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How to Market Your Green Micro Program Webinar
Free Webinar: Strategies to Market Your Green Microenterprise Program Join us for a Webinar on April 8 <https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/884082625> Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now How do you create a green brand and message for your new or existing green microenterprise program? Green messaging can be a powerful way to differentiate your nonprofit and…
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Free Webinar: Introduction to Green Microenterprise Development
Free Webinar: Introduction to Green Microenterprise Development Join us for a free Webinar on March 10 at 2:00 pm EST Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/647667817 What does “green” mean for microenterprise development? Is there a role for training providers and microlenders? What is the field learning so far? This free 90 minute…
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Georgia Green Loans featured in Atlanta Journal Constitution
Small stimulus: A survival line for region’s startup firms by Mike Kanell was in today’s AJC. Several Georgia Green Loan customers were quoted!
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Energy Audit Yields Surprising Results for ACE Office
by John Lawson, Loan Officer Our office is freezing. At one point, it was so cold that an employee brought a heated dog bed from home to warm her feet at her desk. Honestly, I blamed the cold temperatures on the thermostat being set too low in order to be more “green”. Grace, our president,…
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Stylish Eco-Friendly Products Encourage Green Gifting
DECATUR, GA. You recycle, bike to work, and use green cleaning products. But how can you green your gift-giving? ecosource Home and Garden makes it easy by offering “stylish and cool” garden kits, plant containers and dishes–all made with biodegradable materials like rice hulls and coconut fiber. Founder Chuck Rose and his partner, Chad Callihan, believe that…
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Step One of Greening Plan: A Look at Lighting
By John Lawson, Loan Officer In recent years, there have been great improvements in the lighting technology. Home owners everywhere are switching from incandescent bulbs to compact florescent technology (CFL) and LED lighting. Both offer longer life and more efficient energy usage than incandescent bulbs. As ACE began looking into ways to reduce our energy…
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Creating ACE’s Cost-Cutting-Where-Environmentally-Friendly Plan
by Jace Brewer, Loan Officer for ACE I don’t consider myself an environmentalist, conservationist, or preservationist. I work in the lending department at ACE and my focus is on small business. So when given the task of creating a green plan for ACE, reducing expenses to impact the bottom line was my primary concern. It…
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Creating green jobs, one small business at a time…
The United Nations defines a green job as one that preserves or improves the environment. A succinct yet broad definition that perfectly describes the purpose of Georgia Green Loans. In 2009, the first year of operation, Georgia Green Loans provided capital to 16 businesses who created or retained 79 jobs. Our customers included an organic…
