"Going Green" is the hot new thing to do…or the cool new thing to do, depending on your viewpoint. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of things you can do to make your business more environmentally friendly—install solar panels, use furniture made only from sustainable wood, pay thousands of dollars to become "green" certified, ride your bicycle to the office every day, even install a living roof, with plants to help moderate your building's energy needs.

But being environmentally friendly does not have to be about offsetting your carbon footprint with credits, driving toy-sized electric vehicles or retrofitting your company's energy source to use bovine gas. The convenient truth is, there are many things you can do to "green" your business that are easy, economical and just make sense—both business sense and environmental sense.

Take some of TelePacific's offerings, for example. Have you heard about our Remote Access Service? With Remote Access you can create a virtual private network between your company's network (privately and securely) and any computer to which you give explicit access. So, if you're getting ready for work in the morning and hear your radio advising you that the air quality is particularly bad that day, you have a choice. You can stay home, connect your home computer or laptop to the company network and work away. You get to wear your fuzzy slippers, be productive, and reduce the carbon monoxide emissions that are making it hard for everyone to breathe.

Remote Access also helps your employees stay productive while on business trips or out of the office…making the company more profitable without having to worry about increasing your carbon footprint. In fact, the only footprints you'll be concerned about are the ones you leave on the sand as you walk on the beach during your conference meeting in Hawaii—where you can stay productive even while you enjoy the poi.

All of a sudden being green is becoming easier—and more comfortable, given the ability to wear slippers and all. But that's not the only way TelePacific can help you and your business. There are also services like Conference Central, which saves your company mileage reimbursements, gas, time wasted driving and more. With Conference Central you can meet with clients or coworkers through easy-to-use, reliable conference calls. The money you save in travel alone should be enough to plant some trees, if you're so inclined. And if you're not, at least you can feel good that you avoided polluting the air by staying in the office and using Conference Central rather than driving.

And if you're not inclined to plant trees, you can at least save some from being cut down to make paper by using Fax Central and OneCentral. Fax Central sends all faxes directly to your email, where you can see them, file them and save them just like you do any other email. Aside from saving trees, it saves your company money on paper and ink. And you can see all the money you're saving when you receive your TelePacific invoices and reports online rather than on paper, thanks to OneCentral. OneCentral lets you view all of your invoices, usage and account details. It lets you change information and manage your account. It'll save tons of paper and make it more convenient for you to access the information you need, freeing up time for you to work on moneymaking activities.

Okay, one last one. How much money do you spend on backup tapes, hard drives or whatever you use to make sure your data doesn't go poof! when one of your employees decides to click on an email promising riches and fame? We're guessing quite a bit. And those devices aren't typically very easy to recycle. RemoteStor is a service that backs up your data on a regular basis and stores it remotely, far away from your office. So if something unexpected were to happen, such as an earthquake or a West Coast typhoon (wow, that's really unexpected), you would have the peace of mind of knowing that your data is nice and safe. Better yet, TelePacific can send a copy of your data to any Internet-connected computer you choose, so you can access information and continue working even if something happens to your servers.

Overall, using these and other services will have you saving significant money while feeling like you're helping the environment. So, as we can see, the convenient truth stands: it is easy being green. You can do it, and we can help. Call your TelePacific representative today to learn more ways we can help you be more green while saving you more green. Live representatives are standing by…perhaps with some more convenient truths to share with you.