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1. How To

  • How to Use Plants to Improve Air Quality in the Workplace -
  • What - Is recycling fiscally responsible? Does it really lower your carbon footprint? Is it worth all the trouble? Implementing a recycling program at work can seem daunting and does present many challenges. However, there are several solutions to making it a bit easier and to saving money and waste. Learn about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at work.
  • Rant: Increasing Profit Through Sustainability - A brief rant on some sustainability 'unacceptables'. Hopefully these will help you see problems that exist in your organization, and that provoke you into finding some solutions.
  • Conducting an Energy Audit - To become energy efficient, the first step is to conduct an energy audit. In this article, find out how to conduct one at your business.

a. Get Started

  • Reduce Your Company’s Energy Costs: Join Padosa on November 17 -
  • Padosa on Facebook and Twitter - Padosa aims to communicate with its membership and create new members through Facebook and Twitter. We view these sites as opportunities to build our community and exchange information.
  • What - Is recycling fiscally responsible? Does it really lower your carbon footprint? Is it worth all the trouble? Implementing a recycling program at work can seem daunting and does present many challenges. However, there are several solutions to making it a bit easier and to saving money and waste. Learn about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at work.
  • Conducting an Energy Audit - To become energy efficient, the first step is to conduct an energy audit. In this article, find out how to conduct one at your business.
  • Energy Efficient Lighting - A basic overview of the different types of high-efficiency lighting.
  • Reducing Energy Costs - This document provides an overview on ways to save money by increasing your energy efficiency.
  • How to get started with sustainability? -

b. Save Money

  • A Green Approach to Office Technology - There are many opportunities for companies to significantly reduce savings through purchasing energy efficient office equipment. This article provides lots of resources about programs available to help businesses save money through sustainable technology initiatives.
  • What - Is recycling fiscally responsible? Does it really lower your carbon footprint? Is it worth all the trouble? Implementing a recycling program at work can seem daunting and does present many challenges. However, there are several solutions to making it a bit easier and to saving money and waste. Learn about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at work.
  • Getting Started: Low Cost Electricity Savings - One of the most common questions we hear is "My electricity bill is too high - how can I lower it? Where do I get started?" There is so much opinion on this. This article details a few of the best ideas we've encountered for getting started quickly.
  • Tax Rebates for Going Green - Looking to get a little refund from the government this tax season? This year, you can get some back while giving something back.
  • Lower Your Trash Disposal Costs - This article provides an overview of ideas for how to limit what goes into your garbage, reducing your hauling charges.
  • Going Paperless and Saving Money - The vision of a paperless office has yet to come true, and it does not seem too close. Paper is very hard to get rid of. It provides security and in many ways is a better medium than the computer screen. There are lots of ways though to reduce the paper in your life.
  • NY and NJ Incentives for Energy Savings - Overview of the incentive programs in NY and NJ for lowering energy. Anyone in these states working on energy savings program should make sure they get their rebates!
  • Green Procurement - Traditional purchasing departments focus on minimizing initial purchase price. Green procurement focuses on minimizing the cost of ownership for the product for its entire lifecycle. This type of purchasing encourages the purchase of longer lasting items even if they cost more initially. It also accounts for the full environmental cost of a particular supply.
  • Energy Efficient Lighting - A basic overview of the different types of high-efficiency lighting.

c. Earn More Revenue

  • Socially Responsible Investing - When is investing about more than money? Learn all about the benefits and drawbacks of Socially Responsible Investing in this article.
  • The Simple Stuff – Seven Sustainable Ways to Improve Your Small Business PR - A side benefit to taking on green initiatives is the positive attention those initiatives can attract. This is a fair practice, assuming the initiative is taken on with integrity. There are multiple ways to enhance the press you get and this article provides some suggestions.
  • Stimulus Package Incentives for Small Businesses - In order to help you better identify the benefits for your company offered in the Stimulus Package, we've prepared the following summary. Please feel free contact us with any questions!
  • Stimulus for Clean Renewable Energy - The recently passed stimulus package - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - provides some very significant opportunities for green entrepreneurs. This is a first in a series of articles to bring some organization to the package and to help entrepreneurs understand how it effects them.
  • Business Opportunity: Making it Easy for Individuals to Save Money - A blog article that challenges business owners to find a way to make it easier for consumers to lower their energy costs.