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I'm Jeff Hix, your Green Pages host and small business sustainability consultant, and this site is your guide to greening your home and office.

In addition to over 20 years' experience helping firms reduce, control, and gain visibility into their overhead expenses, I also served from 2004 - 2008 on the Board of Directors of the Dogwood Alliance, the only organization in the South holding corporations accountable for the impact of their industrial foresty practices on our forests and our communities.   In 2007, I served as the organizations' Acting Executive Director, and in 2008 as Chair of the Board.   In 2007 and 2008, I also co-directed the first Earth Day festivals the City of Atlanta held since 1995, and joined Mayor Shirley Franklin in her efforts in building a greener Atlanta.

I first learned about the Dogwood Alliance in 2000 after watching a segment on the McNeil Lehrer News Hour highlighting one of the most successful campaigns the environmental movement has witnessed in recent memory when Dogwood Alliance teamed up with San Francisco-based ForestEthics in creating The Paper Campaign to protect forests by working in the marketplace to change the way paper is made in the US.  Having been intimately involved in the office supply industry since the late 1980's, it caught my attention that these passionate, enterprising organizations were singlehandedly transforming the office supply industry and simultaneously achieving lasting protection for Southern Forests by targeting the largest retail paper sellers in the US - office super stores like Staples, Office Depot, Office Max, and other companies who had long been my competitors.   With their unique combination of grassroots organizing and inside-the-boardroom negotiation, Dogwood Alliance brought eco-consciousness and corporate responsibility to an industry that had long ignored its widespread environmental impact.    To learn more about their successful campaigns and victories in transforming the Office Supply Industry, click here (Dogwood Alliance and the Office Supply Industry). 

While organizations such as the Dogwood Alliance are transforming the paper and packaging industries and creating real and lasting protection for Southern forests, the question we ask ourselves is ... what can we do?   Well, one way is to make a donation to support these efforts, and the other is to examine the way we purchase and use the products in our home and business and make better decisions about the things we consume as well as the footprint we leave as we go about our daily lives.

And here at Green Pages, you can do both!  

This site is dedicated to helping people and companies reduce costs while simultaneously reducing their ecological footprint.  And a percentage of every purchase made from this site goes directly to helping the Dogwood Alliance and their important work. 

One of the biggest myths in green purchasing today is that it costs more money to be ecologically sensitive.   This is simply not true!  The wonderful thing about buying green is you can save money and save the environment at the same time!   Consider that:

• Products that are reusable, refillable, more durable or repairable create less waste and are more cost-effective in the long run than disposable or single-use products.
• Manufacturing recycled products uses less energy than goods made from virgin materials.  Buying recycled products keeps recycling programs going and saves natural resources.
• Using energy-efficient and water-conserving products saves money and resources.

So when you think green, think of saving forests and trees ...

and think also of saving a bundle of these!    

In January of 2009 I joined Indoff, a $130 million company founded in 1971.  With a dynamic group of 400 partners (and growing) serving thousands of customers throughout the United States and Mexico, Indoff's tag line is "Solutions Unlimited".  For over 35 years, Indoff has developed excellent supplier relationships with virtually every wholesaler and manufacturer in the business products industry.   The possibilities of helping my clients find the right solution - the right product for the right application - is literally endless.

With a treasure trove of experience and contacts in both the environmental movement and the business products industry, I am uniquely positioned to be a valuable resource to you and your company in assisting you with achieving your cost reduction and sustainability objectives.   I provide consulting services that range from helping companies buy smarter and greener to assisting firms with developing and implementing their strategic sustainability plans.   Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can assist you or your business in any way.

So welcome again to Green Pages!   Please take a moment to browse our catalog by clicking on the tab at the top right, and subscribe to my Green Pages Newsletter by clicking on the contact link below to drop me a line and send me your email address.   Come back and visit as often as you like as we will be highlighting fascinating goings on in the environmental movement as well as featuring the latest, greatest wonderful and innovative products that green-minded manufacturers are continually cooking up to help us live better and more sustainably.     Our catalog is chock full of cost-efficient, ecologically friendly products you can purchase right now (with free next day delivery) right from this site for your home and/or office, and we will be adding new items every month.

Thank you again for visiting Green Pages!

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It's not."

 - from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

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