Eco 411
Eco Author | 4:29 pm | October 23, 2009 | Attractions, Service and Supplier, Tours, Transportation | Add a comment
We all need to open our eyes to the problems facing the environment and understand that it is our responsibility to do something about it. Being a part of the travel and tourism industry, Extranomical Adventures knows that we face a particular responsibility to our community and our environment and that every seemingly small thing we do can have a lasting impact on our delicate planet. That’s why we at Extranomical have partnered with “Verus Carbon Neutral”, to help fund projects devoted to helping the earth by neutralizing our CO2 emissions. Their projects include preventing deforestation and planting trees, which are some of the simplest and most important things we can do to help the world around us remain a lush and habitable place. Extranomical Adventures is helping to sustain a healthy planet by supporting clean energy development and offsetting our CO2 emissions. Carbon offsets basically enable us to help neutralize the carbon dioxide that the tour vehicle generates by funding programs somewhere else in the world that take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Based on the number of tours we do and how far we drive, we have come up with a way of measuring our impact to the atmosphere and, starting in 2009, our entire fleet is certified as carbon neutral! A portion of everyone’s purchase of an Extranomical tour will go towards these projects devoted to neutralizing our carbon footprint.
Eco Author | 12:10 pm | August 14, 2009 | Service and Supplier, Tours | Add a comment
Adventure Out is California’s premiere outdoor school specializing in surf camps, rock climbing classes, backpacking trips, mountain biking, and wilderness survival skills instruction. Our mission is to share decades of wilderness experience while achieving our wildest adventures in the outdoors. In addition to insuring that our students enter the oceans and wilderness areas both safely and responsibly, Adventure Out strives to instill a sense of environmental stewardship. As a member of 1% For The Planet, Adventure Out donates a portion of gross revenues to environmental conservation.
Eco Author | 12:29 pm | July 15, 2009 | Service and Supplier | Add a comment
Dominic Phillips Events Marketing (DPEM), a San Francisco event marketing, design and production company, was founded in 2004 by Dominic Phillips on his commitment to executing professional events as sustainably as possible. A pioneer in the green events industry, DPEM consistently implements its “zero-waste” policies, carbon offsets, and other sustainable best practices into its creative process. DPEM works with partner organizations such as Solar One for solar energy, Eco Bags for reusable bags, FoodRunners for disposal of excess food and Biocompostables for eco-friendly alternatives to everyday consumption choices. On top of its innovative implementation of green processes, DPEM has a unique ability to build personal relationships and become an integral player on its client’s team, regardless of industry. As such, DPEM’s client list includes an impressive array of companies such as Google, Slow Food Nation, Nokia, Ghirardelli Square, Sun Microsystems, Meals on Wheels, San Francisco magazine, Scion and many more.
DPEM recently announced its schedule of Summer and Fall 2009 events. Highlights include the Golden Gate Restaurant Association’s first SF. Chefs. Food. Wine. event in August. DPEM will also work overseas this September with the Bristol City Council to kickoff the Soil Association’s Organic Food Festival, Europe’s largest celebration of all things organic. The festival is in its ninth year and hosts over 300 exhibitors, showcasing everything from organic cheeses and wines to eco-friendly cosmetics, clothes and housewares. DPEM will ensure a full greening of these experiences in accordance with “zero-waste.”
Eco Author | 5:51 pm | July 6, 2009 | Service and Supplier, Spa | Add a comment
Photo Credit: Gavin Hynes
As part of their mission, The Barber Lounge is committed to full, general recycling. This San Francisco salon recycles all hair color foils in addition to collecting cut hair for use as either compost or for matteroftrust.org. Matter of Trust partners with salons and uses hair clippings swept off their floors to create “hair mats.” Woven into these mats, hair is an efficient and abundant material for collecting and containing petroleum oil spills. The salon is also the first salon in San Francisco to use solar power. It is in process of adhering 4000 Watts of Solar Panels to the Salon roof and routing to a power inverter that takes the solar power and converts to AC house power. The installation simply plugs into the salon’s existing electrical system. The solar electric system will generate 28% of the salon’s energy using the Sun’s rays for the next 30 years without any moving parts. As a team, all Barber Lounge employees recently walked as part of San Francisco’s Earth Day celebration. “The environment has always been very important to me,” says Barber Lounge owner Greg Griffin. “When I opened my salon I kept the environment and our carbon footprint in mind. We use Aveda products and they have a “cradle to cradle” mission statement meaning all their products are sustainable and safe for the environment from the bottle to the drain. It’s becoming increasingly more important for business’s to be mindful of how they impact the world we live in.”
Eco Author | 11:20 am | April 22, 2009 | Service and Supplier | Add a comment
On April 13th 2009 Orange Photography was officially certified “green” by the San Francisco Department of the Environment’s Green Business Program, making them the only recognized green photography studio in the city and county of San Francisco.
The process began in 2008 when founders Gene X. Hwang and Jack Huynh applied for their green audit. The criteria included compliance with environmental regulations, conservation efforts, and pollution prevention. They also had to show green initiatives that benefit their employees, clients, community, and the growth of their business. Orange Photography eventually demonstrated:
“Our photography is cutting edge. We use this same perspective when conducting business and addressing social responsibility as a company.” – Gene X. Hwang
In addition to their green campaign, Orange Photography also has a Social Photography program that has served 60+ non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area over the past 8-years.
About Orange Photography
Orange Photography is the largest full-service event photography agency and studio based in San Francisco providing corporate, wedding, and lifestyle photography. They have a nationwide network of affiliates and have recently added corporate video options to their comprehensive breadth of services.
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