The growth of the Internet world as a means for producing revenue and gainful employment has provided those in it a unique opportunity. Rare is it to find an industry where one can produce little in the way of non-recycleable garbage and can easily and painlessly offset the negative impact they have on the world. Can those involved with the oil industry claim to be eco-friendly? Certainly not (though nothing against them – like it or not we need oil to keep our society running … for now). Can even the food industry with the chemicals they use and the methane they produce claim to be eco-friendly? For the most part … no (though again, no problems here with the people who produce our food).
The Internet world however has opened up new doors where one can reduce their footprint significantly and offset that which cannot be eliminated. As we at Beanstalk have constantly strived to reduce our footprint and have just recently purchased carbon offsets to “zero out” that which we cannot eliminate, I thought it well-timed to write an article on the ease and relative low cost of doing this in hopes that other businesses would follow suit.
First, let's take a look at a problem.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you that global warming is an issue. In case you need more information on this you simply need to watch the news. But that's not the problem, that's the symptom – the problem is pollution and the rapid production of greenhouse gases. Or is that a symptom too? I would present to you that perhaps the production of greenhouse gases is in itself a symptom of another problem, a problem we all succumb to too often – the problem being that the issues seem to large to fix.
When one looks at the issue of global warming one can't help but think of the issue as too large to be tackled. The problem is similar to recycling (also important). What difference is one little scrap of paper going to make in the garbage can? When 7 billion people do it, quite a bit is the answer.
Second, let's take a look at a solution.
I've got to tip my hat to Google and other massive companies that put up solar panels and invest millions of dollars to reduce their impact on the world. Unfortunately Beanstalk is not as blessed as the fine folks at Google and we just don't have those kinds of resources to “go green”. So what can we do?
Here are some steps that Internet companies can take to help further reduce and/or offset their impact on the world around them. Before I get into that I'd like to extend a big thanks to Erik Blachford over at TerraPass for answering some questions for me and providing additional information for this article and how we can all help out.
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About the Author
Dave Davies is the CEO of Beanstalk Search Engine Optimization, Inc. Beanstalk offers search engine optimization services, training, SEO consulting and link building services. They offer free SEO for charities and hope you'll join them in striving for a green work environment.
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The Internet world however has opened up new doors where one can reduce their footprint significantly and offset that which cannot be eliminated. As we at Beanstalk have constantly strived to reduce our footprint and have just recently purchased carbon offsets to “zero out” that which we cannot eliminate, I thought it well-timed to write an article on the ease and relative low cost of doing this in hopes that other businesses would follow suit.
First, let's take a look at a problem.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you that global warming is an issue. In case you need more information on this you simply need to watch the news. But that's not the problem, that's the symptom – the problem is pollution and the rapid production of greenhouse gases. Or is that a symptom too? I would present to you that perhaps the production of greenhouse gases is in itself a symptom of another problem, a problem we all succumb to too often – the problem being that the issues seem to large to fix.
When one looks at the issue of global warming one can't help but think of the issue as too large to be tackled. The problem is similar to recycling (also important). What difference is one little scrap of paper going to make in the garbage can? When 7 billion people do it, quite a bit is the answer.
Second, let's take a look at a solution.
I've got to tip my hat to Google and other massive companies that put up solar panels and invest millions of dollars to reduce their impact on the world. Unfortunately Beanstalk is not as blessed as the fine folks at Google and we just don't have those kinds of resources to “go green”. So what can we do?
Here are some steps that Internet companies can take to help further reduce and/or offset their impact on the world around them. Before I get into that I'd like to extend a big thanks to Erik Blachford over at TerraPass for answering some questions for me and providing additional information for this article and how we can all help out.
Read morre ... ( click here )
About the Author
Dave Davies is the CEO of Beanstalk Search Engine Optimization, Inc. Beanstalk offers search engine optimization services, training, SEO consulting and link building services. They offer free SEO for charities and hope you'll join them in striving for a green work environment.
Source: http://www.addme.com/newsletters/
