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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT

At the Good Earth Family of Companies, we believe that plants are life. Without them, most species on earth cannot survive. The air we breathe, the food we eat, depend on the very existence of plant life on our planet. We use plants to build our homes, cloth our bodies and one in six plants are used for their medicinal properties.

We are automatically green by the very nature of our business. We bring to the indoor environment living, breathing organisms that connect our clients to the very essence of life. Plants have been proven to improve indoor air quality, reduce stress, improve productivity and help people heal faster. More recently, through the launch of our sister company, we bring life to a building's envelope with living walls and green roofs. These products help reduce indoor temperatures, make HVAC and PVC systems work more efficiently, create biodiversity and help curb the urban heat island effect, and filter harmful particulate matter from the air and before it reaches storm drains. All of these benefits are further enhanced by the aesthetic beauty of a living oxygen-providing sculpture indoors, and the dramatic effect a greenscaped building can have.

Our goals surrounding sustainability began with our corporate headquarters. In 2007, we installed a 1600 square foot "green roof" Native Plant Demonstration Garden on our administrative building in Kearny Mesa. In line with data from green roof projects around the world, a quick look at our energy usage shows an approximate 23% in savings, and we calculate that we're absorbing 75% of a rain event, filtering what over flows into the storm water system. Also, the life of our roof will be extended keeping thousands of pounds of old roof material from reaching the landfill.

Additionally, we are focused on continuing changes in our infrastructure and habits by:

Changing over to fluorescent lighting and turning off the lights when not in use.
Turning off our computers when not in use.
Maximizing the use of our "green dumpster" for all of our green waste.
Placing recycling bins throughout the office and property and incorporating recycled products into our daily activities.
Using non toxic products in our plant servicing.
Going paperless whenever possible and implementing electronic administrative systems to save resources and increase efficiency.
Driving fuel-efficient vehicles (our Scions get 35 MPG!) and continuously arranging our routes to be geographically efficient.
Searching out suppliers and vendors that share our environmental values.