NPMA Convention 2008
Great 2008 National Pest Management Convention Anyone who didn’t attend the NPMA Convention in Washington D.C. really missed out on a wonderful time with a facinating and diverse group of professionals...
View ArticleNPMA QualityPro Green – EcoWise Certified – Green Shield Certified
There is a new flag waver in the IPM world: NPMA QualityPro Green. This program has the opportunity to extend the reach of the green movement into a place of respectability in the industry. It could...
View ArticleNPMA and NRDC – Marriage of Pest Control and Environmental Groups – Reviewed
Last year the National Pest Management Association created in industry defined green standards certification called QualityPro Green (now GreenPro). This past spring of 2009, the NRDC (National...
View ArticleEcoWise Stakeholder Meeting
Today, the EcoWise Certified stakeholders are meeting to review where we have been and where we are going. The landscape of players in the market for certifying green pest control companies has...
View ArticleWhat is the State of Physical and Mental Health in the Pest Control Industry?
For several years now, the NPMA (National Pest Management Association) has held morning physical fitness workouts in the early morning of its’ National Academy. When I last attended the academy, the...
View ArticleUnionized Pest Control – Could it happen?
Unions are in the news these days with a frontal assault coming from newly elected governors who have promised to drastically trim the costs of government and remove the noose that has been placed...
View ArticleDominoes Gets Free Publicity
Dominoes Gets Free Publicity from Economic and Political Mess Dominoes Pizza is the only lucky winner with huge free name recognition the past few years of: Financial Dominoes Macro-Economic Dominoes...
View ArticleThe Language War of Professional Certification
As a foreigner traveling in Latvia and Estonia this week, I am enjoying the opportunity to revive my university acquired Russian skills some 35 years ago. I can enjoy also the game of picking up a few...
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