The Key

Here are many of the benefits to becoming a local "CORE" Eco-Consultant:
Are you thinking about starting a Green Business, but need business ideas, help and resources? Then you have come to the right place!

The Benefits

• Opportunity to be part of the new and growing “Green Economy” with a home-based business
• Flexibility to set your own hours
• Training to perform Green home and office consulting, hold Go Green workshops, make one-on-one sales, manage school and non-profit “green” fund raisers and sell online to friends and contacts around the country
• No inventory to purchase or hold
• Convenient direct shipping to your customers
• No sales quotas and NO pressure to recruit new Eco-Consultants

Profitable niche: From the highway to the fashion runway Keep your money in… a license plate? Sweet money from candy wraps Reduce. Ideas to help minimize our dependency on fossil fuels, non-renewable resources and scarce supplies. Inspire yourself with these cool ideas: The business of rainwater harvesting Make your own Biodiesel and save big bucks Old wood, new life, great cash
Reuse. Instead of throwing away your used stuff, why don't we use it over and over again. Here are some entrepreneurial tips to do so: Don't trash it; trade it. One man's trash is another man's treasure: Recycling communities Luxury leasing as a Green business Of course, you could finance a Green Enterprise or help developing countries artisans and merchants by promoting free trade:
Money to save the planet, one loan at a time Making Gold Out of Garbage We throw away mountains of garbage every day, but much of this garbage can be converted into new products and given another life. “CORE” will provide a model for the kind of business others can build by making useful things out of what would otherwise be garbage.
  "Garbage is one of the few things we pay people to take away from us," says Sebastian Richards , founder of “CORE”. The company started packaging worm poop fertilizer in used plastic soda bottles, and today it's working with big companies like Target. Target disposable bags are transformed into reusable shopping totes, juice pouches are made into lunch boxes, and granola bags into shower curtains. If they do it, they can show you how, too. This business can start out small at home in your garage, but there's plenty of room for growth. Getting involved can be more than donating to a charity or starting a nonprofit. With these double bottom-line business models, you can endorse your environmental activism while making money to be self-sufficient. You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference, available from Entrepreneur Press. As the founder of “CORE” Starting Up Green we work to help green entrepreneurs start and grow successful businesses. Write to us for more information on how you can become a green entrepreneur.
"CORE's" Green Business Resource Center is your guide!   Here, you will find tons of free information and tips, along with cost-effective quality resources to help you with your business. Get step by step information on how to start a green business, how to create a business plan, where to get financing, help with marketing, and help with strategies to grow your business ( online and offline ), so you can be successful in your new endeavor.
Be smart about how you spend your money. It's easy to spend a lot of money in the beginning during the start up phase.  Business plans tend to change as you gain some experience and get to know your market, and sometimes the things that you pay for, quickly become obsolete.   We want to help.  "Core’s" Green Business Resource Center is designed to save you time and money. Be sure to bookmark this site and come back to it often.
So what exactly IS a "Core’s" "Green Economy", and how can you tap into this new industry? Sebastian Richards , the author of The Green Economy, says it is a solution that both rescues our economy, and saves the environment. Currently, the economy is built on and powered almost exclusively by oil, natural gas, and coal, which are not renewable energy sources. As supplies disappear, the price of energy climbs and nearly everything becomes more expensive. As costs go up, and unemployment goes up, the economy suffers.
Additionally, when we burn these fuels, the greenhouse gases they emit, overheats the atmosphere. This impact climate change. The new green-economy is a way that we can save our environment, put people back to work, and grow our economy in the process."

Build wind / solar power systems for people Make solar power and wind power at home. You can offer this service to other people, and help them reduce their electricity bill. The earth4energy guide teaches you how to make a power producing solar panels and reduce your electricity bill. Ask us for the guide.
Weatherize Homes and Businesses You Can Make $1000 a week providing a very helpful and necessary service by weatherizing people's homes. Ask us for the 'how-to' guide, and a green product supplier for you.
Broker carbon credits and help individuals/companies reduce their carbon footprint This is the fastest-growing financial specialties market in the world according to the New York Times. You can learn how to do it here.
Install geothermal heat pumps Geothermal heating and cooling technology provides exceptional performance. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agrees that a geothermal heat pump is the most energy-efficient, clean, and cost-effective space conditioning available. Learn how to install geothermal heat pumps here.
Recondition batteries Start a business reconditioning Ni-Cd and NiMh batteries. Learn how here.
Build and operate your own Biogas plant and help your neighbours and friends own one too.
Build solar power water heaters Solar hot water systems produce clean, non-polluting energy. A single hot water system can offset the equivalent of approximately 40% of the carbon dioxide emissions of a modern passenger car. They are safe for our environment, safe for plants, safe for animals and safe for all of us. Learn how to do this here.
Start a new house cleaning service where you use eco-friendly cleaning products, and non-toxic housecleaning supplies. Here’s a good article on some great eco-friendly house cleaning tips
Brew Biodiesel fuel Watch this video how this process works.
Start a cell phone / PDA recycling business Learn how to start a cell phone / pda recycling business here.
Start a "Wet-Clean" Dry Cleaning Service People are used to sending their clothes to dry cleaners, but most dry cleaning facilities are very harmful to the environment. People will drive out of their way to find an eco-friendly dry cleaning service. Here is an interesting study on this service.
Start a paper recycling business Some paper recyclers earn over $100,000 / year.
Start an online business selling a green products You can start an online business selling green products. By using our company, you don't need to carry your own inventory or ship out the products. We carry products from different manufacturers, who will drop ship for you