EcoLogic Solutions In The News
NY Times: Sandy Soaks Green Business by Anselm Doering and Franz Wisner
After the rain had stopped and the winds had died down, IceStone president and CEO Dal LaMagna thought his countertop manufacturing company had escaped the worst of Hurricane Sandy. And at first glance, the road leading to the IceStone manufacturing facility in the Brooklyn Navy Yard didn’t appear to have suffered major flooding. Mr. LaMagna’s hope faded when…
Adrien Grenier and Yahoo “Plugged In” Contestants Stop by EcoLogic Headquarters
The six contestants in Yahoo’s “Plugged In” show, an environmentally-oriented competition program hosted by actor Adrien Grenier, deliver bags of salt to the EcoLogic Solutions office in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a sustainability challenge. See if you can spot Anselm explaining to the contestants how our technology can turn salt into natural…
Greenwich Country Day School Expands Menu of “Green” Features
Juice spills, paint drips and knocked-over snacks are part of the day for every preschool teacher. Teachers at Greenwich Country Day School were no exception, routinely wiping down children’s desks with Clorox disinfecting wipes multiple times a day. But the school this past year discarded its disinfecting wipes, as well as its all-purpose cleansers and dish detergent,…
EcoLogic Solutions’ “Green Office” Featured on the Urban Gardener
Living walls made out of plants. Desks fashioned from reclaimed doors. Our “greener than green” headquarters in the Brooklyn Navy Yard gets a close-up in this segment on the Urban Gardener show. Bravo!
Forbes: Why Being a Social Enterprise Can Help You Win Customers
Here’s one benefit to being a social enterprise: It can help you sell. That, of course, isn’t the reason people start such businesses. You launch a double or triple-bottom-line company because you have a mission and think the best way to make it happen is through a not- only- for-profit enterprise. But it’s also true…
Crain’s: A Corporate Status for the Crunchy Set
Anselm Doering has worked hard to make his company, EcoLogic Solutions, into a poster child for environmentally and socially responsible business practices. “We’re as green as they come,” said Mr. Doering, whose firm brought in about $2 million in revenue in 2011 by making a green cleaning product for use in institutions. Indeed, EcoLogic powers…
NY Times: Where Money Buys “Wow” by Anselm Doering and Joy Powell
When your company logo features a goateed beatnik with sunglasses and a beret, your products better be artistic and cool. Thom De Jesu delivers. Mr. De Jesu is the owner of Daddy-O Productions, Inc., an award-winning scenery shop in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that builds props and sets for theater stages, television sets, and various…
Onondaga Nation-EcoLogic Solutions Form Historic Green Business Partnership
A Haudenosaunee nation from central New York and an environmental products company from Brooklyn, New York, have teamed up to form a American Indian–green business partnership to help rid workplaces of toxic cleansers and replace them with people-friendly sustainable alternatives. Read More
NY Times: A Genius Incubator at the Navy Yard by Anselm Doering and Joy Powell
For many graduates, there’s a big gap between a million-dollar idea and a million-dollar business. The Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation serves to shrink that gap, helping new entrepreneurs achieve their business dreams. Established by the Center for Sustainable Design Studies at Pratt Institute in 2002, the Incubator focuses on three main business models…
NY Times: Building an Art Gallery in the Navy Yard by Anselm Doering and Joy Powell
People think of the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a center of manufacturing or a haven for artists. To Marc Ganzglass, it’s both. Mr. Ganzglass is the founder of the Space for Art and Industry www.spaceforartandindustry.com, a gallery inside the new Navy Yard Museum in Building 92 that displays a wide range of exhibitions drawing connections…