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Ā I love long term planning and yet, we have not finalized our PLANET Day of Service (DOS) plans. Iām tempted to just blow it off, I mean we have work up the wazoo, and are busy marketing to close our sales gap for the second half of the year, but the rewards from last […]
Planning for the second annual Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) Day of Service on Earth Day, April 22, 2010, is in full force. This program is a grassroots effort and opportunity for PLANET members, state associations, supplier members, PLANET partners, and other green industry professionals to come together across the country for a day of giving […]
In a recent Newsweek article on Al Gore entitled, āThe Evolution of an Eco-Prophet,ā the former vice president was interviewed about the genesis of his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. During the course of the interview, he talked about several ways to control greenhouse gases, including the use of […]
This was my first Executive Forum and since it was combined with the Leadership Meetings it made for a very busy but very enjoyable time. Ā Just some experiences that I had… Aria is a beautiful new hotel, but didnāt appear to have signs to tell me what hotel I was in.Ā I am sure […]
The following press release was issued yesterday, 2/25. ******************************* The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) and the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) announced today that the organizations have decided to defer continued discussions on unification at this time. They will continue to pursue partnership opportunities and explore ways to work together to further the interests of […]
“We’ve pounded our financials.”
Europe, with its long tradition of craft guilds (masons, printers, textile workers, and tanners for example) that formed in the late Middle Ages, developed the practice of apprenticeships. An apprentice provided inexpensive labor to his master in exchange for formal training in a certain craft. Most started between the ages of 10 to 15 years […]
PLANET recently interviewed a few of our members on how they were surviving in these tough economic times. Here is part 3 (of 4) from interviewee, Landon Reeve, Landscape Industry Certified Manager, from Chapel Valley Landscape Co. located in Woodbine, MD. “Our company is divided almost equally between commercial and residential landscape construction and maintenance.Ā […]
PLANET recently interviewed a few of our members on how they were surviving in these tough economic times. Here is another interview from Chris Senske of Senske Lawn & Tree Care in Kennwick, WA. “Our lawn care and pest control business has been stable, but we’re down a bit in commercial maintenance, primarily because of […]
Happy New Year ! I wanted to take the time to give you some background regarding the development of the new certification branding effort and the resulting Landscape Industry Certified brand. Ā Many things emerged in the last 5 years to reshape PLANET Certifications. The first was directly due to the merger [of ALCA and […]
