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	<description>Being a green business is possible for small to medium enterprises.  This site will give you ideas on how to start a green business program and best green business practices for you.</description>
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		<title>Refrigerant Management &#8211; How the Montreal Protocol Could Affect You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One aspect of your green business program is that it keeps up to date with environmental agreements and legislation that may affect your business.   The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international agreement to phase out substances that have an adverse effect on the ozone layer.  This phase out will make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Introduction to Climate Change and Global Warming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One aspect of being a green business is being aware how much carbon and other greenhouse gases the business emits into the atmosphere.  We have all heard the terms global warming, climate change and greenhouse gas but as they are often used interchangeably, it can be difficult to understand exactly what these terms mean.  However [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Your Office &#8211; Certification Programs for Green Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing green furniture is one aspect of ensuring you have a green office but how do you know if your office furniture is environmentally friendly? As consumer demand for green furniture increases, manufactures are working to implement green practices in both production and operation. This has led to a range of environmental certifications that indicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Materials in Green Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the range of furniture on the market today selecting furniture that is good for both you and the environment can be a challenge. Before making your buying decisions, it helps to be armed with a little knowledge of how furniture is made and the environmental impacts of the materials used. To get you started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Offices &#8211; How to Choose a Green Office Chair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who spends hours sitting at a desk knows that a good office chair is vital to their comfort and productivity. It is commonly known that having an office chair that does not suit you or the work you do will affect your concentration and could potentially lead to long term back problems. However when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Actions for a Green Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today offices and office buildings are everywhere &#8211; from large corporations with many staff to the millions of small home offices used for business, study or juggling the numerous tasks of running a household.   With the number of offices in the world even small changes can lead to huge environmental savings.  Check out these four areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Sustainable Wood as Green Business Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we think about green business practices our business could engage in, we tend to think of the obvious things that we hear about everyday such as the use of energy and water and emissions of carbon. However there are other less obvious ways for a business to go green, for example choosing sustainable wood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Energy by Powering Down Computers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want a quick green business practice to reduce the energy used in your office? A standard part of both Windows and Mac operating systems are power management features that put the computer to sleep after a period of inactivity. These power options can be changed by the user and in some computers are not activated [...]]]></description>
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