What incredible opportunities are there for real estate investors in conjunction with Earth Day 2014?
Earth Day offers a fun, exciting, valuable and powerful line up of opportunities for real estate companies and independent professionals. It’s a great occasion to get out and do something fun and valuable, a chance to improve your real estate brand and community, do some networking, and could be that pivotal opportunity to take your real estate business in a fantastic new direction.
5 Reasons to Embrace Earth Day for Real Estate Brands & Professionals:
1. Help the Environment
Not every real estate investor or CEO is a huge environmentalist. You might not even care what happens to the planet after you are gone or believe in global warming. That’s okay. But it doesn’t take away from the value and importance of improving and protecting the environment. This is one occasion when everyone should be stepping up to do something.
2. A Way to Give Back
Having so much time, income, wealth and influence it is certainly an opportunity for all real estate companies and professionals to find ways to give back or pay it forward. Of course, this can be easier said than done. Earth Day presents a great opportunity to do something whether it is contributing, getting hands dirty or just raising awareness.
3. Fun
Real estate can be seriously stressful. It’s crucial to balance this with plenty of time off and downtime. Earth Day presents the perfect excuse to take a couple days off, do something different, and spend quality time with others. You’ll come back with new inspiration, recharged and a lot less stressed out.
4. Branding
This is also an event for real estate companies to enhance their branding. Don’t just go green for a day to try and bank on it. If you are Eco-conscious, this is a great time to show it. Whether you care about the environment or not, the business and political landscape is rapidly changing to a place where real estate companies must be green to survive and thrive.
5. Growing a Better Real Estate Business
For those that aren’t as aware of green alternatives for building, rehabbing, and daily real estate business operations, Earth Day can provide a wealth of educational opportunities. Take these opportunities to enhance your business and even your personal being. The nice bump to the bottom line, as a result, will be a nice bonus.
Earth Day Events
Many communities and cities around the country will be hosting Earth Day related events.
In South LA, California Greenworks is planting a sustainable butterfly garden at a local high school. The organization also puts on an annual Earth Fest in SoCal. San Diego County celebrates its 25th Earth Works Earth Fair this year, heralded as the ‘world’s largest environmental fair.’ Green shipping container home builder Mesocore is crowdfunding a sustainable school building for students in Haiti for Earth Day on Indiegogo.
Real estate firms and pros can also check out FortuneBuilders Gives for ongoing ways to get involved in giving back and for tips on planning their own charitable events.
Earth Day at Home
For those looking for activities and educational moments with their family on Earth Day, there are endless options. Community crowdfunding campaigns could be used to build new sustainable community centers and parks. Planting programs can be set up to improve the local environment and increase beautification. Kids and parents can dig in together to spruce up yards, recycle and enjoy more quality time together. Team building can even get a boost by using this time to go greener in your office and brainstorming changes that can be implemented year round.
