The Bonnaroo Carbon Shredders are Back

Year Three of Green Mountain Coffee folks have trekked from Vermont to Manchester, Tennessee to teach music lovers at the Bonnaroo Music Festival how to reduce their Carbon Footprints.

The Changing Climate on Climate Change

Global warming – the news is everywhere.
Just this month, the New York Times reported that the scientific academies of the G8 as well as Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa issued a joint statement calling on the industrialized world to lead the “transition to a low-carbon society and aggressively move to limit impacts” from [...]

Are You Socially Conscious?

The following blog entry was submitted by our intern, Elysse.
I consider myself socially conscious. Let me rephrase that. I consider myself socially conscious-ish. By “ish” I mean I try, I really do, but it’s hard. When my friends run races, I donate. Not much, but I donate. What little time I have to volunteer, I [...]

Greening Up Our K-Cups

“When will you be able to offer a more sustainable K-Cup?”
We hear this question a lot — from our customers, sure, but also from people throughout our own organization. It’s a simple question, but the answers are pretty complex.
Consider for a moment that sustainability means different things to different people. For some it’s being carbon-neutral, [...]