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Thirty-five Marin County businesses will receive their Green Business certification by the Marin County Board of Supervisors at a Green Business Recognition Ceremony on December 4^th. The program was launched by the County of Marin’s Community Development Agency in April of 2002. They join 210 other businesses already certified, bringing the total to 245 in Marin. Bay Area-wide there are over 1,000 recognized Green Businesses. Certification as a Green Business requires that businesses meet higher standards than required by law in energy and water conservation, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

The 35 businesses to be certified as Marin Green Businesses are:

Ace Printing & Mailing Services, San Rafael Bank of Marin (7 branches and the Headquarters), throughout Marin Dance Palace, Pt. Reyes Station Drivesavers Inc., Novato Earthsite, Fairfax EcoNow, Greenbrae Hannibal’s Inc. Electric Construction, San Rafael Healing Cusine, Mill Valley illumingarden, Fairfax Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax Joy of Learning Center, San Rafael kerching! consulting, Novato Lavelle Millworks, San Rafael Main Street Research, Inc., Sausalito

Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt. Reyes Station Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau, San Rafael Marin Country Day School, Corte Madera Marin Organic, Pt. Reyes Station Marin Solar, Inc., San Rafael Morre & Company, LLP, Novato Novato Advance, Novato Pacific eDocument Solutions, Novato Rana Creek Habitat Restoration, Pt. Reyes Station Sage Educators, Mill Valley Stanley F. Green, LLC, Larkspur West Coast Dents, Novato What’s Cooking, San Rafael Zan Media, Novato

Example measures adopted by some of these green businesses include:

• Product lines and services that include energy efficient materials, renewable energy, promotion and use of local organic foods, habitat restoration and less toxic materials.
• Upgrades to facilities that include energy efficient lighting and equipment and building materials that are less toxic and/or include recycled content
• Emission reduction measures that include home based businesses, incentives for carpooling and company vehicles run on alternative fuels

The upcoming recognition ceremony to honor the new Green Businesses will be held December 4^th at 10:30am in Room 330 of the Civic Center during the County Board of Supervisors meeting. Contact information for all of the businesses can be found at www.maringreenbusiness.org