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One way that you can differentiate your Lawn Care Business from all the others is to consider starting an environmentally friendly lawn care company. Here are some ways that you could distinguish your company as being environmentally friendly.

Some smart lawn care operators are starting to use electric mowers, edgers and blowers to do their work. Not only can these options be better for air emissions but they can also be quieter and cheaper due to the savings made on fuel. Read the rest of this entry »

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In my discussions over the years with clients, one question seems to pop up more than any other: Are Americans willing to pay more for environmentally-friendly products?

For the segment of the population that is most affluent, most educated and most eco-conscious, the answer has always been - yes.

Now, a survey conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, shows that an ever increasing number of Americans are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly products. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s everywhere you look, these days. People, companies, communities, and governments are making changes to “go green.” Considering what Mankind, and the Industrial Revolution, has done to the environment over the past 300 years, one can argue that it may be too little too late, but it is now the main focus for many. The old adage of “Better Living Through Chemistry,” is now under deeper scrutiny. However, can we truly create better products that perform just as well (if not better) than their more toxic counterparts? Can we manufacture them and bring them to market at competitive prices? Will the general public be willing to make the needed buying choice changes that they’ve grown comfortable with, over the years?

Ecological Science has proven to be able to step up to the plate, and deliver on products that leave little or no carbon footprint. Read the rest of this entry »

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It has been proven the “Green” movement is good for our planet and us. There is a product that is gaining immense popularity with this movement. In fact, it is spawning cottage industries, and other opportunities for the ever-increasing crowd looking to start a home business.

With the economy testing our patience and our pocketbooks at every turn, more and more people and families are looking to find ways they can make a few extra dollars. An ever-increasing amount of enterprising individuals and families are starting their own natural soy candle business, right from their homes. You can get started fairly quickly, and you have a couple of choices in how to get your business up and running within a few days. Read the rest of this entry »

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There are a lot of network marketing opportunities with today’s diverse niche products, services, marketing medium, technology and even scientific discoveries.

Health products are the pioneer network marketing opportunity. Marketing supplemental foods of Forever Living is one. Low calorie beers and fortified foods also offer similar opportunity, but they already are in public groceries. They do not require network marketing anymore.

Two network marketing opportunities are vegetables and environment products. Read the rest of this entry »

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In this new world of eco-consciousness, concern of global warming, home business and entrepreneurship, a gourmet treasury of backyard mini-farm opportunities are being born. They range from substantial extra streams of income to full-time income, and from rooftops, even apartments (!) to farms on small acreage. Out of the ashes of the farming disaster in the 1980s came a new form of organic small acreage or backyard farm, the “micro eco-farm.” The Center for the Micro Eco-Farming Movement, there are reports of angora rabbits being raised in apartments, organic herb gardens in backyards selling herbal crafts over the internet, miniature sheep, miniature dairy cows, organic flower farms on small acreage, heirloom vegetable farms on small acreage, garlic farms on small acreage, flower seed farms from backyards, and the list goes on. Read the rest of this entry »

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Food isn’t just something that we want, it’s also something that each and everybody needs. Without food we would all perish, which is why you can make a great business selling things that can be eaten.

If you are willing to put in a lot of hard work then there is no reason why you can’t create a profitable business by selling herbs and spices. It’s possible to start this business as quite a small concern, but then increase it easily in the future. In the south you can even get free bay leaves.

In order to make your fortune you shouldn’t just sell the fresh and dried herbs. Read the rest of this entry »

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While transporter rooms have yet to become a part of our daily mode of transportation, there is one item from “Star Trek” tech that has become a popular consumer electronics staple. The portable “hand held communicator” that was used by the crew of the Starship Enterprise, has made its way to our planet in the form of a cell phone. Weaving the technology into the fabric of our society took some time. The first handheld cell phone commercially available to the US market was the Motorola DynaTAC, way back in 1983. The cost to own a DynaTAC was around four thousand dollars. The calling plan was a whopping one dollar per minute. This made the cell phone cost prohibitive to most of the general public. Only those with financial means could afford to own it. It took more than a decade, but like most things in the technological arena, phone prices finally dropped and the cell phone emerged. It was smaller and more portable then it’s first cousin the DynaTAC. Read the rest of this entry »

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Have you ever wanted to start your own home based business, and go green in the process? Each day we hear how much we contribute to green house gases and global warming. The daily commute to work, with the carbon dioxide emissions from our automobiles, is just one of the contributing factors.

The consumption of energy involved in running a traditional brick and mortar business can be drastically reduced by starting a home based business.

Here are a few green benefits by working from home.

Measuring Your Carbon Footprint Read the rest of this entry »