Encouraging local businesses to creatively address environmental and societal challenges. 

Business News!

• There is almost a local currency in Homer, it's the Homer Farmer's Market Dollars.  Any time you give someone a Market Dollar they can spend it at any of the 40+ vendors that sell at the Market.  Keep that cash circulating in town!

• Homer Chamber of Commerce is the main promoter of local business.  Check out what benefits you can find with their Check Local Buy Local program.

• Green Star is an organization established to recognize businesses and organizations that voluntarily meet and exceed Green Star's high standards of environmental responsibility.

• Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology Promoting research and education for Alaskans in sustainable economic development.

• BALLE - Business Alliance for Local Living Economies is a wonderful resource for ideas on:
  • A Local Living Economy
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Renewable Energy
  • Zero-Waste Manufacturing
  • Independent Retail
  • Green Building
  • Community Capital
  • Greening Your Business

• Measure your business’s carbon footprint!   Just enter your zip code, select “business” and the process to getting recommendations on how to save.

• University of Oregon Institute for Sustainable Environment

• Bay Area Green Business Program   

Coal Point Trading Co. with solar panel  (photo by Millie Jenkins)

Homer Chamber of Commerce  Always has something coming up.  Check out their calendar

HOMER FACT:

Homer is a town of brilliant entrepreneurial spirit. With so many smart people running businesses, we can always strive to do business smartly. Businesses have the ability to make the biggest impact on our community’s carbon footprint by practicing waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention.  That all equates to cost savings as well as a healthier community. 

But there's more to it than just considering today's business.  When looking at the impacts of climate change, businesses are going to be the vital in helping the community adapt.   New businesses in the area can help the community be more sustainable by bringing in services and products that make sense in our changing world, while established businesses can lead by example, making changes from which their customers can learn.

To contact us:

You can drop us a letter at:

Sustainable Homer, PO Box 1801, Homer, AK  99603

Phone: 907-235-6953

E-mail: info@sustainablehomer.org

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