Going Green!
DesignMe® is taking its part in reducing our carbon footprint. As a certified green business, we take care in each of our daily activities to ensure that we have the smallest impact possible on our planet. As a partner of DesignMe, you can rest assured that we take our commitment to the environment very seriously. Here are just some of the ways we help every day:
DesignMe uses almost exclusively Apple products. Utilizing Apple's existing commitment to the environment, our laptops are powered with earth-friendly batteries and maintain Powersave technologies that allow for minimal electrical use. Each lithium battery can also be recycled to prevent build-up in the landfills. Learn more about Apple products.
When it comes to meetings, we do our best to communicate online. Using programs such as Skype, WebEx, Google Docs, and ScreenFlix, we are usually successful in avoiding travel-related carbon impacts. However, when we do travel, we do our best to offset our carbon footprint in a variety of ways.
The use of alternative energy is perhaps the best way to reduce a company's carbon footprint - next to prevention. For that reason, DesignMe strives to use alternative energy (whenever possible) to power our everyday systems.
Physical hosting servers are generally a cost-savings way to go, but they require a lot of energy. For that reason, DesignMe has chosen to use a virtual server through Amazon Cloud to power our clients' sites.
When all else fails: recycle. Though we try to do our best by using ceramic coffee mugs, water glasses and other reusable materials, we're not perfect. Therefore, when we need to use disposable items, we recycle any item that is possible: plastics, glass, aluminum, assorted metals, paper and newspapers.
In order to further offset our carbon footprint, DesignMe gives discounted rates to fellow-certified green companies to show our appreciation for their efforts. By offsetting your footprint, we further offset ours. To learn more about how you can save, please email us.
Our final resort in offsetting our carbon footprint comes from planting trees. With a partnership from Adams County Nursery we are able to plant some excess fruit trees that may have otherwise been burned.
DesignMe offers discounted services to qualifying green and non-profit organizations through our NGO - The DesignMe Foundation. We know how how hard you work to provide the most important services to your constituency and we want to provide you with the tools necessary to watch your vision evolve. We provide both online services as well as offering versions of Ubunifu for your social change outlet. Inquire about The DesignMe Foundation and see how we might be able to assist you with your goals.
