I recently attended the bi-annual campaign planning meeting at Consumers Union and was once again blown away. CU's efforts to include every employee and vendor involved in the process creates amazing efficiency, teamwork and ownership. And listening to their vendors' efforts to improve efficiency, reduce cost, save energy and protect the environment was truly inspiring. I applaud them all.

In other CU news, Consumer Reports Magazine recently launched a new look with their September issue, with a redesigned consumerreports.org due this fall.