Welcome to Annie's Green Education and Consulting!
Born on a swelteringly hot July day in Kalamazoo Michigan, I was the bossy eldest daughter of 4 girls. After a Norman Rockwell childhood in the Midwest, I began to question my neat middle-class life and quit college to become a Macrobiotic Hitch-hiking flower child... Read more about me
Here are a few of the services we offer:
- BRANDING your new Green Lines – creating powerful Branding for sticky and market recognition.
- MANAGING YOUR TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE - PROFIT$, PEOPLE, PLANET- Greening your product Mix in the “Shade of Green” that suits your needs and market
- Strategies for marketing to niche markets on a tight budget
- Resourcing suppliers – Fair Trade from India, social sustainability from Bali
- Improving the Social Justice side of your business
- Resourcing import agents
- Localizing your supply chain
- Go climate friendly
- MANAGING CHANGE - When Implementing Sustainable Practices, how to manage the habits of yourself, your employees, your customers
- CONDUCTING an ENERGY INVENTORY or AUDIT
- FINDING & CHOOSING RENEWABLE INFRASTRUCTURE – SOLAR, etc.
From the Blog
A Spring Swarm! A Beekeepers Journal
Sunday - April 26th - today is swarm day… I caught a swarm from the Brooktrails hive today! Easiest swarm catch ever - let’s hope they stay in their new home… Last hive check,about 10 days ago - the hive was super healthy & stuffed with... Read more
Garden Bed Composting
Annie’s Garden Bed Composting Method When I compost directly in a garden bed, I follow this procedure: 1- Make a small hole or depression in the soil & cover the waste with a bit of soil 2- Use a shovel to cut through both the soil and garbage... Read more
PLANTING edible LANDSCAPES & GARDENS
The RED WAGON REVIEW ~~~ PLANTING edible LANDSCAPES & GARDENS It was a beautiful Saturday morning on April Fourth! Four teams of Little Red Wagons left the Willits Little Lake Grange ready to plant veggies in neighborhood garden plots.... Read more
LITTLE RED WAGON edible GARDEN PROJECT
LITTLE RED WAGON edible GARDEN PROJECT Lets Get gardening for FOOD!!! Like - Creating an Edible Landscape in your neighborhood; take a walk with a Red Wagon, a stroller, some kids, a few collard cuttings, a trowel…and visit someone on your... Read more
Edible Landscapes
Edible Landscape… With the prices of food, the uncertainties of the economics - it is certainly time to plant some food no matter what way we live. Edible Landscape… I love this term! Exactly what we need in this year of focus on “Local Food... Read more