| Going Green can be a label used to set you apart | | | | equivalent amounts of power from both sources |
| from your competitors. The best way, if you | | | | is basically being carbon neutral. Set your business |
| have your own building, is to research how to | | | | apart from competitors by striving towards |
| make it carbon neutral. Invest in renewable | | | | becoming the first carbon neutral organization in |
| energy sources for you business. There are | | | | your community. The free press from this will be |
| benefits to going carbon neutral: 1) it can be very | | | | free advertising. You will get more customers if |
| good press; 2) it sets you apart from your | | | | you are legitimately a carbon neutral business. |
| competitors that are killing the environment; 3) it | | | | Cash in on your environmentally friendly initiatives. |
| helps the environment; 4) and there could be tax | | | | Hold seminars at your place of business to show |
| breaks at the local, state or federal level. This is a | | | | homeowners how they can become carbon |
| legitimate way to cash in on the Going Green | | | | neutral homeowners. Take it a step further by |
| movement that is worth looking into. If you can | | | | having a tree give away at your business to |
| write off the cost, attract customers, and help | | | | off-set the carbon footprint of non-carbon neutral |
| with fighting global warming.....is there a reason not | | | | businesses in your community. The bottom line is |
| to? | | | | that you will get free advertising and make |
| Carbon neutral is simply the balancing of carbon | | | | money while helping the environment. That is a |
| producing energy sources with non-carbon | | | | very good business plan. |
| producing sources, like solar power. Using | | | | |