Be Clean, Go Green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About 30 years ago, Kermit the Frog had a song out called "It's Not Easy Being Green". Kermit was teaching the audience about the color green that day. His song laments the fact that he is different, he tends to get passed over for shinier things like the stars in the sky and flashy sparkles on the water. The overall tone is indeed sad. However, he ends the song by saying, "I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful, And I think it's what I want to be." I'm with Kermit on this one.
Since that song was penned, "being green" has taken on new meaning and it also has become easier and we at Island Realty are working hard to make it even easier still to be green. About a month ago Christina, our office manager and I were in our storage shed looking for space to put a few pieces of furniture and a new batch of files (there are tons of files in a real estate office). On one entire wall of the shed there were boxes and boxes of files that no longer need to be kept, however the information in them is sensitive and we felt it was a beyond a bad idea to just put them in regular trash.
After tons of discussion about how to get rid of the miles and miles of files, we knew we needed to shred the documents and decided we had more than a household shredder could accommodate. It was then that we began looking into having a mobile shredder come to the office. Hmmmmmmmmmmm but we didn't have that much trash (the mobile unit we have coming can hold 6 tons of waste, imagine killing a gnat with a sledgehammer). We decided it was a great community service to offer to the homeowners on Fripp and Harbor Islands.
So that is how our first "Be Clean Go Green" event was born. On May 5 from 9-11a.m. we will have a mobile trash shredder at our Harbor Island Office located at 2 Harbor Dr. The shredder will take paper, files, cds, credit cards. Please note, paper clips and staples DO NOT need to be removed.
This is a great way to securely & reliably protect your identity, get rid of old documents, i.e. retired tax records, medical records, bank statements etc. and generally purge your files in an environmentally friendly way. All the materials are recycled as well. So I would say to Kermit the Frog, in this instance "It Is Easy to be Green".
Will you join us? Let me know who is planning to come or other thoughts you may have on this or any subject. I look forward to seeing you on the 5th.
