What can you do? – This is Certified Sustainable .Wine

what can I do?

What can I do?

Use your purchasing power to support conscientious green businesses!

Use Your Purchasing Power

Use your purchasing power to support conscientious green businesses

EASY GREEN OPPORTUNITIES

Set your thermostat for max efficiency – 68 in the winter, 76-78 in the summer.

Try to consolidate shipments by ordering from just a few online businesses. If purchasing on Amazon choose the option to ship items together, even if it takes an extra day or two.

Use Smile.Amazon.Com and support your favorite nonprofit organizations with every purchase, including Napa Green.

One of the biggest water users at homes and businesses is your landscaping. Install drip irrigation and check it regularly to make sure there aren’t any leaks or plugged water emitters. Always water at night or early morning, to prevent water loss to evaporation. For new landscaping plant native, drought tolerant plants, and take out or avoid grass.

Get a swanky water bottle and never purchase bottled water again.

Recycle, recycle, recycle. Did you know that glass and aluminum are infinitely recyclable? But only ~30% of glass and 35% of aluminum end up in the recycling bin. Everything you put in recycling has to be clean – if things get contaminated the recycling company has to send it to the landfill.

New resolution – no more single-use plastic.

Create compost. Find out if you can use your green waste bin for landscaping AND food waste. The carbon footprint of food waste is greater than that of the airline industry.

Bring your own bags to the grocery store. Most plastic bags can’t or don’t get recycled and end up in landfills, or worse, in the ocean.

Set
your
Thermostat

Set your thermostat for max efficiency – 68 in the winter, 76-78 in the summer

Use Your Purchasing Power

Use your purchasing power to support conscientious green businesses

order
fewer
packages

Try to consolidate shipments by ordering from just a few online businesses. Choose the option to ship items together

Use
Amazon
Smile

Use Smile.Amazon.Com and support your favorite nonprofit organizations with every purchase, including Napa Green

choose
native
plants

For new landscaping plant native, drought tolerant plants, and take out or avoid grass

Install
drip
irrigation

Install drip irrigation and check it regularly to make sure there aren’t any leaks or plugged water emitters.

Water
at
night

Always water at night or early morning, to prevent water loss to evaporation.

No plastic
water
bottles

Get a swanky water bottle and never purchase bottled water again.

Recycle all
glass and
aluminum

Did you know that glass and aluminum are infinitely recyclable? But only ~30% of glass and 35% of aluminum end up in the recycling bin.

Make a
plastic
resolution

Make a resolution – no more single-use plastic.

Create
compost

Find out if you can use your green waste bin for landscaping AND food waste. The carbon footprint of food waste is greater than that of the airline industry.

Bring
your own
bags

Most plastic bags can’t or don’t get recycled and end up in landfills, or worse, in the ocean

SMALL GREEN INVESTMENTS

If your community has a CCA like Marin Clean Energy or Sonoma Clean Power opt up to their “Deep Green” option and for a small $ premium get 100% of electricity from regional renewable wind and solar energy.

We love travel but every flight has a huge carbon footprint. IF you fly spend a little more (~$20-40) to get carbon offsets.

Plant trees for birthdays or holidays using services like One Tree Planted.

opt into
Community
Choice

If your community has a CCA like Marin Clean Energy or Sonoma Clean Power opt up to their “Deep Green” option

fewer
flights
& offset

We love travel but every flight has a huge carbon footprint. IF you fly spend a little more (~$20-40) to get carbon offsets.

Plant trees
for your
birthday

Plant trees for birthdays or holidays using services like One Tree Planted.

Green You Can See

Solar and Electric Vehicles (EVs) are visible and sexy. Install residential solar and buy your own EV that runs on the sun’s energy. These are big ticket investments but they also pay you back by slashing your electricity and gas bills. And there are tax incentives!

Worried about finding EV charging stations? Check out the PlugShare app.