We’re committed to helping the environment in every way we can. By partnering with Carbonfund.org and implementing their tips and advice, our carbon footprint can continue to be reduced every year.

Press release can be found here.

Read more about Rainebrooke Green here.

The Ecoblue cube is a biodegradable, non-toxic cube made from natural living organisms. Place it in a urinal and it goes to work.  The natural bacteria in the cube are activated and migrate throughout the urinal forming a film that lines the bowl, trap and pipes.  This film dissolves uric scale and digests waste material from the pipes, which eliminates the odor and drastically reduces the amount of water required to flush by 99%.

Since natural bacteria are doing the cleaning, there’s no longer a need for janitors to use harsh chemicals that contaminate the worlds waterways. Once the cube has been activated, the urinal usually only needs one or two flushes per day.  Think of some busy bathrooms…sporting events, movie theaters, etc.  This is a huge amount of water that can be conserved each and every day.  No more smell in the bathrooms and no harsh cleaning chemicals being flushed down the toilet.  The benefits of using this product are amazing!

I hope this company is extremely successful with their products. Check them out here: http://www.ecobluecorp.com

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Thanks to a program called GreenPrint this problem is a thing of the past.  With GreenPrint, when you go to print a document you get a quick preview of what each page will look like when printed. There are several settings within the program that will make a page not print if it falls within a set of parameters such as less than five lines of text, or only a header/footer. You can also click on a page to tell it not to print. The pages that will not be printing turns red on the preview screen. Once the document is set as you want it and all the wasted space pages have been set to not print, you can click the print button and only the full pages will print. In the system tray there is an icon for GreenPrint that when clicked on will give you stats on the amount of paper and money you’ve saved.

I personally think this type of paper saving software should be automatically installed in every software program or operating system. Until that time though I would highly recommend that everyone check out GreenPrint and start saving paper today.

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For my company Rainebrooke, I’ve also taken it down the “green” road with our new “Rainebrooke ~ Green” initiative. We’re recycling, being more energy efficient, shipping with recycled boxes, printing on recycling paper, reducing our waste and offsetting the remainder of our footprint with offsets that we purchase through Carbonfund.org.

So if you’re asking yourself “How can I help?”, the best thing is to first simply become aware. Once you’re aware of the fact that there is a problem, start taking some simple steps to help out. Recycle around your home …buy some containers to separate plastics, paper, aluminum, etc. Instead of throwing out all your junk mail, save it and recycle it. Purchase safer cleaning products and other household products. When a standard light bulb burns out, replace it with an energy efficient compact fluorescent bulb. Purchase organic foods. Support companies that protect the environment and buy products made by companies that are environmentally friendly. Purchase carbon offsets that support carbon reducing projects. Contact your local senator and representative and tell them you want tough climate change legislation.

With everyone doing their part, our world can be a safer and cleaner place for many generations to come.

Helpful sites:
Carbonfund – http://www.carbonfund.org
Earth Day Network – http://ww2.earthday.net/
LiveNeutral – http://www.liveneutral.org/
Earth 911 – http://earth911.org/
History of Earth Day – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
EPA- http://www.epa.gov/earthday/
Eco Earth – http://ecoearth.info/
TerraPass – http://www.terrapass.com/

Press release: “Rainebrooke Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Program”