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Green Directory MontanaMontana`s Sustainable Resource Guide | Green Badge Count | | 18 | | Green Badge Value: | | 390 |
http://www.greendirectorymontana.com Green Directory Montana brings customers and businesses together to help make Montana sustainable for future generations. Every purchase is a vote. A vote for a company that either does or does not agree with your vision of the future. Businesses, organizations and individuals must meet a minimum of 5 sustainability requirements to be included in the Green Directory. Customers can feel good about shopping the guide, as their purchasing power is used to sustain our community. VisionWorld-wide sustainability through conscientious purchasing MissionThe Green Directory Montana`s mission is to bring together businesses and consumers who are environmentally and socially responsible. Changing the future landscape of our community by offering benefits to businesses who institute sustainable practices, we believe will give our children a better future, instead of leaving more problems. We believe businesses that consider a triple bottom line* will thrive and that consumers will increasingly demand more sustainable ways of doing business. We are passionate about educating businesses and consumers on becoming more sustainable on a daily basis. We believe that our values can be woven into our workplaces and into our purchasing decisions. *A company with a triple bottom line considers the economic, social and environmental impacts of their business decisions. Sustainability: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. OriginsGreen Directory Montana® originated in an unmet need for readily available, user-friendly information about businesses, organizations and individuals that provide earth-friendly products or services in Montana. InclusionGreen Directory Montana® requires applicants to earn a minimum of 3 environmentally focused badges and a total of 5 badges to have a chance at inclusion in the Green Directory. The Badge Department will review the application, and return a response within 3- 5 days to let you know the status of the application. Readers can feel good about shopping the guide as they know that their purchasing power helps support our community
GDMtweet: The team is busy working on an expansion of the websites in 2012: Link Link 70 days ago Additional Green Directory ListingsGreen Badges | Carbon offsetting
reason Green Directory has a sunflower giveaway program each spring, handing out between 150-300 sunflowers, which offset carbon- up to 50 pounds per plant. |  | Benefits for Children
reason Green Directory does presentations for children, educating them on the values of going green and being sustainable. We also participated in the Green Schools Montana Fundraising Program, where we created course material for students across Montana to learn how to go green for Earth Day. |  | Childcare for employees
reason Green Directory allows employees and visitors to bring children to office where there is a play area set up. |  | Conserving energy
reason Green Directory practices many forms of energy conservation, from energy-efficient lighting to common-sense programs for switching off computers and lights at the end of each work day. We also create energy conservation awareness, which in turn saves considerably large amounts of energy. |  | Conserving natural resources
reason Green Directory practices many resource management techniques internally as well as spreading knowledge of how to do so throughout our community. We were awarded the 2008 Eco Star Award due to our conservation efforts. |  | Contributing to local tax base
reason Green Directory contributes to our local economy as well as our nation, and chooses to source materials as close to point zero as possible, relying on a majority of Montanans to source our needs. |  | Donating to non-profits
reason Green Directory donates in-kind services and/or cash donations to many local charities throughout the year, some are: Premier Professional Network, CORE, Northern Plains Resource Council, Rim Country Land Institute, Junior League, Boyscouts of America and more. |  | Employee benefits program
reason Green Directory offers employees flexible scheduling, goal reaching perk programs such as: gym memberships, salon visits, and others that change frequently, company BBQ's, dinners and parties, training on a variety of skillsets from environmental to marketing, and many other benefits. |  | Employee educational subsidies
reason Green Directory offers training on a variety of skillsets from environmental to marketing to business, and can provide higher education for environmental certification programs. |  | Energy efficient equipment
reason Labtops, printers, monitors, appliances are all Energy Star, and we are commited to purchasing only these energy-efficient machines. |  | Little or no packaging used
reason Green Directory re-uses packaging materials that our supplies and directories are sent in for shipping out materials, whatever is not needed or cannot be stored is recycled with Earth First Aid. |  | Recycling program
reason Green Directory recycles cans, paper, plastic, cardboard, and glass through
Earth First Aid. We also recycle electronics, CFL's, motor oil, furniture, and many other recyclables. |  | Promoting Renewable Energy Sources
reason Green Directory promotes and supports renewable energy usage through our education efforts and provinding information and access to providers of renewable energy services. |  | Recycled promotional products
reason Green Directory uses recycled paper for all promotional pieces, we have recycled pens, recycled tote bags and recycled frisbees that are promotional products for GDM. |  | Using local raw materials
reason Green Directory uses local printers and local sources for the majority of our needs. |  | Reducing paper use
reason We do a majority of our work online, with an online office for team members and most interactions done through e-mail. We also recycle paper and re-use old papers for notepads. |  | Reducing waste
reason Green Directory brings awareness to businesses across Montana and the nation on ways to reduce their waste. We also recycle and re-use many items that our business requires. We were awarded the 2008 Eco Star Award for our waste reduction and pollution prevention(P2) efforts. |  | Improving the health of community
reason Our mission is to create a sustainable community through educating everyone young and old, allowing them to make smarter purchasing decisions and in turn supporting the businesses who will support our strong and healthy economy and community. Green Directory offers 10% off to new/start-up businesses because we believe that in supporting and nurturing a healthy business community, we in-turn support a healthy community. |
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