“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” –Jane Goodall
Services & Solutions
Eco Solutions’ sustainable-living services and assessments are for (1) everyone who cares about community health and well-being; (2) is concerned about our accelerating environmental and climate crises; and (3) wants to help create a more sustainable and resilient community, environment, and economy.
Eco Solutions provides educational sustainability presentations and training as well as collaborative home and business assessments that provide our clients and community with science-supported information, helpful resources, and proven solutions to environmental challenges that are resource efficient, reduce waste, save money, and help protect our planet!
Our services are aligned with our U.S. federal government, state, and research-triangle cities sustainability, climate, and resiliency legislation and plans.
Eco Solutions Service Focus Areas Improve:
Waste Reduction & Recycling
Energy Efficiency
Water Conservation & Protection
Green Purchasing
Clean Transportation
Resilient Grounds Keeping
Community Engagement
“Anne is an exceptionally knowledgeable professional with a true commitment to ecologically and economically sustainable solutions. She is an engaging speaker and educator and an effective, collaborative consultant that can guide communities, businesses and individuals to more efficient and healthier practices.”
-Kent Hill, Director of the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Fayetteville Technical Community College
“Ms. Schrader is an outstanding presenter!” “Her passion for the topic is palpable and inspiring. I believe the knowledge she possesses could greatly benefit any community!”
-Robyn Pit, Marketing & Communications Director, Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce
“Eco Solutions’ assessment was thorough, relevant, and informative.”
-Rev. Cekuta, Holy Trinity Church Fayetteville NC
“Very passionate and informative presentation! Excellent source for fact-based research!”
-Matt Blashfield, Owner, Blashfield Sign Company, Inc.
“Eco Solutions’ Home Sustainability Assessment provided our family with useful, economical, and environmentally friendly resources and actions that we can take at home, at school, and church.
Anne is a knowledgeable, caring, and inspiring educator and we highly recommend her services.”
-Mr. & Mrs. Clark - Wade, NC
“I wholeheartedly recommend Eco Solutions to any individual or organization seeking to make a lasting difference in the realm of sustainability and resiliency. Their mission, dedication, and expertise are valuable assets that will undoubtedly contribute to the advancement of our community’s goals in these critical areas.”
-Nat Robertson, President & CEO, Greater Fayetteville Chamber; 2013-2017 Mayor, City of Fayetteville
Service & Assessment Focus Areas
Awareness & Education
Environmental education enhances awareness and deepens understanding of our interrelationship with nature thereby empowering us to choose more sustainable actions that prevent, improve, and resolve environmental challenges. In addition to sustainable home and business instruction and training, Eco Solutions contributes educational publications and conducts sustainability presentations that inform and inspire pro-environmental behaviors and lifestyle choices.
Waste Reduction & Recycling
The average American produces about 4.9 pounds of trash per day (the equivalent of 1,789 pounds of trash per year) and much of this waste is comprised of recyclable items, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If Americans recycled more plastic, paper, glass, and aluminum, this would divert over 51% of the waste in our current landfills; and composting food scraps and yard waste would divert another 25%. Through the practice of recycling and composting, each American has the potential to reduce their waste stream by over 75%! Eco Solutions’ guidance on how you can reduce, reuse, recycle and compost waste helps you save money, natural resources, and the environment.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is about using less energy to get the same job done - and in the process, avoid high energy bills and unnecessary pollution. For example, energy-efficient LED light bulbs use 85%-90% less energy and last 15-20 times longer than traditional incandescent bulbs to do the same job. As electricity generation is the second leading greenhouse gas source in the United States and in North Carolina, implementing energy-efficient measures in your home or business will not only save money but also reduce your carbon footprint. Eco Solutions assesses ways our clients can reduce their energy consumption and recommends energy-saving solutions that also help combat climate change.
Water Conservation & Protection
Nationwide, household leaks can account for nearly 1 trillion gallons of water wasted annually, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). And with historical droughts, pollution, and threats to water resources on the rise, water conservation and protection is becoming an essential way of life. Water efficiency is the smart use of finite water resources, that includes water-saving technologies and protective measures that we can all take in our daily lives. Eco Solutions offers our clients many zero-cost and efficient ways to safeguard and reduce water consumption, inside and outside their home or business.
Green Purchasing
Developing a green lifestyle often begins with our purchasing habits. Products can pose a wide variety of human and environmental health impacts including toxic exposures, water and air pollution, deforestation, climate change, and ecosystem damage. These impacts may occur at just one or at many places throughout the product's life cycle such as extracting raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, product use, and disposal. Eco Solutions educates our clients on environmentally-preferable purchasing (EPP) of products that have a less negative effect or increased positive effect on human health and the environment, when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose.
Clean Transportation
Transportation emissions are the leading contributors of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and in North Carolina. And INRIX research found that almost half of all U.S. car trips are three miles or less. With gas prices on the rise, cleaner transportation is a more economical and sustainable solution to the challenges of global warming. Eco Solutions teaches our clients about more efficient and alternative means of transportation that are cleaner, save money, and reduce environmental impacts.
Resilient Grounds Keeping
With 30%-60% of the water consumed by average Americans families going outside to water their yards and with lawn pesticide use and runoff threatening an already vulnerable water supply, more resilient grounds keeping is required in the way we landscape and care for our lawns and gardens. Eco Solutions helps our clients incorporate eco-friendly design and maintenance into their landscaping that helps save time and money, conserve water, protect habitats, and nourish the soil.
Community Engagement
More than six-in-ten Americans (63%) say climate change is currently affecting their local community, according to recent Stanford University and Pew Research surveys. As we continue to face a diverse range of local and global challenges, strong communities and sustainable solutions are needed now more than ever. Through collaborative outreach initiatives, Eco Solutions helps neighborhoods and communities foster greater environmental awareness, improved stewardship, and stronger resilience.
Sustainable Home Services
For individuals and families
who want to create an
eco-friendly lifestyle at home.
Sustainable Business Services
For managers and stakeholders
who want to “green”
their business operations.
