http://www.tulongllc.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:53:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After 2 years of planning, developing, and re-planning and re-developing, we are open for business. As my partner Alan Brown was busy organizing photo shoots with our photographer extraordinaire, Gina Weathersby, and putting the final touches on our website, and our marketing guru Scott Jacobs was getting us ready for ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/09/houston-we-have-a-successful-launch/ My 10 year old and I were talking the other day and he mentioned about a cool powdered drink flavoring that one of his friends had shown him. Being the baby boomer that I am, I asked if he had ever heard about Fizzies. For those of you without the ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/05/fizzies-and-responsible-packaging/ Should I continue to be surprised and amazed at what companies will do to sell their products? Should this blog be a place for me to rant? I (again) was at a large national retailer this weekend and (again) as I usually do, checked out labels and hang tags on ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/05/green-washing-again/ We have just returned from Guatemala and finalizing all product and production plans for our Repair the World® brand, Reparel™ line of recycled apparel. We feel very fortunate that after more than a year of research and development, we have a team of manufacturers, partners, developers and designers that truly ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/04/update-on-guatemala/ I admit…I am a baby boomer, and…my birthday is on Earth Day, and…I am a bit idealistic…my university degree earned in 1978 was in forest management. We baby boomers were/are an idealistic lot, we frequently protested and we initiated aspects of the social responsibility, social justice, and environmental protection movements. ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/04/teach-your-children-well/ You may have noticed the numerous references throughout our website about our journey, personal responsibility, transparency and authenticity. Why is this such an important theme and philosophy of our business? We are obviously also consumers and have our share of consumer “experiences”, both positive and negative. In the development of ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2010/02/blog-2/ Welcome to Tulong’s Blog We formed our company on the premise of sustainability…of people, of the planet, and of profits (a triple bottom line) that will support this vision. This triple bottom line, each carrying equal weight and importance, helps us as a company to focus on social justice (people), environmental ... http://www.tulongllc.com/2009/12/first-post/