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...industry and his wife Effie was expecting their first child. (They ended up having twin boys.) The baby books he devoured contained a fact that caught his attention: pregnant women and infants should avoid dry cleaning because of the toxic chemicals used in the process. When he had trouble finding a greener cleaner in New York City, Kistner had an epiphany - he'd start his own. The result is Green Apple Cleaners, which uses a variety of environmentally friendly methods to dry-clean suits, shirts and dresses. "I knew there had to be a better way," says Kistner. "When...
...today there are three Green Apple Cleaners in the metropolitan area. It may help that Kistner throws in a few green extras, paying customers to return hangers and employing reusable or biodegradable plastic bags. Outside major urban areas like New York, environmentally friendly cleaners can be tougher to find. But the company Green Earth Cleaning has licensed its technology to launderers around the world; you can find a green cleaner near you on its website, GreenEarthCleaning.com...
...idea born out of the fact that I didn't want to raise venture capital and lose equity control of the company, nor did I want to have to pay back high-interest loans and executive salaries," Voetmann says. "Honestly, our aim was not to make money but to find a way to help others," says Hamilton...
...time for you to find another donkey...
Harvard should continue to bring the most distinguished scholars possible to Cambridge, and not compromise this practice in order to find more minority faculty. Instead, the University should continue to encourage minority students to pursue careers as academics in order to help ensure diversity in the future...