Fun Photo Guys Announces Six New Green Certification Programs for Wedding Providers and a New Wedding Provider Directory for Eco-Conscious Couples Geting Married

Pleasant Hill, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/02/2009 -- Fun Photo Guys, a well recognized Certified Green Business, today announced the launch of the first green certifications just for wedding providers. It will initially include six specialty-specific programs for Caterers, Florists, Jewelers, Photographers, Videographers, and Wedding Planners. Targeted at wedding professionals who want to be recognized and certified as being green, the new programs focus on helping wedding providers evolve into green businesses. The programs address several key components of being a green business, energy conservation, water conservation, waste reduction, chemical management, pollution prevention, purchasing practices, social responsibility, education, community involvement and other specialty-specific criteria. The certifications will help to raise the bar for wedding providers.

Along with the certification programs will launch a new website, http://www.GreenWeddingProviders.com. The new Green Wedding Providers Directory will be a resource for eco-conscious couples getting married to use to locate local green wedding providers. The new certifications and website are now online. Additional content and new features are expected to be released over the next few months.

Designed to become an industry standard, the program will go beyond basic environmental compliance and will require applicants to undergo a thorough background check to ensure there is no greenwashing involved. Applicants who pass the review process will be granted the honor of becoming a Certified Green Wedding Provider and will be able to display a specialty-specific logo prominently on their website and marketing materials.

About Fun Photo Guys
Fun Photo Guys provides professional photography services for Weddings, Engagements, Special Events. Fun Photo Guys has portable studio equipment that can be used for on-location portraits, head shots, group shots, and prom-style photos. The company provides High-Resolution Digital Images to their clients over the Internet.

More information is available at http://www.FunPhotoGuys.com/Green.htm.

Fun Photo Guys has certifications from Green America, GenGreen Life, The Bay Area Green Business Program, and is a member of the Sustainable Business Alliance and Green Chamber of Commerce. Fun Photo Guys® was recognized by StartupNation.com as the Greenest Home-Based Business in the 2008 Home-Based 100 Competition.

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Fun Photo Guys has been named as the #1 Greenest business in the 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 competition

Pleasant Hill, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/08/2008 -- Fun Photo Guys, a professional photography company, has been recognized by StartupNation as the top Greenest business in its annual Home-Based 100 competition.

The StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition celebrates America's most outstanding home-based businesses and the people behind them by ranking top performers among the nation's often-unrecognized home-based businesses. Organized into 10 categories such as Most Innovative, Greenest and Boomers Back in Business, the Home-Based 100 celebrates the innovative, nimble and resourceful home-based entrepreneurs who have gone largely unrecognized.

Fun Photo Guys mission is to be socially and environmentally responsible in the way they source, market, and deliver professional photography services. They provide eco-friendly digital photography services that reduce the harsh chemicals introduced by film processing and printing.

As a Certified Bay Area Green Business, Fun Photo Guys uses their business as a tool to help others learn how to become green. Co-founder, Kevin Slovick is a life-long San Francisco Bay Area resident who is committed to helping businesses become greener. He has written several articles and a "Green Paper" entitled "9 Steps to Greening Your Business" which was published on StartupNation.com. He gives talks, has been a green business panelist, and is the Chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce Green Business Committee, encouraging local businesses to adopt green business practices. His efforts have helped many businesses locally and throughout the country go green.

Following his passion for photography, Kevin Slovick co-founded Fun Photo Guys® in 2006. Fun Photo Guys is a Certified Bay Area Green Business that focuses on professional digital photography for weddings, engagements, social events, business / family portraits and product shots. With his family and community in mind, Kevin has committed to using green technologies and renewable resources in both his business and personal life.

Fun Photo Guys® is a member of the Bay Area Green Business Program, Co-Op America, Green Chamber of Commerce, Sustainable Business Alliance, Pleasant Hill / San Ramon Chambers of Commerce, and the Tri-Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Kevin believes that we do not inherit the earth from our parents; instead, we are borrowing it from our children.

"We are honored to receive this recognition from StartupNation" said Kevin. "We are proud to be named the #1 Greenest Home-Based Business. We will continue to use our business as a tool to help consumers and other businesses go green"

About Fun Photo Guys®
Fun Photo Guys® provides professional photography services for Weddings, Engagements, Social Events, and various Business Services. Fun Photo Guys® has portable studio equipment that can be used for on-location portraits, head shots, group shots, product shots, and prom-style photos. The company provides High-Resolution Digital Images to their clients over the Internet, and is Green Business certified by the Bay Area Green Business Program.

More information is available at http://www.FunPhotoGuys.com/Green.htm

Contact:
Kevin Slovick
Fun Photo Guys
925-676-5458

http://www.FunPhotoGuys.com/Green.htm

Copyright © 2008 Fun Photo Guys, All Rights Reserved
Fun Photo Guys® is a Registered Service Mark

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