What are you doing to make a difference

What are you doing to make a difference in your community today and this Holiday season? Toys for Tots could real (cont) http://tl.gd/1a4iv

Green Chamber of The South’s Green Wednesdays

Our Partner the Green Chamber of The South hosts “Green Wednesdays” Green In Gwinnett Area

January Green Wednesdays – 1/6/2010 Green Wednesdays is an informal gathering of like-minded professionals and individuals interested in connecting with others to share ideas on Green Business.  At each meeting we have a short presentation by one of our members and the rest of the time is devoted to networking. DATE: 1/6/2009 TIME: 11:45 AM Urban Flats (in the Lindbergh City Center) 2450 Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA FOR MAP CLICK HERE Presenter: Dr. Marlin Gottschalk, Ph.D., Director of Sustainability Division at Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Register now and save time:  http://www.greencs.org/events/greenwednesdays Join Our Mailing List! Green Chamber of the South

Our Green In Gwinnett Area (GIGA) organization’s mission is to help make Gwinnett County a healthier, more environmentally friendly and socially responsible place to live by becoming a valuable resource for the residents and businesses in our community. This GIGA site is a place to share our passion with others by collecting educational information, and providing a repository for eco-friendly resources and products. Together we  can make Gwinnett Greener!

Gwinnett: Do You Know What’s In Your Drinking Water?

Since 2004, testing by water utilities has found 316 pollutants in the tap water Americans drink, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) drinking water quality analysis of almost 20 million records obtained from state water officials.

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Ronald McDonald House Charity and Clear Present Santa’s Secret Closet

CLEAR & The Ronald Mcdonald House present:

SANTA’S SECRET CLOSET

TOY DRIVE!!

December 13th

CLEAR is partnering up with the Ronald McDonald House Charity of Atlanta to help spread some holiday cheer to families in need. Families who are staying at the Ronald McDonald House during the holiday season are welcome to go into Santa’s Secret Closet and choose presents to help make their child’s holidays a little brighter.

We will be accepting:
-Unwrapped gifts for children up to the age of 21.

-Gift Cards to Target,Wal-mart, Grocery stores or gas cards

-Nonperishable food items

-Household cleaning supplies

-Disposable household items.

-Family DVD’s or video games

*Donate by calling 404.856.0051/ Hernan.Piraquive@clear.com

or attend the following event below.

TOY DRIVE

SUNDAY FOOTBALL EVENT!

Starts 1pm and ends after the final game.

Info:404.856.0051 // Hernan.Piraquive@clear.com

HOOTERS of Lawrencville

860 Duluth Highway 120 Lawrenceville, GA 30043

(770) 513-7260

Remember to Think Green In Gwinnett and Also Give a Little Extra In This Season Of Giving!

Atlanta Ink Cartridge and Laser Toner Recycling

Do you wonder what to do with that empty cartridge when your printer or copier has used all of it’s ink or toner up and it is time to replace it? Do you know the impact that tossing that laser toner or ink cartridge into the trash has on your environment?

This year, over 700 million ink and toner cartridges will be consumed in the United States. A small fraction of empty cartridges will be recycled, but many more end up in landfills. Hazardous chemicals from the cartridges can pollute the environment, while the plastic they’re made of will take centuries to decompose. -Wastewise

One local option is a company based in Gwinnett County. Print Green USA offers recycling services for your spent and/or surplus imaging supplies (laser toners, ink cartridges, drums, etc). Print Green USA, Inc not only sells laser toners, printer drums and ink cartridges, but they will recover their clients empties for recycling.  They also will recycle empty laser toners and ink cartridges that were not purchased there.

For More Information, Please Contact Print Green USA via Their Website: Toner Recycling

Remember To Think Green In Gwinnett!!!

-If you have information on other local toner cartridge recycling options, please email: giga@greeningwinnett.org and we will review for posting consideration.

Green Chamber of The South and Gwinnett Chamber “Financing Green”

 

 

BuGS Series – Financing Green
Learn about opportunities to green your business operations, grow business and profit in our Business Growth and Sustainability Series with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. This is the fourth meeting this year and will focus on opportunities for financing green initiatives, from small businesses and projects to very large ones.
This meeting will feature:
Michael Blake – Habif Arogeti and Wynne
Chuck Thorp – Energy Finance
Lisa Robinson – Georgia Green Loans
Moderator: Woodrow Cannon – Clean Energy Capital Partners
and is sponsored by Morris Manning and Martin LLP.

Financing Green:  Looking to start a small sustainable project? Doing and energy retrofit? Looking to fund the next clean tech innovation? Green company? Interested in learning what the funding options are in today’s economy?

Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 11:30am -1:30pm
Location: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
For details and to register CLICK HERE

~ Remember to think Green In Gwinnett Area!

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The Green Chamber of The South and Green In Gwinnett Area Presents: The Alternative Office Party

Green In Gwinnett Area

 

Presents:

The “Alternative Office Party”

Come celebrate your holiday with other green and sustainable businesses

Live Music

Eat, drink and be merry!

Where: Tree Sound Studios

4610 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Norcross GA 30071

When: December 10, 7: 00 – 10:00 pm

Cost: $35.00 *Members

$50.00 Non-Members

Go to: www.greencs.org/party to register

The cost will be $10.00 more for registration at the door

Sponsored by:

Kitty Litter Eco

This year several billion pounds of kitty litter will end up in landfills. Most of this clay based product is strip mined and has been found to contain silica dust, a known carcinogen. If that doesn’t make you want to look for a greener alternative than nothing will. Switching to an eco-friendly alternative such as reclaimed pine wood shavings and concentrated sawdust is the socially responsible choice. Not only is pine kitty litter biodegradable, but it can be sustainably harvested from trees killed by pine beetles which are devastating the Western U.S.

Think Green In Gwinnett!

Green Products Gwinnett

Environmentally friendly “green” products can help protect the environment more, and pollute less than other, equivalent products. Many times they are actual more cost efficient than their non-green equivalents Share how and when you look for green purchasing when you are shopping.

Think Green In Gwinnett!

Gas or Charcoal BBQ and The Carbon Footprint…

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Have you ever thought about which is better for the environment when having a cookout?  Gas or Charcoal?

The next time you are getting ready for  the  backyard football cookout, or any BBQ, take into consideration your carbon footprint and personal health. Here are a few tips:

Go for Gas. Lump charcoal is becoming increasingly available, but often comes from thousands of miles (or even multiple continents) away, which negates some of its carbon benefits(due  to the output from transportation); until it’s readily available from local sources, the efficiency of gas wins out.

If you must use Charcoal:

-Avoid charcoal imported from distant places such as Indonesia that is likely to have come from endangered forests. —

-Look for locally sourced charcoal from a supplier that uses wood from sustainably managed forests.

-Don’t use lighter fluids made from gasoline derivatives which can leave harmful deposits on your food, instead try crumpled newspaper or kindling.

So next time your lil North Gwinnett Bulldog wants to grill out before a game, be sure to Think Green In Gwinnett Area GIGA