1. How To

New to sustainability? Or, trying to figure out how to get something going? Start here to find reference documents, tutorials, and guidelines for getting started.

• How Web 2.0 Can Help Your Small Business - In this article, read about eight sites that will increase your online presence quickly and easily.
• Challenges with Going Green - This article examines some of the more common challenges companies face when trying to go green and the ways in which they overcome these challenges.

• Reduce Your Company’s Energy Costs: Join Padosa on November 17 -
• How Web 2.0 Can Help Your Small Business - In this article, read about eight sites that will increase your online presence quickly and easily.
• Challenges with Going Green - This article examines some of the more common challenges companies face when trying to go green and the ways in which they overcome these challenges.
• Padosa on Facebook and Twitter - Padosa aims to communicate with its membership and create new members through Facebook and Twitter. We view these sites as opportunities to build our community and exchange information.
• Recycling Resources - This is an extensive resource list including where to get information about recycling,waste reduction, green purchasing,printing and packaging, food waste in NJ and composting.
• What’s Wrong With Recycling? Challenges and Solutions - Is recycling fiscally responsible? Does it really lower your carbon footprint? Is it worth all the trouble? Implementing a recycling program at work can seem daunting and does present many challenges. However, there are several solutions to making it a bit easier and to saving money and waste. Learn about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at work.
• Conducting an Energy Audit - To become energy efficient, the first step is to conduct an energy audit. In this article, find out how to conduct one at your business.
• How to Purchase Green Products - Green Purchasing is a practical starting point to implement sustainability practices at work. From procuring environmentally friendly office products to recycling, there are lots of ways to quickly and fairly easily begin your sustainable efforts.
• Go Green. Get Green. - Welcome to Padosa.com! We hope this site provides you ideas for saving money, and for becoming more sustainable. Read further to learn how!
• How to Start a Recycling Program at Work - To start a recycling program at work requires time and effort to reap the true benefits of recycling. Consider the eight tips mentioned in this How-to article on recycling program.

• How To Fix An Oil Leak - Oil leaks are very messy for the environment and can be a huge financial burden. Learn about simple ways to clean up an oil leak.
• Hidden Green Savings in Tankless Water Heaters - Tankless water heaters save space, money and energy. They are a practical and economical way to get hot water for your business and the Federal Government offers tax credits for purchasing tankless water heaters.
• A Green Approach to Office Technology - There are many opportunities for companies to significantly reduce savings through purchasing energy efficient office equipment. This article provides lots of resources about programs available to help businesses save money through sustainable technology initiatives.
• Reducing Energy Use By Glimpsing Your Neighbor’s Bill - Some utilities are sending customers their monthly bill, detailing how they fare on their electricity usage compared with their neighbors. This concept of comparison has been researched to be highly effective in influencing people to positive action. Positive Energy, a company that works with utilities on assessing neighborhoods' energy usage, is helping to effectively reduce energy use.
• Eco Intelligent Banking - Where we choose to deposit our money is an important decision. This piece explores the many aspects that we take into account when choosing a bank, including financial and ecological factors.
• TerraCycle – Getting Inspiration from Garbage - Waste provides businesses with opportunities to save money, support the environment and creatively market your company. There are lots of valuable things to learn from TerraCycle, a unique organization that produces and packages all of their products from garbage.
• Greening Your Water Bill - The way you landscape your facility can help significantly reduce your operating costs. Using native plants, harvesting rainwater and installing efficient watering systems are three straightforward ways to save money on your building's operating costs.
• What’s Wrong With Recycling? Challenges and Solutions - Is recycling fiscally responsible? Does it really lower your carbon footprint? Is it worth all the trouble? Implementing a recycling program at work can seem daunting and does present many challenges. However, there are several solutions to making it a bit easier and to saving money and waste. Learn about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle at work.
• New Jersey Green Incentives - New Jersey's Clean Energy Program offers businesses lots of opportunities to save money through installing energy efficient technologies. We offer details on some of the incentive programs applicable to small businesses.
• Tele commuting: An Excellent Means to Save Money for Your Business - Telecommuting has become a popular choice for business owners who are looking to increase efficiency, morale, and cut back on costs. Find out more in this article.

• Creatively Increasing Sales: The Online Lay Away Plan - Eco-friendly retailer, Nau, launched a lay away plan as a means to expand their online sales. While this may not exemplify a sustainable practice, it is an innovative way to reach new markets and remain competitive.
• Let the Sunshine in: Make and Save Money With Solar Energy -
• Flipping the Greenfinger: Risky Investments During the Climate Crisis -
• Investing Green: a Guide for New Buyers - New to green investing or investing in general? This guide will help you make the right choices for your business, environment, and community while you're looking for a place to put all that new money.
• Socially Responsible Investing - When is investing about more than money? Learn all about the benefits and drawbacks of Socially Responsible Investing in this article.
• The Simple Stuff – Seven Sustainable Ways to Improve Your Small Business PR - A side benefit to taking on green initiatives is the positive attention those initiatives can attract. This is a fair practice, assuming the initiative is taken on with integrity. There are multiple ways to enhance the press you get and this article provides some suggestions.
• Stimulus Package Incentives for Small Businesses - In order to help you better identify the benefits for your company offered in the Stimulus Package, we've prepared the following summary. Please feel free contact us with any questions!
• Stimulus for Clean Renewable Energy - The recently passed stimulus package - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - provides some very significant opportunities for green entrepreneurs. This is a first in a series of articles to bring some organization to the package and to help entrepreneurs understand how it effects them.
• Targeting Today’s Green Consumers - Interested in finding a new market for your product or service? Green consumers are a growing segment and very eager to support products that match their values. This article provides an overview, and introduces you to two companies doing this with excellence - Method Home, and Terracycle.
• Business Opportunity: Making it Easy for Individuals to Save Money - A blog article that challenges business owners to find a way to make it easier for consumers to lower their energy costs.

• Rant: Increasing Profit Through Sustainability - A brief rant on some sustainability 'unacceptables'. Hopefully these will help you see problems that exist in your organization, and that provoke you into finding some solutions.