{"id":6555,"date":"2010-03-27T11:55:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2010-03-27T11:55:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T17:55:22","slug":"green-businesses-that-break-the-mold-ppb-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-businesses-that-break-the-mold-ppb-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Businesses that Break the Mold (PPB #33)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6558\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6558\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/03\/latin_1.jpg\" alt=\"Online Latin tutoring is just one of the green service businesses operating at Dancing Rabbit\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/latin_1.jpg 424w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/latin_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online Latin tutoring is just one of the green service businesses operating at Dancing Rabbit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Lily Jane Hart is a resident at Dancing Rabbit, and the owner of LatinTutor.net<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes and imagine the prototypical green business. It probably involves producing a green product \u2013 something organic, something handmade or something recycled \u2013 or some combination of the three.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a base of businesses that have formed and grown here at Dancing Rabbit that provide green services. I\u2019m sitting in the middle of a bustling example \u2013 the Milkweed Mercantile. It\u2019s true that the general store portion of this <a href=\"http:\/\/milkweedmercantile.com\/inn\/\">eco inn<\/a> sells fabulous products that are organic, handmade and\/or recycled. They also sell products that encourage the buyer to live greener \u2013 I\u2019m thinking mostly of books, but scanning the room for other products like reusable shopping bags, canteens and rechargeable batteries. But the thrust of this business, and the reason it\u2019s full of people at this very moment, is the green hospitality service it provides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyhouseconsulting.com\/\"><!--more-->Skyhouse Consulting<\/a> is another example. They provide services, web design, development and hosting. It\u2019s likely that none of these services strikes you as particularly eco, until you consider that they\u2019re provided by people whose home and business is powered by solar electricity and who eat predominantly vegan, organic and local food.<\/p>\n<p>LatinTutor.net is another example of an eco business in disguise. Learning to read and translate ancient texts doesn\u2019t scream eco \u2013 but consider that neither the authors or the readers used fossil fuel in the process of writing or reading and it casts <a href=\"http:\/\/latintutor.net\/\">Latin tutoring<\/a> in a much more earth-friendly light.  I\u2019m the proprietor of Latintutor.net and I strive to make each of my lessons student-centered. This attitude of \u201cWhat can I do to serve the other person?\u201d is readily compatible with \u201cWhat can I do to serve the planet I inhabit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A key part of Dancing Rabbit\u2019s sustainability education is that every little bit helps. Change your bulbs to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/eco-home\/energy-efficient-lighting\/light-bulbs\">compact fluorescents<\/a>*, bike instead of driving, cut down on your consumption of meat, bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/categories\/clothing\/accessories\/eco-bags\/organic-totes\">reusable bag<\/a>* with you when you go shopping, and you\u2019re moving in the right direction. These business have taken it a step further by doing what their owners and employees would be doing anyway \u2013 providing quality services \u2013 but doing it in an eco-friendly way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Help support this kind of business development (and teaching others about it) by making your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingrabbit.org\/donations\/donate.php\">donation<\/a> to Dancing Rabbit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Links to sustainablog&#8217;s Green Choices store<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lily Jane Hart is a resident at Dancing Rabbit, and the owner of LatinTutor.net Close your eyes and imagine the prototypical green business. 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