Show your Green, April 22nd, 2008

Is your business eco-friendly? Want everyone to know? Here are a few ways you can get out the word and show that your small business is green?

1) Get listed in the eco-friendly company directory
2) Calculate your Carbon Footprint
3)Participate in Earth Day festivities

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse!

Gas prices and Small Business

Gas prices go up again. How can you take advantage of this trend? Eco-Friendly is becoming pocketbook friendly. Try carpooling, taking mass transit, buying in bulk, and sharing costs of gas with other small business owners.

Cut use of gas whenever possible. Any ideas? Let us know.

Small Business Quiz

1) How many people have you hired and fired?
2) Are you profitable?
3) How many years have you been in business?
4) Is your product eco-friendly?
5) Do you use US products and services or foreign products and services?

The answers to these questions will show whether your intentions are profit-based or people based? No right answers but something to think about.

Save Green with Green Products

Do you need to save money for your small business's bottom line? Use green products and see if you get a grant or tax write off from the government. Install CFL light bulbs, save energy, and get light for ten times longer. Here are some other green products for small business owners to use to save a little green