I am pleased to announce that GWAP Blog has gone green and will be partnering with green (eco-friendly) advertisers, wherever they offer superior products and services.
We were already playing our part to save the environment, but have just now formalized this process.
So, some of the things that we have done to cut green-house gas emissions, decrease global warming and in essence, save our environment, are:
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We've joined the One Million Acts of Green community, sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
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From the One Million Acts of Green website, we've learned that we've decreased our carbon footprint (the amount of carbon we emit from our operations) by 4,144 kg per year
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Our products and services are totally-accessible online and downloadable, thus eliminating the green-house gas-emissions, waste and energy needed to transport and package these items.
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We have pledged to continue to operate in a manner that is cost-effective, efficient and in a manner that decreases the amount of carbon we emit into the atmosphere.
As such, we:
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Telecommute - our parent company, Market Opportunities Unlimited, is home-operated, so there is no need for us to travel by bus or car to our workplace.
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Prefer using e-mail versus sending faxes
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Send e-cards versus paper-based ones
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Will and have already started partnering with green advertisers who share our eco-friendly and customer-focused values
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Drink organic fruit juices, from fruits grown in our own back-yard
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Eat locally-grown vegetables, meat (yes, we are meat-eaters :)) and fruits and we recycle fruits to produce juices, where possible
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Use solar-heated water
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Use fans and fresh air, versus air-conditioning
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Use flourescent versus incandescent light bulbs
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Have a smoke-free environment (we don't smoke)
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Use tap water versus bottled water (the water quality in Jamaica is excellent, so this is not a problem)
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Use an ENERGY STAR refrigerator.
We encourage all our GWAP friends to try going green, as this not only helps you care for our environment, but saves you a lot of money in the short to long-run.
E.g. by having eco-friendly operations, our parent company, Market Opportunities Unlimited, literally saves thousands of dollars each month!
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To our highly-valued friends, we say thank you for your continued support!
...We trust that us going green, will allow you to access environmentally-friendly information, products and services from both ourselves and our advertisers, that will be of great benefit to you, your family, friends and associates.
To our advertisers we also say, thank you for your support!
We trust that us going green will allow you to share great information, products and services with our friends, that will greatly improve their quality of their lives, whilst saving our environment!
(I would like to thank gogreen.savegreen for the use of her Flickr inset photo above, of a green community).
Sincerely,
Gillian Campbell
Editor, Owner - Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog
