Aveda Institutes Florida Scholarship Contest Photos

July 17th, 2010

As stated in a previous post, each year the Aveda Institutes Florida awards a scholarship to one lucky contestant, per institute, who exhibits exceptional skills in the field of cosmetology.  Here is a video photo collage of some of the great images from this years competition.

First Green Globe-Certified Commercial Building in Florida

July 14th, 2010

We are excited and proud to announce that the Aveda Institute South Florida has just been awarded THREE Globes from the Green Globes Building Institute for our commitment to environmental practices and energy management.

This certification positions the Aveda Institute South Florida as the first Green Globe-certified commercial building in Florida—and secures our claim of being the greenest beauty school in the world.

Green Globes is a revolutionary building environmental assessment and management tool that measures not only the environmental components of our building—such as solar panels, rainwater harvesting and indigenous landscaping plan—but which also evaluates the long-term effects of these components and the resulting decline in energy use.  Green Globes also conducts a lifecycle assessment and evaluates the management programs that we have put in place to continually measure and improve our energy output.  In short, this means that over the years, we will continue to reduce our environmental impact.

Thanks to all partners involved in creating the building, and to the South Florida team for their commitment to managing this process.  For more information about Green Globes, visit http://www.greenglobes.com.

environmentally friendly products

July 13th, 2010

The Power of Wind

Most people know AVEDA is the world’s first beauty company to make all of its products with 100% wind power – but did you know AVEDA is also the ONLY company in the world to offer aerosols with a net-zero impact on global warming??  Through a partnership with Native Energy, AVEDA is funding renewable energy projects to ensure that both Air Control and Control Force have no effect on the Earth’s climate.  AVEDA is the only beauty manufacturer that offsets the CO2 associated during manufacturing, transportation and use of its entire aerosol hairsprays sold globally – making it the MOST environmental choice!!!  Visit beautyschool.me www.NativeEnergy.com and Aveda.com for more information.