How Green is Your Blog? 5 Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Online Business

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As a blogger or online business owner you have the luxury of working on your business anywhere you can get Internet access. You may run your blog from your kitchen table, or from a lounge chair in Bali, but your basic business practices and the choices you make as far as equipment and services are having an impact on the environment around you.

The green revolution is reminding all of us that the choices we make about how we live and work will have a lasting impact on the quality of our world. This article will give you a few tips on how you can create a more sustainable online business that contributes to a greener, cleaner world.

1. Commit to doing business with eco-friendly suppliers.
This means taking the time to find out about the business practices of the vendors and suppliers that you work with. Choose ones with a demonstrated commitment to sustainable business practices that will help support the environment.

2. Recycle
This might sound like an obvious, no-brainer, but are you doing it? Are you recycling your waste products? Do you use recycled toner for your printers? Do you consider repairing broken furniture before replacing it with new? What about purchasing used furniture and refurbished business equipment? Recycling helps shrink your carbon footprint and keeps things that might otherwise go into a landfill out and in use.

3. Monitor your energy consumption
Plug equipment and appliances into power strips that can be switched off at night or when they are not being used.

4. Consider 'green' certified products
These two websites, greenseal.org, and goodguide.com help consumers find green, healthy and sustainable products. They rate products and review how they affect human health, environmental health and their social impact.

5. Eco-friendly shipping
Do you pack and ship products? Do your research to find more eco-friendly packaging and shipping suppliers.

If you are committed to helping to save the environment, commit to the goal of generating zero waste in your business and the least waste possible in your home environment.

Many bloggers work from home, so your home has become your workplace. Be more mindful of how the actions you take and the choices you make have a lasting impact on your immediate environment and on the planet as a whole. If you learn something from changing certain practices, or trying new products you might even consider blogging about it and sharing what you've learned about sustainable business practices with your followers.

Having a 'green,' home business can be fun and educational. You might even consider installing a windmill, or a solar panel to generate your own electricity. Start with small steps and keep going until you have reached the goal of zero waste.

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