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January 29, 2009 - Don't mow lawns in your bare feet

Fort Collins, CO - Many people are looking for jobs currently. Many jobs offer benefits. Company benefits include health insurance, vacation time, sick days, a 401K program, and great deals on shoes and lawn mowing services. Excuse me … shoes and lawn mowing? KEEN Footwear and Clean Air Lawn Care have developed a partnership in which both companies trade benefits and promote socially and environmentally responsible business practices.

Clean Air Lawn Care is a lawn maintenance business that uses clean electric and biodiesel powered equipment. The vehicles hauling this equipment have mounted solar panels which charge the electric equipment during the workday. The equipment is clean and quiet; the fertilizer is organic; the business is carbon neutral. The company started out of a garage in 2006 and is now a national franchise.

KEEN is a manufacturer of hybrid footwear, socks and bags. The outdoor footwear brand delivers innovative hybrid products, enabling all outdoor enthusiasts to live an active lifestyle. The company strives to demonstrate integrity and leadership, especially on social and environmental commitments, while promoting an inclusive outdoors community. Through its giving program Hybrid.Care, the company provides support to a variety of social and environmental organizations around the globe.

Clean Air Lawn Care employees spend their days on the feet, working hard while making a difference. KEEN provides durable and comfortable shoes that can keep up with Clean Air’s mission to change the lawn care industry. KEEN supplies this footwear to Clean Air Lawn Care franchise owners and employees. Clean Air provides full-service lawn care for KEEN employees and also plans to hold ‘brown bag’ lunches to educate KEEN employees on sustainable lawn care. The bottom line is the partnership between KEEN and Clean Air Lawn Care promotes education, creative job benefits and a “keen” awareness of goods and services that promote sustainable lifestyles.

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