- tip of the day
- You're hip to a light green lifestyle, but are your investments?
- the bite
- Actions speak louder than words, but money speaks a helluva lot louder. Make a difference as you make money by investing your IRA and savings in socially responsible funds.
- the benefits
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- SRI is hot. In the US alone, $2.3 trillion (1 in every 7dollars invested) are in socially responsible funds. During the past decade, SRI has grown 10% faster than traditional investment.
- Many choices. Take your pick from community investment, social ventures, or SRI mutual funds.
- Invest in a greener future. Give a slap on the back to socially and environmentally proactive companies that are finding solutions for tomorrow's problems today.
- Profit big time. Many SRI funds actually out perform their peers and the S&P 500.
- personally speaking
- We are both investing in a very socially responsible fund. It's called Ideal Bite, you heard of it? (We wish we could accept your investments but the FTC would come after us).
- wanna try?
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- Portfolio 21, New Alternatives, and Green Century - green-focused SRI mutual funds.
- Pax World, Domini, and Calvert - more traditional SRI mutual funds that screen out environmental offenders.
- PowerShares Clean Energy Portfolio- invest directly in wind, solar, and hydrogen-fuel cells; fund allocates at least 80% of assets in clean energy and conservation companies.
- Blue Marble and Progressive Asset Management - full-service SRI advisory firms that devise personalized portfolios.
- SocialFunds.com, The Social Investment Forum, and Co-op America - great places to learn more.
about idealbite.com
Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living - ideas for real people who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results. Our Daily Tips cover everything from biodynamic wine to eco-pet products to organic cosmetics. The secret sauce? A spoonful of "incremental environmentalism" combined with a keeping-it-real attitude. Ideal Bite is a sassier shade of green.
