Happy Anniversary, Guidance Green

First time, second round … but third is a charm!

In the spirit of celebration, Guidance has sponsored planting of a new tree during Tree Musketeer's Arbor Day Celebration, this Saturday, March 6th from 9:30am to noon at Washington Park in El Segundo, Calif.

According to Tree Musketeers – the nation’s first youth environmental organization – each new tree planted will generate $163,000 worth of oxygen, air pollution control, water recycling and soil erosion prevention while sequestering 2½ tons of CO2 over 50 years.

Besides helping the environment, Guidance’s sponsorship helps commemorate the third anniversary of Guidance Green. Created in March 2007 by Guidance CTO & Co-Owner, Jon Provisor, the Guidance Green committee oversees the company’s environmentally-friendly practices while keeping employees and the community in general informed about individual and business-wide efforts to help keep the planet green and healthy. Guidance is 100% carbon neutral and has offered carbon-neutral hosting for its clients since 2008.

Happy Anniversary, Guidance Green!

It's Arbor Day!

Before there was Earth Day, there was (and still is) Arbor Day. Founded by noted agriculturalist and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska on April 10, 1872, when an estimated one million trees were planted. The day itself was first observed three years later. In 1885, Arbor Day was named a legal holiday in the state of Nebraska, and April 22nd, Morton's birthday, was selected as the date for its permanent observance. (Source: The Arbor Day Foundation).

The curret national holiday for Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April. Arbor Day is also celebrated throughout the world on different dates.

If you don't have a front/backyard where to plant trees (or yours is already at capacity) but would like to get involved in tree planting & cleaning activities, and you live in the Los Angeles area, check out Guidance Green eco-partner Tree Musketeers, the nation’s first youth environmental organization dedicated, at http://www.treemusketeers.org.

To learn more about Arbor Day, visit The Arbor Day Foundation website at http://www.arborday.org.

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Alejandra Espinosa
Guidance Green