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Canvas Dreams will be published in The Portland Bottom Line (August 18, 2010)

This summer, we submitted a chapter for "The Portland Bottom Line: Practices for Your Small Business from America's Hotbed of Sustainability", a book due to be published in November, 2010. Drawing from the Three C's business model we are developing, our submission addresses ways to engage with your customers and build a supportive community centered on sustainable business.

The Portland Bottom Line features short articles like this from 50 regional businesses about their experiences implementing sustainable practices into their companies, and offers readers ways to learn how to apply sustainability principles to their own lives and businesses.

You can learn more about The Portland Bottom Line and read sample chapters on the official Web Site.

Previous Posts

Comments to Sustainable Business Oregon (August 06, 2010)

Yesterday, I received a phone call from the Associate Editor of Sustainable Business Oregon, asking if we'd like to comment on their article about the greening of datacenters. The full article can be read here. Below is my comment. ---   As the ...

Press Release: Canvas Dreams joins Friends of Trees to support community tree planting (June 10, 2010)

Canvas Dreams, LLC 921 SW Washington, Suite 719 Portland, OR 97205 www.CanvasDreams.com 800.574.4299 Canvas Dreams, LLC, a sustainable Web host based in Portland, Oregon, is pleased to announce it is has joined Friends of Trees' tree planting program...

Announcing The Launch Of Renewsing.com (May 30, 2010)

Renewsing.com is a free, syndicated news service by Canvas Dreams, LLC, comprised of blog updates from our customers. The site gives you an instant snapshot of the Canvas Dreams community, through updated news, blogs, events, and other information s...

Announcing Renewsing.com, the free community portal for Canvas Dreams customers (May 19, 2010)

The following is an announcement that was sent to all Canvas Dreams customers this evening, regarding our announcement of our free Renewsing.com service:   Dear customer, As your Web host, Canvas Dreams is always working to provide better servic...

Why We Became A B Corporation (February 23, 2010)

A Portland, Oregon Web host, Canvas Dreams provides sustainable, no-oversell, ethical hosting services for businesses, non-profits, and personal needs. We are committed to providing the highest quality service and caring customer support to help our ...

Press Release: Canvas Dreams Receives B Corporation Certification (February 13, 2010)

Canvas Dreams, LLC 921 SW Washington, Suite 719 Portland, OR 97205 www.CanvasDreams.com 800.574.4299 Press Release dated February 12, 2010 Canvas Dreams, LLC, a sustainable Web host based in Portland, Oregon, is pleased to announce it is now a Certif...

Press Release: Canvas Dreams selected to host Robert F. Kennedy (February 03, 2010)

Canvas Dreams, LLC 921 SW Washington, Suite 719 Portland, OR 97205 www.CanvasDreams.com 800.574.4299 Press Release dated February 3, 2010 Canvas Dreams, LLC, a sustainable Web host based in Portland, Oregon, has been selected to host the official Web...

Free hosting for all Haiti relief efforts (January 15, 2010)

This is a public service announcement from Canvas Dreams, LLC. Please pass this on to anyone you know involved in relief and recovery efforts for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. We at Canvas Dreams were shocked by the extent of devastation in Ha...

Sustainable Web Hosting comes to San Francisco Green Festival 2009 (December 04, 2009)

For the first time ever, Canvas Dreams exhibited at the Green Festival in San Francisco, Nov. 13-15, 2009, part of a Twitter-rich road trip. Canvas Dreams' voyage to San Francisco and back was an overwhelming success. In addition to the wonderful o...

Press Release: Canvas Dreams selected to host Laura Flanders (October 08, 2009)

Canvas Dreams, LLC 921 SW Washington, Suite 719 Portland, OR 97205 www.CanvasDreams.com +1 503.914.1118 Press Release dated October 8, 2009 Canvas Dreams, LLC, a sustainable Web host based in Portland, Oregon, has been selected to host the official W...

Why We Recommend Klean Kanteen (September 03, 2009)

Since the news broke that Sigg and Laken, manufacturers of metal drinking containers, knowingly sold containers with BPA in their liner, the drinking bottle industry has been scrambling, and a lot of people are upset.   At the same time, we have...

What is "Organic" SEO? (September 02, 2009)

It may sound funny, but "organic SEO" is a real term and completely unrelated to the green/organic/sustainable movement. The concept behind "organic SEO" is one which occurs naturally (not through automated or computer driven analyses and procedures...

Twittering 101: How to use Twitter (August 13, 2009)

The following is a primer we posted to the Green America business list-serv in response to a user who had questions about Twitter. Twitter works a bit differently than the other social media services available. It is designed for quick, spontaneous m...

The Importance of Sustainable Business In Today's Economy (April 14, 2009)

Whenever the phrase "sustainability" is used, more often than not it is said in the context of environmental awareness. Less attention is given to the ways sustainability can be applied exclusively within a business setting, or the different ways it ...

A Meeting with Desiree Wolford of Green America (April 03, 2009)

Since becoming an accredited member of Green America in 2008, Canvas Dreams has worked hard to educate our customers and business associates about the importance of adopting sustainable business practices.   Over the past several months, Canvas...

The Honest Truth About "Green" Hosting (March 30, 2009)

Canvas Dreams is overly honest about the realities of sustainable web hosting. That is why you will not find any mention of "carbon neutral hosting" or "100% green hosting" anywhere on our site. We are a "sustainable host" -- one that works to balanc...

Multi-Year Domain Registrations and Search Engine Visibility (January 03, 2009)

A few years back, GoDaddy started pushing multi-year domain registrations, claiming it would improve the domain's visibility on search engines. The basis for this was an article published that domains used by spammers or fraudsters tend to be registe...

Search Engine Optimization - boon or bunk? (November 16, 2008)

Earlier tonight, we read of a company's poor results with its SEO efforts. They proposed dropping SEO altogether and instead starting up a link exchange network. There are many facets to this issue, and many potential reasons why the SEO didn't work ...

Preventing Fraudulent Purchasing Online (November 11, 2008)

If you sell products or services online, one way to prevent fraudulent orders is to implement anti-fraud detection into your shopping cart or web site. There are several subscription-based services out there and many are designed to integrate into ex...

About e-Waste Recycling (November 10, 2008)

We recently had the opportunity to speak with Brent Young at E-Tech Recycling, an e-waste recycling service that has a local presence in Beaverton, Oregon. It was an eye-opener to speak with him point-blank about his industry, and the realities of wh...

Canvas Dreams honored by PGE for our Clean Wind Participation (September 17, 2008)

Canvas Dreams offsets 100% of its electrical use by purchasing new, renewable wind energy from PGE, the local power utility. When we joined PGE's Clean Wind program last year, we did so because it was the closest we could get to having a wind farm di...

What constitutes a legitimate digital signature? (September 11, 2008)

The online world is one that is being redefined every day. When a contract is signed by two parties online, what is or is not considered legally binding? Is an email enough to signify consent? On which year's legal basis would you judge an email to b...

Green Tickets vs. Renewable Energy Programs (April 25, 2008)

The following is a post from an online forum in which a member asked questions about "green" companies, and whether buying "green tickets" constituted anything more than a marketing gimmick. We gave it some thought and posted the following reply. &nb...

Network Solutions Preregisters Searched Domains (January 19, 2008)

Read that title again. Network Solutions preregisters searched domains. If you visit NetworkSolutions.com to search for and find an available domain, Network Solutions will pre-register it, on your behalf, for a full year -- and then force you to pay...

What to Consider when choosing a Web Host (December 28, 2007)

We recently saw this question posted to a web hosting forum:   "What hosting companies we should avoid?"   The user is new to the industry and was trying to work up a basic list of the types of companies that you would -- and would not -- w...

Redefining the term, "localhost" (November 16, 2007)

A Northwest focus. Canvas Dreams is locally-owned and operated by Oregonians. Ours is a commitment to complete customer satisfaction, and that begins with providing you the real-world hosting services you need. We understand how business is done in O...

Is Comcast Disregarding Network Neutrality? (October 22, 2007)

Last week, the Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. is interfering with certain types of data transfers on their network.   In an article entitled "Comcast blocks some Internet traffic",  Peter Svensson reported Friday the AP had co...

Protecting Your Online Business: Choosing a Good Domain Registrar (September 13, 2007)

In today's global economy, more companies than ever before are choosing to have a web site. While some companies have IT and design staff to assist in this task, many smaller companies defer the job to an outside design company or independent webmast...

Web Site Uptime Monitoring Services (June 15, 2007)

We would have preferred to entitle this blog, "Choosing a reliable source for uptime statistics, and learning why you should avoid free monitoring services", but that would have taken up too much space. The purpose of this article is to discuss how w...

Announcing the launch of Oregon Translation (January 23, 2007)

Canvas Dreams, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of Oregon Translation. For the past ten years, Canvas Dreams, the founders of OregonTranslation.com, have provided the highest quality of translation services, in more than 30 languages, to clients...

Spam Attacks On The Rise (November 17, 2006)

Lately, you may have noticed a large increase in the amount of spam hitting your inbox. In the past six weeks, the online world has seen a sharp rise in the rate of spam. Many corporate systems administrators have watched spam increase by double acro...

Protect Your Domains By Avoiding Fraudulent Renewal Notices (October 16, 2006)

If you are a Web site owner, someone probably notified you in the past that your domain was about to expire, and they could help you renew it immediately. Even though we are licensed reseller of registrar services, even we have received these notices...

The Importance of Copyrighting Your Web Content (August 11, 2006)

"Copyrighting your web content" sounds like a contradiction. The Internet was founded to facilitate the free exchange of information across the globe. And yet, with so many online users and companies paying attention to your information, there has ne...

Not all Web Hosts are Created Equal (July 14, 2006)

If you're in the market for Web hosting, there are four priorities for you to consider, in this order, about the service you will be provisioning: The quality of customer service The track record of the service provider The performance and reliabili...

About Network Neutrality and Your Data Access Rights (July 09, 2006)

By now, you may have received an email notice from various Internet organizations -- or not -- alerting you to something called "network neutrality", and how changing laws governing the Internet could affect your ability to access online content. &n...