No matter how technology changes or the how the economic landscape changes, people still want to do business with those that they know and trust, and who share their interests and values.  Greenergy2030 (www.Greenergy2030.com) is helping businesses that are many shades of green to connect with each other and adopt more sustainable business practices.

1.  A free subscription to Greenergy Magazine delivered to your mailbox.  The first issue is coming out in October with articles about saving energy, HVAC, green building, and a lot more.  It’s free and loaded with useful information, so it’s hard to go wrong (see the sign up on their site under “Eco Media”).   

2.  Certification of small businesses that demonstrate the actions they’ve take to reduce their eco-footprint and boost their sustainability.    

3.  A variety of information is posted for small businesses to go green, served up hot in blogs, articles, and white papers.   

4.  Events.  The Greenergy2030 GreenCamp in April 2010 is a few months off, but time shoots by quickly so mark your calendar for this event sure to provide a clear path to sustainability for a broad range of businesses.   

One of the benefits of joining Greenergy2030 is the opportunity to connect with green business folks who share your commitment to making a difference.  The fact that they are signed up at Greenergy2030 must say they are open and interested in connecting with you.  Cruising quickly through their rapidly growing list of members, my mind starts spinning with the potential each connection holds, enough to keep anyone busy for a long time to come.    

The green business certification Greenergy2030 is working on isn’t only for those who have already made the switch to sustainability, but for anyone who wants to head down that path.  Going green isn’t for an exclusive club and getting certified as a green business is an opportunity, not a burden.  All of us can do better in some way.  They’ll give you credit for the work you’ve already done, and provide ideas for more opportunities.  Certification just provides the opportunity to easily communicate to customers and other businesses the many steps you’ve already taken.  You don’t have to be perfect, although you should be open to ideas to do better.   

All in all, the goal of Greenergy2030 is helping small businesses go green, boosting their bottom line and helping the environment.  That’s a goal I can relate to and I’m sure you can too.  Check out their site and signup to be a part of their growing community in this exciting time for the green business world. Once you signup, connect with me in their network, and stay in touch. To join the group, signup at: www.greenergy2030.com  

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Green Planet Lighting 

Lighting is a major component of electrical energy in commercial buildings. Installing modern lighting solutions can often reduce energy and costs by more than 30%. Green Planet Lighting is committed to bringing you the latest in sustainable lighting technologies. We believe that the most energy efficient technologies will return more dollars to your bottom line and minimize your environmental footprint.   Our focus is in the retrofitting of buildings where the existing lighting system does not meet today's standards for energy efficient lighting. Our T5 “fixture in fixture” technology uses an electronic ballast, which is incorporated in a unique aluminum housing designed to retrofit existing fluorescent systems. This results in cost savings and provides an optimum solution when upgrading.  The benefits of T5 “fixture in fixture” technology:  

·   Provide optimal lighting quality with low energy consumption 

·   T5 lamps use 40% less glass and have 80% less mercury content than current fluorescent lamps.

·   No landfill due to reuse of existing fixture                                                         

·   Cleanliness  

·   Minimizes down time  

·   Reduces energy consumption  

·   High lumens output because of new generation of triphosphor   

For Green Planet Lighting,    Cheryl B. Allen    (760) 505-1785  

Seeking Green 

YOUTH MATTERS GLOBAL NETWORK (YMGNet) 

 “Creating Opportunities, Building Futures4Young People &Families”   

Youth Matters Global Network (YMGNet) is a voluntary organization started in 2007 and registered No. 05191288 with charitable objectives.  The overriding need that prompted the start of the organization was the gap in the provision of services to excluded and hard to reach young people and disadvantaged youth parents of black minority ethnic background in the UK , including refugees and asylum seekers.  YMGNet is providing advice, guidance and the necessary support to access relevant social services, training, accommodation, social life skills, independent living skills, relevant job opportunities, and opportunities for social integration.   

We have identified the need for sustainable green businesses for poor communities in Eastern Africa.  The basic approach is to target households that are most vulnerable to food shortages and organise them into producer groups as a basis for learning green small-scale farming skills.  The group members will then become food secure and expand their livelihoods skills to develop marketable goods. The project will also increase food production since climate (draught) extremes have affected farming success.    In the past two years research on sugar cane farmers in Western Kenya has revealed farms that have not been utilized for over 13 years because the sugar cane factories serving that region closed.  If the farmers can grow other marketable goods then they will have sufficient household income.  

I am seeking investors to help our group with this project. To get in contact and get involved:  Contact Marie Auma:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  Put “INTERNATIONAL GREEN BIZ” in the subject line.   Thank you!