An Introduction to Sarasota Green Connection Approved Businesses

Sarasota Green Connection (SGC) grows the local green economy by identifying and promoting SGC Approved Businesses online, through media partnerships and at monthly Green World Cafés.

The SGC Approved Business process is a self-certifying peer-review approval process. SGC Approved Businesses provide people-friendly and planet-friendly products and services. The criteria for approval are inspired by Co-op America's guidelines for the Co-op America Green Business Network. Certification from others is encouraged, including; Co-op America, Green Seal, Florida Green Building Coalition, Sarasota Green Business Partnership, US Green Building Council. There may be other certifications available within your industry.

More than 200 SGC Approved Businesses can be found online at www.sarasotagreenconnection.com and were first identified in the 2005 Sarasota Green Pages™. Selected SCG Approved Businesses speak at the monthly Green World Café (now in its 6th year), participate in vendor events, and are recognized by the community for their commitment to a future that works for all.

We Invite You to Join Our Effort in Growing the Green Economy!

For information about becoming an SGC Approved Business, call Lorena B. Harris at 941.954.2708, or on her cell at 941.961.0514.

Qualifying as a "Sarasota Green Connection Approved Business" connects your business with many avenues to grow and be an important part of growing the green economy.

What are the benefits to becoming an SGC Approved Business?

• On-line directory accessed by thousands of visitors monthly.


• Media partnerships with Natural Awakenings and Creative Loafing as well as contributions to prominent publications such as Mommy Magazine and Scene Magazine give SGC Approved Businesses wider recognition. Also in the works is our newest partnership with Comcast TV Channel 21 which will run the new "Green Connection.US" television program.


• Featured advertisements are available in the twice-monthly email newsletter sent to over 2,000 people.


• Business to Business networking.

Sarasota Green Connection is a division of Sarasota Green Marketplace, Inc. Sarasota Green Marketplace is Sarasota's Only All Green Home and Building Store, providing only eco-friendly products and services and promoting SGC Approved Businesses. Please visit us at 2864 Ringling Blvd. in the Gold Tree Plaza at the corner of Ringling Blvd. and Tuttle Ave. Feel free to call us at 941.953.3588. We are open Tuesday – Thursday from 10am to 6 pm and Friday – Saturday from 8 am until noon.

www.sarasotagreenmarketplace.com

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News from Sustainable Ecosystems Inc.

May 15, 2008 - a large Floating Island arrived in pieces at Sarasota Bay Club. Trucked from Floating Island International, Shepherd, Montana ~ the island will be assembled on Friday May 30th at the site.
The big launch day is Saturday May 31st - Sustainable Ecosystems will be planting and launching a 22 foot diameter island into the boat basin/retention pond behind the south tower at Sarasota Bay Club. Salt water from Sarasota Bay does flow into this basin, so it is a brackish environment. This is the first brackish installation by SE. This ornamental island will be planted with salt-water tolerant plants, mostly natives. The island will be the largest ever installed in Florida.

Contact: Julia or Peter Seyffert 941.351.2591 Especially if you want to volunteer to help with this project. Sat May 31, 11 am to 4 pm.

Creative Loafing Articles

SGM/SGC get "shout out" from EcoSector.com!!!

Thank you so much to Mark Winstein for mentioning us in his blog at EcoSector!

"EcoSector is a portal where users can link with others and bridge the boundaries of business, charities, and politics for free.

Anyone can use the EcoSector Portal to view Public Profiles, events,and help-wanted listings.

To keep up with Portal news and site features, check out the Eco-Blog. There, you'll also find a bookstore and the "blog book", ABC's for Green Entrepreneurs & Investors.

The EcoSector Portal is designed by and for the people who use it." [from http://ecosector.com/about]

EcoSector Portal turns 30

May 20th, 2008

Today, the EcoSector Portal celebrates its 30th Public Profile, Sarasota Green Marketplace, one of the first green home and building retail centers in the country. I was especially fascinated by the sister site, Sarasota Green Connection, a green business and community building site just for Sarasota. In this one spot, over 200 green leaders, companies, and organizations can be found.

Discovering hotbeds of the Eco Sector is always exiting to me. One of my goals in building the EcoSector Portal is to help convey the depth of this shift in the economy to the general public, especially people who are discovering it for the first time. It’s been a great month for the Portal, with one new Profile added every other day, including one each from China and India. The number of green economic leaders collected by SGM’s founder Mary Anne Bowie give a strong indication of just how huge the global Eco Sector is already.

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