In 2010, Clean Air Lawn Care reduced 110,341 pounds of air pollution nationwide, the equivalent of 3,216,939 vehicle miles.

Clean Air Lawn Care reduced 42,174 pounds of chemical fertilizers from being used as well, replacing them with safe, organic fertilizer.

Thank you to all of our 2010 customers! Just think what we can do in 2011!

Opportunity 2011!

Clean Air Lawn Care is giving away a franchise!

A once in a lifetime opportunity to start your own Clean Air Lawn Care business with tools provided for you to succeed. Opportunity 2011 is a contest designed to give a 2nd chance to someone that deserves it to win a Clean Air Lawn Care franchise.

The Winner of Opportunity 2011 is Wesley Neukam from Corpus Christi, TX!
See his winning video submission

Thank you to all of you that voted in our Opportunity 2010 contest!

And thank you to all of the blogs and press that helped spread the word!

Thank you to all of the publications that helped spread the word about Kelly Giard being named Entrepreneur Magazine’s Emerging Entrepreneur 2009!

The news is still being written, blogged and tweeted around the web. We appreciate the recognition and will continue to live up to the honor.

Kelly Giard, founder & CEO of Clean Air Lawn Care, is named Entrepreneur Magazine’s Emerging Entrepreneur of 2009!

Full story here.

12.9.09

News Release: Larimer County Names 2009 Environmental Stewardship Winners and Clean Air Lawn Care is a Winner!

Moose Dance for Clean Air Lawn Care!

Thank you to Charlie Theobold, a 15 year old friend of Clean Air Lawn Care, who made an awesome video for us!

Click here to check it out!

Clean Air Lawn Care (Raleigh, NC) has been selected as a winner of the Triangle Business Journal 2009 Green Awards, recognizing businesses who have successfully incorporated environmentally sustainable practices into their businesses and their communities. 

For more info on Clean Air Lawn Care in Raleigh, contact Skip Vest at 919-597-0340 or skip@cleanairlawncare.com.

Thank you to our Partner, Carbonfund.org, for helping us to spread the word:

Carbonfund wrote a blog about us and put Entrepreneur Magazine’s Vote button on their website to help Clean Air win the vote for Emerging Entrepreneur 2009:

Clean Air Lawn Care partners with Carbonfund.org to ensure we are carbon neutral. Thank you Carbonfund!

Clean Air Lawn Care has been nominated to be Entrepreneur Magazine’s Emerging Entrepreneur of 2009!

This is an incredible honor for all of Clean Air Lawn Care and a testament to the changing face of business – a commitment to being green, setting high ethical and environmental standards, and being an example to others. Our success is because of you, all our local customers and friends who believe in making a difference and believe in us.

We need your vote to make it happen.

Please go to the following link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/e2009/vote/emerging.php and vote for Clean Air Lawn Care.

Afterwards, please forward this email to all of your family, friends, business colleagues, Facebook friends, etc, and ask them to vote too.

To be recognized nationally is exciting; we hope you will share it with us.

Thank you!

Industry magazine, Landscape Management picked up the story on Nate Arnold, Clean Air Lawn Care's new Michigan local owner, in the 'The Grand Rapids Press' ... and added it's own spin on the Landscape Management Blog.

"Emergency room doctor Nathan Arnold makes house calls. But he won't be bringing a little black satchcel of pills and ointments. He'll be showing up in a pickup truck sporting a solar panel on its cab and a trailer carrying a battery-powered lawn mower." Check out the rest of the post here.

Clean Air president Gerry Keane sat down with Anne Pyburn Craig of Metro Green Business to talk about Clean Air's 'cutting edge.'

Clean Air’s motto is “changing the way America mows the lawn.” With a company history web page that starts out “Three guys walk into a bar…,” these folks may be a breath of fresh air in more ways than one. Read the whole interview here.

Clean Air Lawn Care has teamed up with Bradfield Organics to offer customers an eco-friendly and kid/pet-safe alternative to conventional chemical fertilizers. Bradfield Organics is one of the country's leading organic fertilizer producers and is now working with Clean Air Lawn Care to ensure that all our local owners have access to high quality, plant-based organic fertilizer.

Clean Air Lawn Care joined the Mile High Club when it appeared in American Airline's luxury magazine, Celebrated Living, in the Summer 2009 edition.

Celebrated Living's article, Business in a Box, highlights the benefits of joining a franchise and why 'franchising is hotter than ever." The article also cites Entrepreneur's identification of Clean Air Lawn Care as on the green franchises that are hot right now.

Clean Air Lawn Care is returning to the great state of Texas!

Rick Hauser, of Carrollton TX, joined the Clean Air family this month and plans to open his doors on June 15th. Rick will be servicing the suburbs north of Dallas in an effort to bring cleaner air to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Get on the wait list for your free estimate!

Clean Air Lawn Care is on the cover of Turf Magazine! Check out the article that takes the first hard look in a trade magazine at the concept of going green in the conventional 'green' industry.

Clean Air Lawn Care is opening its 3rd location in North Carolina.

The Clean Air family is excited to welcome Skip Vest of Raleigh, NC. Skip is joining Michael Andre in the Triangle region of North Carolina and will begin operations servicing Raleigh in early spring. Get on the wait list for your free estimate!

Clean Air Lawn Care is headed next to Spokane, WA.

Clean Air welcomed Tavis Schmidt of Spokane, WA to the Clean Air family this week. It's great to see the reception Clean Air Lawn Care is getting in Washington and we're looking forward to our expansion to the eastern region of the state. Tavis will be launching his full-service sustainable lawn care business on March 22, 2009. Sign up now for your free estimate!

Clean Air Lawn Care is headed to Michigan.

Clean Air happy to welcome Nate Arnold of Grand Rapids, MI to the Clean Air family. Grand Rapids is rapidly emerging as one of the region's sustainability leaders for its efforts to utilize the triple bottom line approach to improve the quality of life in the community. Nate will launch his full-service sustainable lawn care business on March 22, 2009. Sign up now for your free estimate!

Clean Air Lawn Care has been awarded the Silver Award for Business Achievement in Technology & Specialty Services by the Environmental Business Journal. Clean Air Lawn Care was recognized for its environmentally sound business practices, expanding to 20 locations in 2008 (now up to 23), and reducing 32,000 pounds of air pollution. According the the EBJ, "each recipient merits recognition for performance in what has emerged as challenging times for the environmental industry."

Check out the other Environmental Business Journal Achievement Award winners here.

Clean Air Lawn Care will have a booth at the Everything Green Oregon Expo in Portland, Oregon. The Everything Green Oregon Expo is about making good choices, using less energy, shifting away from nonrenewable sources, and generally reducing the associated environmental impacts to our air, water, and land. The Everything Green Oregon Expo will share ideas and concepts to begin and further a green lifestyle.

The event runs February 14-15. Clean Air of Portland will have its equipment and solar setup on display and a team member from Grass Central will be on hand as well. Hope to see you there.

Clean Air Lawn Care is excited to announce the opening of four new locations across the country, proving its business model is recession resistant. In early 2009, locations will open in:

• Scottsdale, AZ
• Bellingham, WA
• Chapel Hill, Carrboro & Durham, NC
• Chicago, IL

Clean Air Lawn Care of Marin has partnered with The Greenhouse Collective to exhibit at the San Francisco Green Festival, the nation's largest green event. The San Francisco Green Festival will be held November 14-16 at the SF Concourse Exhibition Center. Stop by and say hello!
GreenhouseCollective.com is an online community of green home service businesses in the Bay Area that provide high quality green home services including lawn care, painting, carpet cleaning, hauling, real estate, solar, and organic gardening.

The U.S. EPA released strict new standards that will improve air quality across the United States by substantially reducing hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and smog forming pollutants emitted from lawn mowers, edgers and blowers with 25 horsepower or less. When fully implemented in 2011, the rule will yield annual emission reductions of 600,000 tons of hydrocarbons, 130,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx), 5,500 tons of direct particulate matter, and 1.5 million tons of carbon monoxide (CO). The EPA expects the new standards to save approximately 190 million gallons of gasoline each year. Visit the EPA website for more information or check out our press release.

Clean Air Lawn Care will be an exhibitor at the Green Frontier Fest in Denver! The Green Frontier Fest is an outdoor celebration of sustainability held in conjunction with the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Clean Air’s innovative green lawn service will be showcased with other sustainable businesses who provide everything from renewable energy technologies to everyday green products and services. Stop by and say hi!