The Penn State Center for Sustainability, partnering with the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program is creating an online Guide to "Green" Pennsylvania Businesses and Industries.

The Green Guide will help students and faculty, Penn State purchasing, and the general public identify and locate environmentally responsible products and services in Pennsylvania. "Greening" Your Home, Office, Business or Lifestyle will be easier with this convenient, searchable online database. Website visitors will be able to search by category, keyword, business name or zip code.

This inclusive guide is meant to serve as an outreach educational resource for the public, as well as a tool to support the growth of sustainable technologies, products and services here in Pennsylvania.

Register Your Green Pennsylvania Business free of charge for a one-page on-line form for consideration.

The Guide will include business which have thes green characteristics:

· Significantly reduce or eliminate fossil fuels and/or environmental toxins -Maximize the use of renewable resources;

· Make a significant contribution to the sustainable manufacturing, packaging, delivery and/or marketing of products;

· Have a high recycled, recyclable content -Are compostable and biodegradable and/or avoid "down-cycling," retaining a useful end-product (technical nutrient);

· Use or create renewable energy and conservation technologies, green-design building materials, design and/or construction services;

· Are highly energy-efficient;

· Contain Certified Organic, regionally grown and produced food or food products;

· Forest Stewardship Council Certified Products; or

· Promote or support green purchasing, sustainability education and/or training

For more information, visit the Guide to "Green" Pennsylvania Businesses and Industries.

7/27/2007