Leading School Association, Charlie Kyte Ph.D. - Executive Director MASA:   "With the help of UPonGREEN we can lead the USA to become one of the most environmentally responsible nations on the face of the earth.  UPonGREEN is a simple and understandable way to standardize, unite and communicate each member of society's efforts in becoming environmentally responsible.  Let's start a national movement, led by schools and school children."  

Nation's Leading Organic Brand, Adam Graham - Wild Harvest Brand Manager:  “Wild Harvest is committed to responsible stewardship of the environment, which is why we are so excited to be among the first national consumer brands to get UPonGREEN.  Finally everyone, from concerned individuals to schools to businesses large and small, now have a concise and understandable tool to guide, measure and communicate their sustainability efforts.  In a landscape flush with companies, brands and products touting their  ‘green-ness’,  we believe the simple, yet meaningful UP communication tools and criteria will help better explain to all what being ‘green’ truly means and provide transparency to the specific actions behind such claims." -    (Click to see how they got UP!)

Former U.S. Public Schools Superintendent of the Year, Dr. Donald Draayer, Ed.D. :  “As I listened to Mitch Hedlund's presentation about UPonGREEN last month, I thought to myself, 'If I weren't retired and was still superintendent I would get our school district UPonGREEN.'  No sooner did I think those words, then the gentleman who introduced Mitch announced that my former school district is now UPonGREEN.  I smiled and thought, way to go! 

The school district where I served as superintendent for 24 years, is participating in this entrepreneurial venture; so are national corporations, churches, large and small businesses, city government, and individuals, including students.  SSS superintendents like to be out front with leadership that changes school districts, communities, and the world at large for the better.  UPonGREEN is on the cutting edge.  I predict a national and international sweep. I commend this program option to the SSS leadership team."   Former President Suburban Superintendent's Association

Chamber of Commerce, Linda Murrell - Executive Director SLECC:  “Our Chamber is proud to have helped launch this amazingly smart and savvy environmental campaign. UPonGREEN.com succeeded in providing a ‘greening’ plan for many of our local  businesses,  helping each of us improve our impact on the environment and display our efforts for consumer-awareness.   'Getting UP' has been easy and most of the businesses are now saving money and CO2 as a result of very simple actions.”  (Click to see how they got UP!)

Government Offices, Mayor Chris Lizee - City of Shorewood, MN:  “Our city is proud to be an 'UPonGREEN Community'!  Making simple changes in our business practices has not only helped us become more 'green',  but will save money on energy, paper and mailing costs.  We eagerly spread the word to residents in our community in joining the effort ...”   (Click to see how they got UP!)

Restaurant, Jason Cooney - General Manager Jake O'Connor's: "Through UPonGREEN, Jake O’Connor’s has been given an opportunity to actively reflect our efforts of environmental stewardship, thus increasing both our visibility and customer base.“  (Click to see how they got UP!)

National B2B Company, Mike Bedford - FIS National Sales Manager:  “Our primary market (retail) continues to be quiet.    However, when we joined UPonGREEN we found ourselves attracting a new market.   Within 3-1/2 months of joining, we acquired the Gold LEED certified Bank of America building in Manhattan and three other LEED properties.  We attribute this growth directly to our participation with UPonGREEN and how they communicate our commitment to the environment.  UP gave us an achievable & measurable environmental plan,  tools to communicate without self-touting, and helped us enter into a thriving marketplace.  Our company has now inspired 100% of our corporate employees to get UPonGREEN and we are actively inspiring others to meet the criteria and be part of the solution!”   (Click to see how they got UP!)

The First Public School District to get UPonGREEN, Principal Lee Drolet - Execlsior Elementary:  “Our commitment to our students and community involves being socially, fiscally and environmentally responsible;  therefore we continue to implement practices which maintain that balance without sacrificing one for the other.  UPonGREEN is a simple environmental plan with tools that help us reduce our expenses,  be transparent in our actions, empower our students,  inspire others and further our district vision to ‘serve the greater good’.  We are most excited about engaging and empowering our students to make a difference.”  (Click to see how they got UP!)

A Non-Profit Organization, Senior Pastor David Olson - Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church:  “We were so pleased to learn of the launch of UPonGREEN as we were doing an internal analysis of our stewardship of resources.   UPonGREEN provided us with a clear and concise tool by which we could evaluate our efforts and communicate them with our congregation.   We are convinced  that wise use and reuse of resources makes good spiritual and economic sense and that by sharing UPonGREEN’s evaluation tool with our families, our congregation can unite to be better stewards of God’s creation.  We plan to encourage our children and youth to help lead the way.  We also hope that many congregations will find this common ground and common cause in modeling a responsible way of life as part of our commitment to loving God and neighbor.  (Click to see how they got UP!)

A Household, Karyn Wilims - Family:  “Before we learned about UPonGREEN, figuring out what to do was really confusing.  UPonGREEN is a one-stop shop for us. UP provided us with a really simple plan (the criteria).  They put ‘benefit buttons’ on the criteria so we could read how each action is good for the environment and good for our checkbook.  And they provided us with ‘resource buttons’ of companies that are UP who can help us with each criteria.   We are now able to choose businesses that are part of the UP solution with us and my kids & I are sending UP’Vites to other companies that we hope  get UP!   It’s pretty exciting to see how contagious doing good can be!” (Click to see how they got UP!)