Earthsite is happy to announce that we have partnered with The LOHAS Forum which will be held on June 23-25, 2010 in Boulder, CO.  The LOHAS Forum brings together 500+ business executives to network and learn about the opportunities the LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) marketplace has to offer and how best to target the LOHAS consumer.  Earthsite will be assisting in social media outreach and strategy.  Onsite we will be participating in the Social Media A-ha Cafe.  There is also talk of an event in the Spring that we will be hosting in the SF Bay Area that will give participants a taste of the A-ha Cafe.  Stay tuned for details.......

Earthsite has partnered with Hware, Humanity Ware, to bring you an online social media training for small businesses.  Founders Brenda and Chuck Horton have put together a very comprehensive training tool that will teach you all you need to know to get started in social media.   We met Brenda and Chuck through the Green Festival and highly trust what they have to offer.  If you are a small business with very little to invest in social media this is for you!   The cost is just $149.

Click here to get started.

Here's what people are saying about Hware's training:

“Hware’s Course on social media was a complete eye opener! The presentation was jam packed with valuable information for the small business owner. Brenda Horton delivered a powerful message on the importance of nurturing, building, and cultivating relationships through social media.” - Gena Livings, Online Personal Health and Fitness Coach

“The Hware social media Course blew my socks off! A top notch production with extremely valuable content that immediately had a positive impact on my business.”
- Lisa Schrader, CEO Awakening Shakti

 

OASIS is a unique company that provides full service national sales and marketing management for products
in the Natural Foods and Specialty Food Trades.  Their clients include:  Martinelli's, Wallaby Organic and Redwood Hill Farm.  Earthsite has teamed up with OASIS to provide social media strategy for OASIS clients. 

Earthsite uses DropBox to share, syncronize, and backup all of our company files.  We love it because it's so easy to use and it's never failed.  We've been able to do away with out local network storage entirely with this service.  It gives us peace of mind because we now have our company files on our own computers, as well as in the 'cloud'.  We always have access to our company files from our computers, by logging into their online website, or through our iPhone apps.  It's never been easier sharing files.

If you sign up through this link, we both get an additional 250mb storage!

Earthsite has teamed up with GreenerPrinter to offer our clients a great resource for their printing needs from a company that is aligned with our values.

Greenerprinter is a certified green business based in Berkeley, CA that prints business cards, marketing collateral, and more using only recycled paper and soy & vegetable-based inks. In addition to providing an environmentally responsible printing option, Greenerprinter also supports the transition to a green economy by partnering with like-minded organizations, including Green Festivals and Bioneers. Learn more about green printing and sustainability on their blog at www.greenerprinter.com/blog, follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/greenerprinter or visit their website at www.greenerprinter.com.

Lamfers & Associates is a visual communications firm specializing in brand development, application and stewardship and has been supporting clients––from startups to Fortune 500 companies––since 1990.

Led by creative directors Debra Lamfers and Don Scott Macdonald, L&A has a history of building close working relationships with clients. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the firm offers the expertise of a large agency with the attentiveness of a small studio.

Earthsite has partnered with Lamfers & Associates to incorporate social media strategies into their clients' branding initiatives.

Natural Logic delivers strategic sustainability consulting to companies and communities, with integrated, results-focused programs that build profit and competitive advantage while reducing your organization's environmental footprint, waste and risk.

Earthsite works with Natural Logic's corporate clients to assist them in the development of Green marketing campaigns including Green microsites.

Successfoods is a marketing and media company that serves the entire food and beverage industry.  Successfoods' clients include the California Milk Advisory Board, US Foodservice, Rumiano Cheese Company, the California Tomato Growers Association and Pacific Organic Produce. Earthsite and Successfoods have come together to share technology strategies and partner on client projects whose needs can be met by both companies in the areas of green marketing and social media.

Earthsite maintains a close relationship with Blue Practice, a boutique marketing and public relations group that speaks out for green-minded companies and organizations.  Blue Practice complements Earthsite by bringing mainstream marketing campaigns, media relations and communications leadership together with our interactive marketing, web design and social media expertise.  Together, we are equipped to provide the sustainability community with cutting-edge tools for communicating to multiple audiences in online and real-world media.

Green America’s Green Business Network™ is the oldest, largest, and most diverse network of socially and environmentally responsible businesses in the US.

Membership in the Green Business Network™ means that Earthsite has been screened for: using business as a tool for social change; "values-driven," not simply profit-driven; socially and environmentally responsible in the way they source, manufacture, and market their products, and run their offices and factories; and committed to and employing extraordinary and innovative practices that benefit workers, communities, customers, and the environment.

Co-founders Joey and Stacie Shepp both graduated from the Green MBA program now at Dominican University of CA.  Earthsite has two other graduates from the Green MBA program on staff and works with the program on an onoing basis, strategizing on ways to promote the brand and devleop a social media strategy for the program.  Dominican University is in Marin County close to Earthsite's headquarters which allows our team access to the Green MBA guest lecture series as well as other events hosted by the program's Net Impact Chapter.

Dominican University of California's Green MBA program is an accredited, on site graduate program in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduates receive a Master of Business Administration degree in Sustainable Enterprise. Students have a choice of two-year full-time and three-year part-time structures.

The Green MBA, seeks solutions that promote financial viability, ecological sustainability, and social justice using a dynamic, project-oriented learning approach to integrate the development of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills with the building of critical thinking and leadership capacities.

 

Spurred by her passion for the charitable and sustainable world, Abigail Fisher launched Arque Creative with the hope of collaborating with like-minded partners also working in the digital communications field. When she met the folks at Earthsite, she knew it would be a great fit.

Experienced working across a multiple of marketing disciplines, Abigail extends the arm of Earthsite bringing a big picture perspective to any initiative. In addition to being able to develop brand strategy and work as a seasoned project director, Abigail’s special expertise includes revealing the unique brand story, determining the information hierarchy, and developing home web page content.

Earthsite is committed to supporting the growth of the renewable energy sector.  Earthsite’s founder Joey Shepp is also one of the founders of Sustainable Hosting. 

Sustainable Hosting purchases 40,000-kilowatt hours worth of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates annually to offset the energy used by the network of servers and supporting infrastructure, as well as all company travel. Our offices use 100% renewable energy where available; others are included in our carbon offsets. Over the course of one year, these certificates prevent the emission of 51,000 pounds of CO2. This is equivalent to the carbon sequestration power of 20 acres of trees.

The majority of Earthsite’s clients choose to host their sites with Sustainable Hosting.

Earthsite has partnered with Onsumaye as our development partner.  Allowing our company to deliver top notch technology to our clients at affordable prices.

The name of the company "OnSumaye" literally means "On Time" and true to its name, the company is committed to offer cutting edge solutions to the clients meeting the strict deadlines. Satisfaction of the client is one of the prime elements of our motto. OnSumaye promises of better IT solutions to the clients at the most competitive prices. Cordial customer relationship forms the foundation of the company. OnSumaye is determined to maintain a long-term customer relationship with its clients. In its endeavor to offer world-class IT solutions, OnSumaye regards its clients as partners in the path of progress. The company is committed to cater to the needs of its partners exceeding their expectations.

Earthiste partners with Green Gorilla Media to produce GreenFestivalTV and video marketing campaigns for our clients.   Earthsite works with our clients to develop their online marketing strategy, while Green Gorilla Media provides concept development, script writing, production management, interviewing, camera work and editing for the video pieces.  Check out the video Green Gorilla Media produced for Numi Organic Tea.

Green Gorilla Media provides services for an entire media production life cycle, from pre-production concept development to editing and distribution working closely with their clients to develop a strategy that effectively communicates their message and engages their audience, with a focus on innovative and creative approaches.

Co-founder Melissa Mansfield is he host of  "Keep It Green", a 1/2 hour TV show on EquatorHD that focuses on sustainability and social justice.  She draws on her passion for green living and her expertise in environmentalism and social justice to interview experts with groups such as Doctors Without Borders, the United Nations, the Peace Corps and Popular Science.  The goal is to educate, entertain and, most importantly, inspire viewers to take action. "Keep It Green" is all about providing solutions and empowering people to create positive change.

Earthsite is happy to announce that we have partnered with Sustainable Websites.

SustainableWebsites has been providing Joomla services to green clients since 2004. Ivan Storck and Joey Shepp met in 2004 at the Green Festival, and there was an instant recognition of shared values, and similar skills. Since then Ivan has partnered with a talented designer and Joomla expert, Ross Chapman.

 

 

Earthsite develops it's websites using Joomla.  Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.

Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.