green business

Proud Organizations Recognized at the SF Green Business Awards

2020-03-06T18:06:55-08:00By jack|Categories: Company, Event, News, Projects|Tags: Cal academy of sciences, giving back, giving back program, green business, san francisco green business, San Francisco Green Business Program, scott wiener, sustainability|

Orange Photography recognized as a SF Green Business.

We’re very proud to once again attend and sponsor the San Francisco Green Business Program’s award ceremony. The program, which itself is a part of the larger California Green Business Network, recognizes businesses that “are committed to making our communities and planet safer, cleaner, and sustainable for all” and meet high environmental standards.

This year’s ceremony was held at the California Academy of Sciences.

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Green Business Awards at the California Academy of Sciences

2019-03-14T15:09:13-07:00By gene x|Categories: Business, Event, News, Projects|Tags: giving back, giving back program, green business, san francisco green business, San Francisco Green Business Program, sustainability|

We’re very proud to be part of the San Francisco Green Business Program which itself is part of the larger California Green Business Network. As in past years we’ve sponsored the Green Business Awards where other businesses that fulfill the requirements are awarded their […]

Recology and Art at the Dump tour

2017-07-24T21:22:56-07:00By gene x|Categories: Point of View, Reviews|Tags: art at the dump, compost, composting, garbology, green, green business, recology, recycling, reviews|

06_26_13_Recology_orange_RAW-0013f Recology is known to most local Bay Area folks as the company that picks up our trash, compost and recycling. But in 1993 they started their Artists in Residence Program aka Art at the Dump.

Currently two artists are working in the program: Kristin Cammermeyer (a painter doing stop motion), and Chad Hasegawa.

We took our team out to check it out and as a Green Business, also to see what […]

7th San Francisco Green Business Awards Reception

2017-07-24T21:22:59-07:00By gene x|Categories: News|Tags: green, green business, hotel whitcomb, san francisco green business, sf environment|

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We were super excited to attend and shoot this event since we were getting our new plaque for our renewal as a San Francisco Green Business. We’re very proud to have been the first photography studio to earn this designation, which is one of the most stringent ones around, since being green has been a big part of our business philosophy since the start. Paired with our Social Photography […]

Holiday Gifting Ideas (of the non-commercial type!)

2017-07-24T21:23:01-07:00By gene x|Categories: Business, Giving Back, Point of View|Tags: #HelpPortrait, bike coalition, Biking, charity, christmas, First Exposures, gifts, giving, green business, help po, holidays, kickstarter, philanthropy, presents, SFBC|

holiday gift giving ideas for charity from orange photography

Ahhh! Can’t believe how quickly the holidays have crept up on us? I feel like we were just celebrating the Giants’ World Series win and suddenly we’re hearing holiday music everywhere. Black Friday! Small Business Saturday! Cyber Monday! Giving Tuesday – it’s all a bit much eh?

Although most of America’s business […]

Chip Conley’s new book

2017-07-25T15:34:49-07:00By gene x|Categories: Event, Point of View|Tags: chip conley, Gene X Hwang, green business, hotel, jdv, reviews|

If you work in hospitality in the Bay Area then you most likely know (or should know) who Chip Conley is. I won’t go into his back story but he’s the founder of Joie De Vivre Hotels, one of the top boutique hotel chains around(and based here in San Francisco).

A while back my business partner Jack read Conley’s book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their […]

Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge

2017-07-25T15:34:55-07:00By gene x|Categories: Commercial, News, Photography, Portraiture & Headshots|Tags: cheese, cheesemonger, chelsea green, food, food writing, gordon edgar, green business, memoir, publishing, reviews, San Francisco Photographers|

Meet Gordon Edgar – author, blogger and cheesemonger at Rainbow Grocery Cooperative here in sweet ‘ol San Francisco. I had the opportunity to photograph Gordon for this image featured on the cover of his memoir Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge published and distributed by Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green is a unique publishing company that specializes in books on the politics and practices of sustainable living. They […]

Patemm – Holiday Top Ten Green Gift

2017-07-25T15:35:49-07:00By gene x|Categories: Commercial|Tags: babies, green business, patemm|

Our friends at Patemm just made the Green Parents’ List of Top Ten Green Christmas Gifts for 2009! In honor of the season, Patemm is overing 10% off on their patemm pads when you order from their site: patemm.com. Just enter the word “changes” in the coupon box at check out. Enjoy the cute babies and colorful pads (more of our shots on their site).

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Great small businesses in SF to support

2017-07-25T15:35:49-07:00By gene x|Categories: Event, Point of View|Tags: Gene X Hwang, green business, small business, socially responsible|

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During our work we come across all sorts of interesting people and businesses and we recently worked with some government agencies and got to check out two particularly cool local businesses here in San Francisco. One was home green home – a natural cleaning company that’s also a co-op that allows the […]

Press Release: Just In Time For Earth Day: Orange Goes Green

2017-07-25T15:35:56-07:00By gene x|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: green business, PR, San Francisco Green Business Program|

On April 13th 2009 Orange Photography was officially certified “green” by the San Francisco Department of the Environment’s Green Business Program, making them the only recognized “green” photography studio in the city and county of San Francisco.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 22, 2009 — On April 13th 2009 Orange Photography was officially certified “green” by the San Francisco Department of the Environment’s Green Business Program, making them the only recognized “green” photography studio in the […]