Green Printing: Limit waste and petroleum
By Nick |October 31, 2008
Printing is thought of as inherently evil in this age of information featuring paperless technology for almost everything. Whether PowerPoints, PDFs, or e-mails, paper waste is easy to avoid. At the same time though, paper is necessary in life and business.
So when giving in to paper (only because it’s totally necessary of course), choose the lesser of two evils by choosing and supporting green printing. PS Print is one such green printing company that is committed to minimizing the waste and environmental problems associated with the industry.
First, the environmental problems with printing:
- Paper waste
- Petroleum based inks
- Volatile organic compounds
In response to these problems, PS Print does a variety of simple yet effective things: To rid of paper waste, they recycle all of their excess paper, while offering 100% recycled paper printing stocks for all of their products. PS Print then rids of their dependency on petroleum by using [renewable] soy based inks which rid of the volatile organic compounds that are derived from petroleum inks. Also, they company reduced energy waste during shipping by having printing locations on both US coasts.
PS Print, along with some other printing companies out there, is a great example of how an environmentally unfriendly practice can have it’s drawbacks minimized through a little effort and commitment, while still offering great, competitive products. This printing company offers everything under the sun, including business cards, custom stickers, postcards, greeting cards, and posters.
So if you do happen to need some brochure printing, do it as green as possible with an environmentally friendly printing company that reduced environmental impacts like PsPrint.
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Special First Again Loans for Solar and Environment Projects
By Nick |October 28, 2008
With the less than stellar state of the economy revolving around never ending financial disasters and credit problems, getting a loan may be one of the last things on your mind. However, First Again dot com has a new special offer for those wanting to go green, but unsure about parting with your beloved cash reserves. First Again offers a special ‘anything loan‘ suited especially for solar projects and solar panel installations.
From the recent removal of the $2,000 tax credit for solar installations, to the new 30% tax break now offered to everyone instead of just corporations, now is actually a great time to take advantage of financing and low rates for your solar installations if you’re in financial position to do so.
First again offers affordable loans for environmental projects through an unsecured, personal loan that now starts at a 6.99% fixed interest rate.
Furthermore, FirstAgain is also a green, environmentally friendly company themselves. By going paperless, planting trees, and offering loan customers $250 to replace incandescent light bulbs with efficient CFLs, they are committed themselves to the cause they are promoting with their specialty loans: going green affordably.
With the great tax benefits and ease of mind from going green, now may be an opportune time to look into a solar installation program yourself which can be financed by First Again’s loans.
For more information, visit the First Again website and check out a recent press release.
Topics: Consumer Products, Energy, Government | 1 Comment »
Green Pest Control, for Real
By Nick |October 26, 2008
Green ecopreneurs are finding success in pretty much any niche nowadays, so I really shouldn’t be surprised slashed impressed when I come across an interesting niche finding success in green business. Most notably, the service industry and blue collar industries are greening at a rapid rate, following the trend that the term blue collar may be synonymous with green collar sometime in the future.
An example of this is Alpha Ecological, a green Pest Control service that is available to residents in a select six states (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Texas, Colorado, & Arizona). These pest control locations offer customers a friendly way to handle various pest problems. Their Eco-guard process revolves around specifying the right pest that is of interest, and by using green products to treat the problems.
Identifying the right pest is key to their process because it prevents the termination of non-harmful, surrounding organisms that do not require any pest control services. Using a scalpel rather than an axe is key, and morally the right way to go about pest control. Regarding the products used to treat pest problems, Alpha Ecological is always environmentally conscious by using products with no harmful odors / fumes and by using healthy products.
This type of ‘greening’ of a service industry is not difficult, yet would make a huge impact on Earth if all businesses made a similar, small effort to do things the right way. I hope that consumers continue to recognize green service businesses and reward them with their business so the ecopreneur trend continues - kudos to Alpha Ecological and check them out if you need pest control help in one of the for mentioned states.
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Empire Solar: Full service solar panel installation and design
By Nick |September 20, 2008
Seemingly everyone is talking about going green, and most of the news seems to be on public policy and large corporations getting sustainable. While it’s easy to pass on the responsibility to the government’s promotion and corporate america’s usage, it’s really juts a cop out because everyone has the opportunity to do what they can to live eco friendly and help out the environment. One of the most obvious ways to get sustainable is through energy usage, and going green with renewable sources.
Empire Solar is a firm that can help you in this regard. Empire solar is a full service company that can take you green with solar panels. I say full service because they offer custom solutions for individuals or firms trying to take advantage of solar technology. They install systems, take care of permits, submit the rebate paperwork necessary, and set up the necessary interfaces in the buildings to utilize the solar panels. All the while, they work only with the most reputable technology and products, thus greening you for years to come.
While a legitimate concern about sustainability and saving the environment is preferable, there are a lot of reasons to answer the never ending question: Why Buy Solar. Besides helping the environment, there are attractive economic reasons to do so, including…
- Lowering your energy bill costs
- receiving the beloved state and federal tax breaks
- Feel good and elitist.
Finally, if you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple decades and cannot grasp the gist of solar panels and solar energy, check out Empire Solar’s easy to understand How Solar Works.
So to get started on lowering your energy costs with a 10 year guaranteed full solar system, you can receive a free consultation to find out what custom solutions Empire can offer you.
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Green Web Surfing with Search and Nature Wallpapers
By Nick |September 15, 2008
Innovative green entrepreneurs have come up with a variety of ways to save the earth online, with simply, a click or query. So whether it’s by entertaining yourself aesthetically, or by very slightly modifying your homepage or search habits, it’s getting easier to green your computing practices by surfing the web.
Eco Friendly, Green Search
Google and yahoo searches can actually be very green. How? Well google allows web developers to feature Google search on their sites in exchange for the advertising revenue generated. So several greentrepreneurs started Google search pages that donate the advertising revenues to various environmental charities.
Treehugger came out with a list awhile ago that ranked the best green search engines. With a couple of these coming from the Trehugger list, I feel like these are the best:
- EcoSearch.org - It donates 100% of Google search profits to environmental charities.
- GreenSeng.com - Google search results are offset with renewable energy certificates to keep the searches green
- Ecocho - For every 1000 searches, they plant trees to offset the carbon.
- Treehoo- Once again, Treehoo plants trees to offset emissions with 70% of profits
Care and Click Nature Wallpapers
Care and Click is a newish German site that features aesthetically pleasing wallpapers from big time artists who happen to be green friendly. How the site is green, is that when people download the beautiful wallpapers, sponsors for the site donate 10 cents for the download which is in turn donated to eco friendly causes and what not. Clever huh?
So when beautifying your desktop, or searching for your favorite eco friendly computer, use these green friendly web surfing tips to reduce your carbon footprint.
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