Wealth Flows

Every time we complete a project for a new customer AloeRoot lends some of the profits, through Kiva.org, to entrepreneurs who are considered “working poor” so we can all experience the joy of making a living doing what we love.

Act Locally

AloeRoot is pleased to offer discounted rates to humanitarian groups and businesses operating in the North Bay area, and to underfunded arts organizations.

Employment Philosophy

AloeRoot’s contractors are offered a decent living wage and are encouraged to set their own working hours while respecting the deadlines of our customers.

Environmental Philosophy

We’re big believers in following our passion in an environmentally friendly way. Here are a few of the ways AloeRoot limits the impact of our operation:

• AloeRoot’s owner maintains an office in a small, energy-efficient house in a central residential area. Not only does working from home promote a more relaxed and efficient working environment, it removes the need to commute to an office and the energy demands of maintaining a separate business location.
• In fact, we drive only when necessary – which for business purposes is about once a week.
• Meetings with customers are held in a space shared by several other local small businesses, or at our favourite local coffee shop, supporting other area entrepreneurs.
• AloeRoot maintains extensive gardens (using no lawn chemicals and no gas-powered mowers, as there is no lawn) and takes pride in feeding a variety of local bird species. Our garden was featured on HGTV’s Style Sheet Blog!
• We compost all of our organic waste and recycle nearly everything else.
• AloeRoot keeps minimal paper records and our office supply consumption is nearly nil. Customer data is stored securely and digitally, and each customer’s file contains only as many sheets of paper as are strictly necessary for essential recordkeeping.