by greenconnections | Jan 9, 2021 | Blog, Business, Featured Tips Post, Policy, Tips
Without a national paid maternity leave policy, U.S. firms must decide whether to provide paid leave. But for small companies and start-ups, the decision isn’t so easy. With limited funds, offering the benefit can be a struggle, but increasingly, employees are...
by greenconnections | Jun 21, 2019 | Careers & Talent, Education, Featured Tips Post, Interviews, Leadership & Innovation
“To me, creativity is the ability to connect, in often unexpected ways, observations or experiences or skills from completely different realms,” Ingrid Daubechies on Green Connections Radio The next time you send a photo to someone from your smartphone, and it asks...
by greenconnections | Mar 15, 2019 | Business, Careers & Talent, Featured Tips Post, Interviews, Leadership & Innovation, Technology
“It would be a mistake to think that computer scientists only need to know how to code, because…ethics and privacy issues are so important. (Therefore) understanding a little bit about history and humanity will be really important as we move into these new...
by greenconnections | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog, Business, Careers & Talent, Community, Featured Tips Post, Tips
To start 2019 off strong, here are a bakers’ dozen of the top career tips for women from my ForbesWomen blogs in 2018. These apply to women in every field from government to the arts, and especially science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and other...
by greenconnections | Oct 26, 2018 | Authors, Children, Education, Featured Community Post, Featured Tips Post, Gifts & Homes, Interviews, Journalism, Leadership & Innovation, Training
“What does earth need from you, if you want to be a good friend back to it?” Ellen Sabin on Green Connections Radio How do you “grow kids with character”? That’s the goal of Ellen Sabin, President of Watering Can Press and author of experiential children’s books that...
by greenconnections | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog, Community, Consumer, Featured Community Post, Featured Tips Post, Tips
“What do you appreciate?” “What do you value?” “What’s your favorite animal?” “What does the earth need from you?“ “Why should we care?” These are all big questions that Ellen Sabin, founder and president of Watering Can Press, asks in the children’s activity books...