Why Starting A Home-Based Business Is Environmentally Friendly


by Alastair Harris - Date: 2007-01-26 - Word Count: 295 Share This!

Today environmental issues are becoming increasing important. Films such as Al Gore's an inconvenient truth highlight the need for each individual human being to start becoming more environmentally friendly. One of the ways many people do huge damage to the environment is in the way they earn an income. The average employee in a multinational partakes in damaging practices beyond their control. However you do have another choice.

Starting a home based business is one of the most environmentally friendly ways of earning an income for your family.

You help the environment by not partaking of the daily commute. Less use of a motor vehicle and less consumption of harmful fossil fuels. The morning commute consists of walking from the bedroom to the study. This significantly reduces your addition to global warming.

You can control the power consumption of your workplace. You can ensure take you keep unnecessary energy consumption to a minimum unlike the vast office blocks with millions of lights burning endlessly by a couple of employees. A computer uses relatively little power and I find a single power efficient light bulb is all you need for your work environment.

You control how much waste you create. You can even ensure the business follows strict recycling if you desire.

By having an internet business you conduct commerce in one of the efficient manners possible with as little damage to the environment as is possible, particularly if you products are electronically based. No fossil fuels burnt shipping. Minimal energy required.

Further you can enhance you little home businesses environmentally friendly practices by ensuring the home garden has plenty of trees, plants and other nature friendly things. It also ensures you don't become too glued to the computer.

Just some of the reasons by a home-based business is an environmentally friendly business.


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