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I need a "green" business for class

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Volkl_860
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i have a class, e commerce and entrepreneurship,  that for first semester we made our own online green businesses and now for second semester our whole class does one business and we compete at an expo at the end of the year. so, i need some ideas for a business that in some way or another is related to going green. we have to make a web site, marketing plan and everything else that the business would need to actually run. PLEASE GIVE ME IDEAS!!!     It can be a product OR service.


sparknotes- give me an idea for a "green" business. either a product or a service.
Feb 12 2010 9:34AM
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VT_FLO
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landscaping
Feb 12 2010 9:42AM
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An10a_Eng
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paint
Feb 12 2010 9:53AM
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ElChapoTrapHaus
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industrial hemp
Feb 12 2010 9:56AM
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martin.
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recycling pickup service
Feb 12 2010 9:56AM
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Volkl_860
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thanks so far but it needs to be more of a product or service that solves a problem. like one of the ones first semester was a sunscreen that was 100% organic to stop coral reef bleaching
Feb 12 2010 10:00AM
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neutralzombie
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duh
the energy saver lightbulbs
Feb 12 2010 10:07AM
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Volkl_860
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it has to be a new business
Feb 12 2010 10:07AM
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Benedetto.
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Stop the sale of prius's.
Feb 12 2010 10:08AM
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robtheslobonacob
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hire some engineers
Feb 12 2010 10:11AM
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neutralzombie
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how new is new?
Feb 12 2010 10:12AM
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neutralzombie
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wesc started using raw denim last year, and there's a raw denim company, but i forget it.
Feb 12 2010 10:13AM
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Pocoyo
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A business that recyles old ski boots, skis and poles etc....then re uses the material to make new ski products. Plastics, aluminium, steel, wood, its all in there.

(90% recyled 10% new material)...100% recyling for product production is pretty much impossible for things like ski boots mind.

Feb 12 2010 10:14AM
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Volkl_860
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thats what im looking for but im not sure my class would jump at that idea specifically.
Feb 12 2010 10:27AM
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hanksy
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landscaping company. you have all solar powered equipment, with batteries. and when you drive around, you have a solar powered generator in your trailer to charge your stuff.
Feb 12 2010 10:35AM
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Shaky_Jake
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how new does it need to be?? like never been done before?

windmills would be a good one, transfer natural energy into usable energy
a) a town
b) your recycling boot company
c) something else....
Feb 12 2010 10:50AM
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Arabian.
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CHEAP BIKES MADE FROM RECYCLED PARTS!!!!
Feb 12 2010 10:51AM
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GORlLLA
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Landfill company. The company just goes around and makes more landfills and dumps shit into the ocean.
Feb 12 2010 10:57AM
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Spillway_East
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good idea, make sure the truck is extremely bad on gas though.
Feb 12 2010 11:09AM
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NW_Rider
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Artificial Grass. No more need for watering, or fertilizing or mowing.

http://www.dreamturf.com
Feb 12 2010 11:42AM
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Pocoyo
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How about some kind of recyling/energy program that relates to the schools....such as using waste food from the lunch halls/the canteen  to create energy through Anarebic digestion, the process can be used to both reduce landfill and get energy from the gas given off from the break down of the organic matter...(Methane, can be used to offset fossil fuel consumption.

This will give you some background> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_digestion

Google companies that specialise in this and you'll probably get some good ideas of what you could do.

Feb 12 2010 11:52AM
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dmc12380
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Food place, like burgers, made from hormone free beef and all that other shit. beef that comes from organic farm basically
Feb 12 2010 12:03PM
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Malcolm
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surface green lifes
Feb 12 2010 12:19PM
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R@ggaMuffin
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Organic online delivery dispensary!
Feb 12 2010 1:12PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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You know how people can hook up blenders to stationary bikes?  What if every machine in a gym generated electricity.  i dont really know the specifics but i assume if you had 20 people riding bikes connected to a generator it could be used for something.... 

Feb 12 2010 1:13PM
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