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EPA-registered and USDA-Certified Organic Pesticides Now Available for Licensing

An agribusiness licensing company, Verde Bio-Science, has added a line of patent-pending EPA-registered and USDA-certified organic products available for licensing by others.

The newly-added organic line includes multiple insecticides and herbicides, plus a fungicide, miticide, horticultural oil, and several repellents.   The eleven new products bring the company’s total list of product registrations available for licensing to 438.

“We are pleased to add these EPA-registered and USDA-certified organic products to our license offering,” said Jeff Elliott, Executive Vice President of Sales for Verde Bio Science. “We receive numerous requests for licenses for certified organic products; these new inputs will make a number of our clients very happy.”

Verde Bio-Science, a DBA of Custom Chemicides, licenses companies to manufacture, sell, and distribute its agricultural and horticulture products through its patent-pending Smart Licensing Program.

“Our licensing program brings together people, companies, and products from various pesticide and fertilizer industries,” said Elliott. “On one side of the business, we work with scientists, labs, chemists, corporations, and even bench-shop chemists who have patented, patent-pending, and post-patent ag products they want to license to others.”

“On the other side of our business, we have clients who purchase licenses from us allowing them to begin manufacturing the products almost instantaneously.  Purchasing a license satisfies their immediate need for the product, and eliminates the costly multi-year effort of registering the chemical, conducting test trials, and gathering crop data.

“Our clients have saved a great deal of time, money, and aggravation by purchasing licenses for the exact products they need, as well as opening whole new lines of business for their company.”

Verde Bio-Science also offers full turn-key business packages ranging from chemical manufacturing facility development and set-up, to the hiring of a sales force for those newly entering the ag industry.

Contact:
Diane Tjerrild,
Cell: (559) 696-6553,
dianetjerrild@verdebioscience.com
www.VerdeBioScience.com

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Onondaga Nation and Brooklyn-based Ecologic Solutions Announce Green Partnership

MAR 31, 2011 /RTPR/ — Brooklyn, NY — Onondaga Nation and Brooklyn-based Ecologic Solutions today announced a historic, Native American-green business partnership to boost the company’s efforts to rid workplaces of toxic cleaners and replace them with sustainable alternatives.

Under the terms of the partnership, Onondaga Nation (www.onondaganation.org) has agreed to become the second largest shareholder in EcoLogic Solutions (www.ecologicsolutions.com), a leading supplier of natural, plant-based cleaning supplies for restaurants, hotels, schools, office buildings, and other commercial users. EcoLogic Solutions will use the investment to create jobs and expand current operations, while developing new products and approaches to eliminate harmful cleaning supplies from workplaces.

“EcoLogic Solutions is a company that shares our goals of a more sustainable planet, and a better, more holistic way of doing business,” said Jake Edwards, member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs. “This is the first time we’ve invested in a U.S.-based environmental firm. When you partner with Onondaga, you partner for life.”

“When I founded EcoLogic Solutions, I looked to Onondaga values and sustainability as paragons for our business,” said EcoLogic CEO Anselm Doering. “That’s why I’m honored, and humbled, to make in this announcement today. It’s the fulfillment of a dream within a dream.”

Based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard along with 30 other green businesses, EcoLogic Solutions manufactures soaps, detergents, degreasers, solvents, glass cleaners, disinfectants, and other earth-friendly cleaning supplies for the institutional marketplace using bio-based formulations that are readily biodegradable and non toxic to humans and aquatic life. The company, using groundbreaking technology and scientific advances, offers the most progressive, environmentally preferable commercial cleaners in the market today.

EcoLogic Solutions clients include Chipotle Mexican Grill, Whole Foods Markets, the Statue of Liberty, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Mario Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group, the Durst Organization, and NBC Universal, among many others. It sells exclusively to wholesale markets at this time. EcoLogic Solutions’ products will be made available to Onondaga Nation citizens soon.

A sovereign nation on 7,300 acres south of Syracuse, Onondaga is a proud member of the Haudenosaunee (“People of the Long House”), an alliance of six Native American nations sometimes referred to as the Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations. Other members include the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations.

“The Onondaga Nation and its people have a unique spiritual, cultural, and historic relationship with the earth and the waters, which is embodied in
Gayanashagowa, the Great Law of Peace,” said Jake Edwards. “It is the duty of the Nation’s leaders to work for a healing of the earth, to protect it and pass it on to future generations. This partnership is about making a better world for the generations yet to come.”

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Contact Details:

EcoLogic Solutions
63 Flushing Ave Unit 267
Brooklyn NY 11205

Franz Wisner, fwisner@ecologicsolutions.com, 800-477-2577

Anselm Doering, anselm@ecologicsolutions.com, 917-805-3007

Jake Edwards, Onondaga Nation, edwardsje@verizon.net, 315-952-0412

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When Farmers Meet Designers: Growing Shirts!

Città della Pieve, Italy, 21st of March, 2011 – Is the perception of beauty man-made or is there such a thing as natural beauty? To find out, an Italian designer and an organic farmer came up with the idea of growing shirts, having nature design fashion. After a two year period of growths in the hills of Umbria, near the Tuscan border in Italy, the first harvest is ready for the catwalk.

When Francesco Mugnaini, a 31 year old designer who had previously been working in the busy city of Milan, met Sebastian Runde, a 41 year old Scottish farmer running an organic farm in Umbria, Italy, they merged their different backgrounds and experiences to come up with a rather unusual fashion project: let’s grow shirts. The unpredictability of nature was the seed for the idea, to plant and harvest shirts. The garments were exposed to nature’s forces by planting them into the ground and give nature time to do her unpredictable design process. The result is stunning and every single design unique.

The T-shirt was considered ideal, as it is one of the most simple garments existing, there could be no better for the project. It is unpretentious, simple, like an empty canvas on which nature can create its designs. Francesco designed a shirt which truly complements the body, idealises it even. “We aimed for a focus on the aesthetics created by nature, to offer a perception of beauty man would never be able to create. We produce beautiful shirts, but it is nature who makes them truly unique» says Francesco Mugnaini.

The materials used had to be of a kind which would react with the soil, the water or sunlight. Naturally no synthetic yarns could be used, as not to create a thread of pollution. After many tests, a high quality organic silk proved best and gave the most interesting results.

The silk shirts are produced by local craftsmen with great expertise. Sebastian Runde, as an organic farmer, is very passionate about his concern for the environment: “Producing the T-shirts abroad in a country with low labour costs was out of question. We looked for local recourses and were very lucky, indeed. We manage to produce a garment, which is 100% made in Italy. The yarns are coming from northern Italy, the shirts are produced locally in Città della Pieve.”

The first collection of RIGHT AS RAIN™ is harvested and up for sale on www.right-as-rain.com. An array of utterly different silk shirts for men and woman. 100% designed by nature.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Francesco Mugnaini or Sebastian Runde, please call at: +39 0578 299 777, cell: +39 328 0812 442 or write an e-mail to contact@right-as-rain.com, sebastian@right-as-rain.com.

GREEN TRANSPORT NETWORK CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO HELP UK’S 3 MILLION DELIVERY DRIVERS CUT CO2 EMISSIONS

Leading online transport marketplace uShip is today launching the “green transport Network,” a campaign to help van drivers go ‘green’ through reduced emissions, affordable CO2 offsetting and cost-saving sustainable business practices.

The Green Transport Network (http://greentransport.co.uk) provides an easy and verifiable way for sole trader transport companies to easily calculate their carbon footprint (based on Defra’s latest multi-delivery carbon methodology), offset their mileage through JP Morgan Climate Care and discover other ways to reduce costs. Couriers and drivers can also sign up to become carbon-balanced green transporters on uShip.

Currently, there’s a lack of clear information on fuel-efficient driving techniques and inconsistent and unclear methodologies for calculating CO2. This has made it challenging for delivery drivers to understand their individual carbon emissions impact and then take action. The Green Transport Network, with support from The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) and the Prince of Wales’ Mayday Network, is believed to be the first site of its kind dedicated to providing this typically under-represented audience the ability to take immediate eco-action.

Over the last decade, the UK’s van population has boomed by 38% to 3.24 million vehicles — and is 8 times the number of registered HGVs. Defra estimates that vans represent 14%, or about 17 million tonnes, of the UK’s 121.8 million tonnes of freight transport CO2 emissions. And that 10-15% of the time, vans drive empty, resulting in half a million tonnes of wasted carbon emissions.

David Sergeant of Preston-based DPS Transport is a uShip Power Provider (uShip ID: Goldwing1969): “One of the biggest reasons I reduce my carbon emissions is to help me save on my fuel costs. I use biodiesel for my vans, and this cuts my CO2 by 50%. It’s also a lot cheaper at around £1 per litre, and this helps me be greener in other parts of my business, like offering my customers biodegradable bubble wrap. It’s more expensive than the normal wrap, but many of my customers tell me how it’s something that they appreciate. uShip also helps me run more efficiently because it helps me find extra loads along my route so that I keep my van full. I see customers trying to be more eco friendly, and showing that my business is taking steps to reduce my environmental impact helps me win more customers and earn repeat business.”

“With 1 of every 3 van miles being used for the collection and delivery of goods, vans make a significant contribution to the UK’s economic activity. Reducing empty running, along with the use of low carbon vehicles and fuels will help reduce unnecessary CO2 emissions. An initiative such as the Green Transport Network provides a vital tool and information source that helps van drivers reduce their impact and become more aware of how to participate in the solution,” said Greg Archer, Managing Director of The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.

“Logistics and transport are such huge contributors to green house gas, so uShip feels a continued responsibility toward greening our entire organisation. That’s why we’re proud to initiate the Green Transport Network as an extension of uShip’s ongoing environmental commitment that involves shipping customers, transporters and our internal operations,” said Matt Chasen, CEO and founder of uShip, the leading online website for moving hard to ship items.

uShip’s carbon offsetting activity builds on an inherently green transport business: Customers needing to move large items are connected with extra space in delivery vehicles that are already making the journey. This results in fewer unnecessary vans on the road and reduced emissions in the air.

Since 2006, 25,000 shipping customers have offset the CO2 impact of their deliveries on the uShip marketplace, representing 26 million offset miles by transporters ” equal to 65,000 trips from London to Edinburgh. The most significant growth in demand for this service was in 2010, when 10,000 shipping customers offset 673 tonnes of carbon from their uShip deliveries, representing 10 million offset miles by drivers. Further, uShip offsets 100% of its internal operations, including business travel, data centres, and utilities, verified through uShip’s existing U.S. partnership with TerraPass, a carbon offset retailer that also enables transporter and shipping customer contributions. Today, uShip has 5,000 carbon-balanced transporters signed up through TerraPass.

Notes to editors

For further information please contact:

Kate Hinton, for uShip, MB: 07714 708416 / kate.hinton@theprnetwork.co.uk

Dean Jutilla, uShip, MB: 0800-098-8022 ext. 133 / dean@uship.com

uShip is believed to be the leading online website for helping relieve the stress and high cost of moving hard-to-ship items, such as cars, household goods, boats, freight, heavy equipment, pets and more. Since it was founded in 2004, the uShip marketplace has attracted £125 million in business transactions, 1 million customers and 200,000 service providers. The company aspires to be the greenest online transport marketplace and currently operates a carbon-neutral business. uShip operates globally with localized functionality in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, The Netherlands, European Union, United States, Canada, and Australia.

Along with providing shipping customers the ability to offset carbon emissions caused by their deliveries, uShip also gives transporters the opportunity fund a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions that is directly proportional to the emissions created from their vans and lorries, and in doing so, balances out their contribution to global warming. http://www.uship.com/terrapass

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) is an action and advisory group, established in 2003 to take a lead in accelerating the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels and to help ensure that UK business can benefit from that shift. The partnership of around 200 organisations is drawn from the automotive and fuel industries, the environmental sector, government, academia and road user groups as well as other organisations with a stake in the low carbon vehicles and fuels agenda. It is part-funded by grants from the Departments for Transport and BIS. uShip are a member of the LowCVP, which was consulted on the content of the website and sources of information. http://www.lowcvp.org.uk

The Mayday Network is a collaboration of businesses taking action on climate change and resource depletion. In a non competitive space, Mayday businesses work together and with partners to seek out and promote the best solutions to the major environmental challenges we face. When taken to scale these new innovations contribute to creating the pathway to better ways of working and to a sustainable future in which businesses can prosper alongside a healthy environment and society. These tried and tested business solutions are stored on the free-to-access Mayday Journey. http://www.maydaynetwork.com

JP Morgan ClimateCare is a leader in high quality carbon offset credits in the UK. It helps lower business emissions and individual carbon footprints through credible, verified carbon reduction projects that offer a genuine way to act now. http://www.jpmorganclimatecare.com

TerraPass, Inc. launched in 2004 to help individuals and businesses reduce carbon dioxide by working directly with carbon reduction projects, providing revenue to dairy farms, landfill gas installations and other projects that yield carbon credits. To date, it has helped remove over 400,000 tonnes of CO2. uShip is a Blue Badge Partner and has participated in TerraPass’ award-winning program since 2006. http://www.terrapass.com/partners/uship

Data Sources:

1. Dept for Transport (2010) ‘Road Freight Statistics 2009’

2. Commission for Integrated Transport (2010) ‘Vans and the Economy’

3. TerraPass http://terrapass.com

4. uShip internal data logs and site statistics

For MoreInfo Visit: http://uship.com

Name: Dean Jutilla
Email: dean@uship.com
Phone: 08000988022
Country: United Kingdom

Chemplast Sanmar Wins Prize For Its Industrial Garden

The “Industrial Garden” of Chemplast Sanmar at Karaikal was awarded the 1st prize at the 16th Annual Flower Show held here. Experts from the Agriculture Department and the Karaikal College of Agriculture, adjudged Chemplast Sanmar’s spread of green around their plant as the best in the “Industrial Garden” category. The annual event recognizes individuals, households, farmers and industries for their efforts at greening their surroundings.

Speaking about the challenges towards this success, S Palaniappan, Plant Head, Karaikal explained that the main difficulty was in working with the salty soil, especially since the tsunami. “While Karaikal is an agricultural belt, the soil in Keezhavanjoor is salty post-tsunami.  The judges were able to appreciate the additional efforts that have gone in, to set up and maintain the garden.”

The Karaikal plant of Chemplast, which has a green belt of over 16 acres, also houses over 3500 trees. The support and active participation of the local community, has helped in the process. Chemplast acknowledges the support of the local community and traditional know-how with the organization’s will and inclination towards the cause of environment, which has helped in the task of dealing with a difficult terrain.  The casuarinas and Korean grass, a welcome sight at the plant, are testimony to these efforts.

Chemplast has won this recognition from the Puducherry Government, several times in the past few years. This is the 7th time that they are receiving an award in this category.

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., a part of The Sanmar Group, is one of the largest PVC manufacturers in India. Committed to its vision of “Integrity and Excellence”, The Sanmar Group has been taking various efforts towards protecting the environment, besides its principles of zero-liquid-discharge to safeguard against pollution. Chemplast Sanmar, Mettur recently received two awards for zero-liquid discharge while Flowserve Sanmar was commended for environment health and safety by CII. By receiving an award for its “Industrial Garden” now at Karaikal, Chemplast has reinforced its commitment towards the environment, yet again

Explore Sanmar Group for more information

Australian Box Recycling Offers Top-Notch Paper And Cardboard Recycling Services At Affordable Prices!

February 28, 2011 – Australian Box Recycling has announced the launch of its new website, featuring paper and cardboard recycling services. Many people want to recycle, but give up when they discover it takes more effort than they’re willing to put in, or they become overwhelmed with the sheer amount of paper and cardboard involved. AustralianBoxRecycling.com.au takes the work out of recycling and makes it easy for anyone to be eco-friendly.

Australian Box Recycling has been in business since 1994, whisking paper and cardboard away from the doors of Australian businesses. They feature flexible pick up times, and top-notch customer service that many of their competitors lack. The company has a reputation for excellence, as evidenced by the 3,500 Victorian businesses that rely on them every week to pick up and recycle their waste paper and cardboard.

The firm offers affordable pricing beginning starting at just $47 per year. They have flexible pick up times and frequency rates that cater to the needs of their customers. With over 15 years of experience, they’re well equipped to accommodate businesses of all sizes and can provide recycling bins up from 240L all the way to a 1100L capacity. They’re a trusted firm whose customers include the Coca-Cola Company, Kmart, Coles, Big W, Bakers Delight and Amcal among others.

Australian Box Recycling can provide customers with a free quote at no obligation. Simply call them at the number provided below, or complete the online form on their website. Their friendly staff will contact you by phone within two working days to help determine what type of services and the frequency of pick up that best meets your needs and provide you with a quote.

Australian Box Recycling can be contacted by phone at 03 9841 5848. Their hours of operation are from 9 am -5 pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, visit their website at www.australianboxrecycling.com.au

Choose Renewable Energy as Your New Year’s Resolution

January 7, 2011 – Ahead of Christmas and the start of a brand new year, millions of us are weakly formulating a New Year’s resolution that invariably consists of gym

memberships, nicotine patches and frankly numerous intentions that fall apart in February.

But this year, how about doing something a little different by pledging to go eco-friendly and investing in renewable energy? Not only will you be doing your bit for

the environment, but your renewable energy investment will also pay for itself over time via savings on your energy bills. And did you know that there are various
energy grants available to help you get started?

Renewable energy is available in many forms, which type would suit you best?

Wind Energy

This can be captured through the installation of domestic or commercial wind turbines which convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity, and this power can

then be used to provide the electricity requirements of your home or commercial property.

Solar Energy

Solar energy comes purely from the sun through solar panels – of which there are two main types. Solar thermal panels are used for central heating and hot running

water, whilst solar PV panels are used to generate electricity.

Heat Energy

Natural heat energy sourced from the ground (geothermal) is a popular solution across numerous Scandinavian and European countries as the renewable energy source for

ground source heat pumps. An alternative option, air source heat pumps can derive heat

energy from the ambient air temperature whilst water source heat pumps can be connected to a nearby water source.

Biomass Energy

Biomass energy is generated through the burning of materials such as wood pellets, wood chip, wood logs, wood shavings, any other organic, renewable materials or even

plant crops such as miscanthus (elephant grass).

Hydro Energy

Hydro power is one of the oldest forms of renewable energy, generating power from the movement of water. In perhaps its most common form, water is moved through

turbines located in dams to generate energy, which is renewable, as the water can be reused or returned to its natural state once the energy has been created.

For more information on renewable energy and how it can benefit you, contact Enerfina today.

About Enerfina

Enerfina Limited, founded in 2006, is a fully independent market intermediary in the renewable energy sector.

Working to the benefit of customers in both the domestic and commercial sectors, Enerfina carefully researches and selects products from a small selection of high

quality, proven manufacturers of renewable energy products. Product categories include Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal and PV Panels, Biomass Boilers and Stoves, Wind

Turbines and Rainwater Harvesters, amongst others.

These renewable energy products are presented on the Enerfina website where Key Characteristics and Features are highlighted, Pricing and Discounts are outlined and an

Enerfina Rating is assigned to each product based on a number of important factors such as Price, Quality, Efficiency, Reliability, Technology / Innovation, Warranty

and Customer Feedback. Customers can review and compare products freely and have the option of requesting further information via a sales call back from one of

Enerfina’s renewable energy partners.

Whilst everybody’s circumstances are different, Enerfina firmly believes that there is a suitable renewable energy product or solution out there for everyone. Our

objective is to help you, the customer, make the right choice!

Media Contact Information
Name: Enerfina
Website: www.enerfina.com
Phone: +44 (0) 844 669 6099
Address: Enerfina Limited,
Kendle House,
236 Nantwich Road,
Crewe, Cheshire,
CW2 6BP
United Kingdom.

Mix Media Luxury Lounge & Alive! Expo Green Pavilion Reveal Details of 8th Annual Eco-Luxury Suite During the Sundance Film Festival 2011!

January 6, 2011- Beverly Hills – Alive! Expo Green Pavilion and Mix Media Luxury Lounge have joined forces, again, to deliver yet another talked-about sustainably stylish and distinctive eco-educational lounge during Sundance’s sea of celebrity gifting suites from January 21st – January 23rd, 2011, in Park City, Utah.

Merging the “goodness of green” with the “lap of luxury”, eco-luxury pioneers Patrycja Siewert-Towns (Alive! Expo Green Pavilion) and Kim Shimmel (Mix Media, LLC) have made a name for themselves by turning Hollywood’s red carpets ”green”. Amongst the Festival’s hearty stock of award-winning actors, filmmakers, and national media, this dynamic duo has proven that by sharing their environmental alliance of education, social responsibility, and the power of celebrities, it is possible to take steps towards a more sustainable future.

At Alive! Expo Green Pavilion and Mix Media Luxury Lounge’s eighth year surrounding Sundance, Siewert-Towns and Shimmel will exemplify the perfect union of eco and extravagance by hosting Project Green’s CELEBRITY Photo Studio. A 501c3 non-profit organization, Project Green’s mission is to invest in a“Greener Tomorrow” by protecting green space for future generations and launching an annual “Back to Basics” Summer Camp for under-served kids and young people. The Photo Studio is an exclusive opportunity for celebrities, and notables, to share their ecological efforts in Project Green’s upcoming coffee table book on“Celebrities Going G-R-E-E-N”. Focusing on sustainability and teaching the 3 R’s -“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” with proceeds from the book will benefit Project Green’s objectives.

Guests will be introduced to an array of environmentally friendly and extravagant “finds”. A sneak peek of brands onboard Alive! Expo Green Pavilion’s and Mix Media Luxury Lounge’s “MUST” list, include: Aubrey Organics, 100% natural hair, skin, and body care products, North American Herb & Spice’s raw and wild Oregano supplements, organicPrairie VodkaNikita Lynn’s unique accessories for women, 100% eco-friendly and biodegradable Eaternal Plates made from Areca leaves, Envirosax® designer reusable bags, Lusciouss Jewelry for women who wear their accessories as emotions, customizable moving LED Medea Vodka, Heather Eastman’s recycled couture jewelry made from eyeglasses, and many more to be announced. “Healthy Happy Hours” from 4-6:30pm and VIP “sustainable soirees” will close each day with a mix of spirits and spirited invitees.

Media partnerships include HollyScoopLA’s the Place, and Yerevan Magazine.

The Shadow Ridge Resort, just steps from Park City’s popular Main Street, is the “official hospitality location” for the Sundance Film Festival. The resort will provide guests easy access to Alive! Expo Green Pavilion and Mix Media’s Luxury Lounge. Too, there will be convenient shuttle service to and from Sundance ”hot spots”.

For all media requests and credentials, please contact Quintessential PR partners:

Kerith Henderson
kerith@quintessentialpr.com
310.770.4764

Stacey Barker
Stacey@quintessentialpr.com
323.833.8358

For VIP/Celebrity RSVPS, please contact Quintessential PR partner:

Allyona Sevanesian
allyona@quintessntialpr.com
818.332.6939

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Beverly Hills, CA 90211

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Pearl’s Premium Wins MassChallenge Competition – Making Lawns Environmentally and Economically Sustainable

Pearl’s Premium, has won a $50,000 cash prize at the MassChallenge international competition for innovative ideas. The company was among 16 winners sharing $1 million.

“With 446 startups from across the U.S. and 26 countries competing in MassChallenge, winning was a great honor and a resounding validation for how Pearl’s Premium can help not only save money and water on lawns, but help make positive societal wide change,” stated John Penrose, President of Pearl’s Premium, Inc.

The company’s patent pending grass seed blends, Pearl’s Premium Ultra Low Maintenance Lawn Seed, are the result of eight years of research and development. This break-through grass seed grows at one quarter the rate of blue grass, requiring mowing only once a month rather than every week. It looks like a beautiful lush green lawn. With 12-inch roots, Pearl’s Premium is drought tolerant and seldom or never needs water once established in the northern half of the country. In southern states, it needs far less water than other grasses. The grass seed thrives without chemical fertilizer to stay green. Pearl’s Premium is also an oxygen-producing carbon sink to lessen green house gasses and mitigate climate change. Thus, it is healthier and safer for children, pets and the planet.

“Pearl’s Premium is an environmental and economic game changer,” said Jackson Madnick, the grass seeds mix’s developer and Pearl’s Premium Founder. “This is a national issue not a local issue, because numerous scientific studies have linked lawn care chemicals with increasing health risks such as learning and behavior problems for children, dog cancers, as well as Parkinson’s Disease, Asthma, Cancer and Leukemia. Additionally, lawn irrigation waste is a major drain on drinking water supplies in the U.S. I developed Pearl’s Premium to help make American lawns more environmentally sustainable. In the process, we found out that we could also save lawn owners a dramatic amount of money, time and water and help lower their carbon footprint.”

The City of Boston is already putting Pearl’s Premium to work in one of its parks to save money and reduce maintenance risk on the steep slopes at Clarence “Jeep Jones” Park in Roxbury (photo at right).

More than 5,000 people in North America have grown Pearl’s Premium lawns in over 25 states, plus 4 other countries. The company has been featured in 36 favorable and rave reviews including This Old House magazine, ABC and FOX TV and National Public Radio. Pearl’s Premium is sold at Whole Foods Markets and at www.pearlspremium.com. Or call 508-653-0800

Pearl’s Premium, Inc.
P.O. Box 5166,
Wayland
MA – 01778

PETCO ON BOARD AS SPONSOR OF GREEN PROGRAM KEEPING COMMUNITY PARKS “POO FREE”

Denver, CO (November 16, 2010) – Poo Free Parks™, a privately-held company providing environmentally- and socially-responsible pet waste supplies and services to cities and municipalities, announces a partnership with PETCO as sponsor of the Poo Free Parks™ program. The public-private partnership program is the first-of-its-kind — offering eco-friendly dog waste supplies and services to local communities at no cost to the municipalities or taxpayers and funded through cause-marketing efforts by like-minded businesses and organizations. The City of Glendale and South Suburban Park and Recreation District, both located in the Denver Metro Area, will be the first organizations to utilize the full suite of Poo Free Parks’™ services, sponsored by PETCO and a Denver-based non-profit organization, The Greenway Foundation. The service includes the installation, supply and upkeep of waste bag dispensers made from 100 percent recyclable aluminum. The dispensers are maintained by crews driving hybrid vehicles, and are filled with 100 percent biodegradable bags, designed to naturally deteriorate within 18 months.

“Poo Free Parks™ is an environmentally responsible, community-based, nationwide program addressing the important issue of dog waste in our city and suburban parks and along waterways,” says Poo Free Parks™ founder and president, Bill Airy. “The program addresses several important environmental and civic issues,” says Airy: “helps to clean up parks, waterways and walkways; improves water quality in our rivers, streams and lakes; reduces the amount of harmful plastics in our landfills and oceans; saves city and taxpayer dollars by delegating pet waste tasks to a private entity; and offers employment opportunities to heavily disadvantaged members of the community. Most importantly,” Airy continues, “our program proves that doing business in an environmentally- and socially-responsible manner can be profitable and contribute to lowering the budgetary burdens of our governmental agencies while creating opportunities for corporate sponsors and the general public to be aligned with important causes.”

As the program’s initial corporate sponsor, PETCO will help offset the cost of the program for participating organizations. “Poo Free Parks™ is making such a positive movement in keeping community parks and waterways free of plastic and pet waste,” said Greg Seremetis, vice president of marketing, PETCO. “PETCO is excited be part of something on the ground level that is poised to grow exponentially and have a dramatic impact on keeping our parks clean for pets and their parents to enjoy.”

Through the public-private partnerships with the City of Glendale and South Suburban Park and Recreation District, Poo Free Parks™ has installed and will maintain a minimum of 100 pet waste bag dispensers and thousands of biodegradable bags throughout community parks at no cost to taxpayers – resulting in more than $25,000 in supplies and additional maintenance fees, which the communities will receive as part of the service agreement.

“Our long-range plan developed by residents encourages us to find more ways to be green. Without this partnership, we couldn’t afford to switch over to biodegradable bags,” said David Lorenz, executive director for South Suburban.

“The Poo Free Parks™ program is providing an invaluable service to our residents and will certainly have a positive impact on our budget and resources,” says Larry Harte, mayor of the City of Glendale. “We are thrilled to be involved with a company who has a passion for keeping parks clean, and a program that will greatly benefit our community and the environment.”

In addition to the contract with the City of Glendale and South Suburban, the City and County of Denver has purchased, and is currently using, the eco-friendly dispensers and biodegradable bags provided by Poo Free Parks™. Airy plans to expand the program outside of Colorado to other markets across the country.

About Poo Free Parks™

Poo Free Parks™ is a Denver-based, privately-held company providing eco-friendly pet waste services and materials. The company is dedicated to keeping parks and waterways clean and beautiful in an environmentally-, fiscally- and socially-responsible manner, providing employment opportunities to heavily disadvantaged members of the community and bringing value and recognition to sponsorship partners. For more information, please visit: www.PooFreeParks.com

About PETCO

PETCO is a privately held specialty retailer that provides products, services and advice that make it easier for our customers to be great pet parents. We operate more than 1,000 stores in 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a leading pet products and information destination at www.petco.com . Our nonprofit organization, The PETCO Foundation, has raised nearly $70 million since its inception in 1999 to help promote and improve the welfare of companion animals. In conjunction with the Foundation, we work with and support approximately 6,500 local animal welfare groups across the country to help find homes for more than 200,000 adoptable animals every year.

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