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EarthEnterprise <strong>Tool</strong> <strong>Kit</strong><br />

more than $50. Another Network service sources products <strong>for</strong> U.S. catalogues<br />

and home shopping channels from socially re s p o n s i b l e , s u s t a i n a b l e<br />

enterprises. The new Green Business Maps program helps members in major<br />

U.S. cities create cooperative advertising in the <strong>for</strong>m of metropolitan area maps<br />

showing where green businesses are located.<br />

Other discounted or low-cost services provided to member companies are:<br />

travel, long distance telephone, credit card processing, and group health and<br />

life insurance.<br />

Council of <strong>Sustainable</strong> Industries of New Jersey and New York<br />

American Soil<br />

P.O. Box 295<br />

Ramsey, NJ<br />

07446-0295<br />

Tel/Fax: (201) 327-2312<br />

Contact: Rob Young<br />

The Council of <strong>Sustainable</strong> Industries of New Jersey and New York promotes<br />

co-operation among the “rising tide of private and community ecological<br />

entrepreneurs”. The 50-member Council provides referrals <strong>for</strong> those seeking<br />

sustainable goods and services, educates the public about companies making<br />

false environmental claims, and promotes quality standards and legislation that<br />

reflect the true social and environmental costs of goods and services.<br />

Business Environmental Network Project<br />

Peninsula Conservation Center<br />

3921 East Bay Shore Road<br />

Palo Alto, CA 94303<br />

Tel: (415) 962-9876<br />

Fax: (415) 962-8234<br />

Contact: Carol Kraus Lauffer<br />

The Business Environmental Network Project, sponsored by the Peninsula<br />

Conservation Center, issues a bi-monthly newsletter, Eco-Opportunities, which<br />

describes what companies and individuals in the San Francisco Bay area and<br />

Silicon Valley are doing to improve their environmental per<strong>for</strong>mance. Serving<br />

120 small and large companies, the Project holds regular events to discuss<br />

current environmental topics and company policies to address the problem.<br />

According to organizer Carol Kraus Lauffer, this is one of the few subjects about<br />

which high-tech companies concerned about confidentiality are willing to<br />

share in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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