- Reduces energy and uses renewable sources
* Energy-efficient lighting, appliances, and vehicles
* Well-insulated homes, passive and active solar systems
* Buying green energy
* Working and playing near home
- Conserves and protects water
* Water-conserving home toilets, fixtures and appliances
* Water-conserving landscaping using rain gardens and native plants
* Constructed-wetland septic treatment systems
- Is less toxic
* Nontoxic cleaning products and pest control
* Water-based and low-solvent paints
- Is derived from plants
* ethanol and biodiesel fuels
* Office furniture from waste plant material
* Hemp and corn-based fabric
- Is organically grown, sustainably produced
* Organic food and raw materials
* Sustainably harvested wood, fish, etc.
- Uses reduced packaging
* Bulk purchasing
* Packaging that uses biodegradable materials
- Is durable, reused, designed for disassembly
* Canvas shopping bags
* Salvaged building materials
* Reconditioned electronics
- Contains recycled material
* Tile made from recycled glass
* Post-consumer recycled paper and other products
- Is locally/regionally produced
* Locally-grown food
* Other locally manufactured products
- Is socially responsible
* Products made without sweatshop, child, or slave labor
* Living wages paid to producers under a fair-trade label
* Investments in/purchases from socially responsible companies
 GREENSCORE
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Follow the 'Good Red Road' ........ by making choices in our day-to-day lives that enhance the environment, and that move us in the direction of sustainable, self-reliant living - one that is ecologically sound, economically efficient, socially just, and respectful. We strive to achieve
long-term sustainability
by using a product or service and by adopting a behavior that:
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GREEN PRACTICE |
