{"id":995,"date":"2008-12-17T20:11:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T20:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=995"},"modified":"2019-04-26T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T14:56:29","slug":"greening-print-marketing-printingforless-goes-100-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/greening-print-marketing-printingforless-goes-100-wind-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Greening Print Marketing: PrintingForLess Goes 100% Wind Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/inspiredeconomist\/files\/2008\/12\/printing_for_less_logo1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-997\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/files\/2008\/12\/printing_for_less_logo1-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a>One of my favorite printing companies does it again. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.printingforless.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PrintingForLess.com<\/a> (PFL), which calls itself &#8220;America&#8217;s environmentally-friendly print shop,&#8221; announced today that it now purchases 100% of its electricity from renewable power sources.<\/p>\n<p>This means that every computer, printing press, folding machine, and light it uses is powered by a nearby wind farm. PFL is working with its local utility, Park Electric Cooperative, along with Basin Electric Power Cooperative&#8217;s Prairie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhec.com\/prairie%20winds.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winds-Energy in Motion Green Tag Program<\/a>, to make this green initiative possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Though wind-powered electricity costs a little more, we believe that as more businesses purchase energy from renewable sources, green power will gain momentum and go mainstream, eventually providing our country with the best of all worlds: energy that is clean, cost-effective and made in America,&#8221; says Andrew Field, PFL President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Why wind power? 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