket for recycling. Keep canvas shopping totes in the car so you don't accumulate more plastic bags. Mesh shopping bags roll up small enough to be kept in your handbag for unexpected trips to the market.
Cookbooks: Unless you're a collector or you have a lot of room, edit them. How often do you use the cookbook? If you've had it for years but it's never gotten a single stain or burn from use, donate it.
www.oprah.com
Monday, March 2, 2009
Billions fewer plastic bags handed out
Shops' cutbacks could stave off government plan to charge for carriers
Shops gave out 3.5 billion fewer plastic bags last year under a voluntary scheme which has, for now, headed off the threat of a government ban on free carrier bags. Figures from Wrap, the Government's anti-waste body, show that the number of plastic bags dispensed fell from 13.4 billion in 2007 to 9.9 billion last year, a drop of 26 per cent.
Wrap said that when taking into account increased recycled content in the bags, the use of virgin materials in the bags had been slashed by 40 per cent, well above the 25 per cent target set in 2007. Supermarkets have now agreed a target of reducing the number of bags by 50 per cent – from 2006 levels – by May. But the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), while welcoming the new figures, warned that it would retain the option of introducing a charge for bags if stores failed to honour their commitments.
Environmental campaigners lambaste plastic bags as one of the worst excesses of consumerism. The bags waste resources and end up in landfill, scattered across the countryside or swirling round the seas, where they choke and kill marine life, particularly turtles. Several countries have banned the bags, including Rwanda, Bhutan, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Zanzibar and Botswana.
In the UK, 21 leading supermarkets and high street chains agreed in February 2007 to cut bag waste by 25 per cent. Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, introduced loyalty points for customers reusing bags, helping slash the number of bags by two billion, and other stores such as Sainsbury's have moved bags from the bagging area, putting the onus on customers to request them. As a result, shoppers have become more used to reusing carrier bags or buying sturdier, long-lasting alternatives such as jute bags. "Consumers deserve congratulations for these results as they clearly show we are moving away from using bags once to re-using bags often," said Liz Goodwin, Wrap's chief executive. "They are also a credit to retailers who have worked hard to find innovative ways of helping us reuse our bags."
The British Retail Consortium urged customers to help stores by remembering to take stronger "bags for life" on shopping trips and, when they had to take them, reusing lighter carriers on five or six shopping trips before returning them for recycling.
The Environment minister, Jane Kennedy, said the "great progress" made showed that the national reliance on carrier bags was diminishing: "It also puts retailers well on the way to meeting the ambitious 50 per cent reduction in the number of carrier bags that they have pledged to reach by the end of May this year."
Later, Defra confirmed that it had not abandoned the threat of a ban on free plastic bags. "The powers are there in the Climate Change Act to introduce a charge, but, particularly in the current climate, we don't believe introducing a charge would be the right option," a spokeswoman said. "It would be a significant burden for retailers. But that's not to say we have abandoned the possibility of introducing a charge; at the moment, the voluntary approach seems to be working."
Cotton and jute: The alternatives to plastic
Cotton and jute bags have become fashionable as shoppers seek to replace plastic carriers with more eco-friendly alternatives. Sales of jute bags alone increased from around 100,000 in 2006 to 7.4 million last year, according to Wrap. The most famous "eco-bag" is the Anya Hindmarch "I'm not a plastic bag" bag, constructed from reusable cotton. Superdrug's £2.99 cotton shopper, released for the 30th anniversary of the Prince's Trust, caught the headlines when Kate Moss was pictured carrying one, while Tesco and Sainsbury's have also released green bags. Stronger "bags for life", intended to be re-used several times, are sold by supermarkets, while many swisher stores are dispensing paper bags with the implication that they are more eco-friendly.
So which bag is the least harmful? "A very difficult question to answer," replied Richard Swannell, Wrap's director of retail programmes. "The best thing you can do to help the environment is to re-use your bag. If you buy a bag for life and then don't re-use it that is a disaster for the environment."
9.9bn
The number of plastic bags dispensed last year, down from 13.4bn in 2007.
www.independent.co.uk
Friday, January 30, 2009
Your alternatives to the plastic bag
RE-USABLE BAG
"I use an eco bag. It's a material bag that folds up really small, so I can carry it in my handbag. Or I use a furosuki, a square piece of material that ties at each corner, Japanese style." Jude
"I have two cotton bags which I carry rolled up in my handbag. They will take enough for minor food shopping trips and most shopping in town, except for large clothes. If I do a large shop at the supermarket then I use Bags for Life but I am thinking of replacing those with cotton or hemp bags too." Tricia
"I've been using four cotton tote bags for my shopping for the past two years now, they're brilliant. I can easily carry a weeks shopping in one hit with one on each shoulder and one in each hand." Celia 
Dawn
"It is possible to pick up bags and baskets made from organic (as in carbon) materials. Hemp, jute, hessian, cotton and linen bags can be found around although some are lined with plastic and wicker may be painted with non-organic paint that may contain polymers." Bob Holness
"I live in Canada and for the last year or so supermarkets such as Safeway and the Co-op have been selling sturdy, lightweight reusable bags as an alternative to plastic bags. They cost 99 cents each (less than 50p) and are very durable. I have been using mine for almost a year now. They fit more than a plastic bag, weigh about the same and when loaded are much easier to carry and never break. As a plus, they are made out of recycled materials (plastic bags in fact!)" Sue Hirst
"In our house we use an Ikea big blue bag for our weekly shop and the square canvas bags that M and S and other retailers have been selling for a while for top up shopping throughout the week. We are lucky we have a car so can carry our main shopping home but if we didn't I would probably get it delivered online." Lindsey
"It's easy! I bought a (brand-named) re-usable nylon bag that folds down to the the size of a mobile phone yet opens up to become a large bag, strong enough to carry groceries or whatever. It clips onto my handbag in its own nifty mini-bag so I never forget to take it with me -- I've had it since Christmas and I can honestly say it is one of the most used items I have bought in years." Jacqueline Steel 
Will Tesco follow M&S?
"I stopped using plastic bags about four years ago when I moved to the UK from the US. A friend who had lived in Europe told me a lot of the countries were banning the plastic bag and he gave me a nylon bag that folds into a small envelope. I carry it in my handbag all the time so whenever I stop in at a shop, I already have something to use." Cheryl Brown
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