NORTH COAST – Are you interested in ways to protect the environment, reduce business expenses and promote your business while being recognized as a certified green business?

The “Greening Your Business” workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, at the Scotia Inn, 100 Main St., Scotia.

Featured speakers will be Jonelle Tannahill, rural tourism program manager, California Travel &

Tourism Commission; Matt McCarron, California Department of Green Business; Tim Thornhill, Mendocino Wine Co./Parducci Wine Cellars; and Toni Tacoma, Eco Ring/ Eco-Tourism and Education.

Presented by California's North Coast Tourism Council, the workshop will discuss green ways to increase your bottom line.

The information you’ll hear will give you knowledge and confidence to become a green certified business. Come meet other business owners who have become a certified green business. Share

your questions at the interactive workshop, and take home resources that can directly benefit your business.

Inquire about the group's GeoTourism Web site launch gala on March 11 where you can meet Mike Fay, Explorer in Residence, National Geographic.

The workshop costs $25 for pre-registration or $35 at the door.

For more information call 800-525-3743.