
Why stop at home? Try these tips for creating a greener office. You can share them with co-workers, or provide a more eco-friendly working environment for your employees.
Happy plants make happy workers
It is proven that plants make people happier. They also can help clean up the air in your workplace. Give some plants a new home in your office.
Get rid of bottled water
Bring in a reusable water bottle and refill from the office water cooler. Perhaps the company can purchase reusable bottles for everyone with the company logo.
Recycle that ink
There are many options for recycling ink and toner cartridges. If you can refill your own – even better.
Reuse your lunch
Well, you lunch containers that is. Choose reusable containers or sandwich wraps and avoid the disposable plastic bags.
Go paperless
If possible, send out documents via email, rather than printing. When you really think about it, there are many times when an electronic copy makes better sense than a print copy.
These are just a few ways to move towards a greener office. If you have other tips to share, please post in the comments.
It is that time of the year again - packed shopping malls, irresistible goodies sitting around waiting to be eaten and, unfortunately, lots of garbage output. All the gift giving and parties adds up to tons of new garbage in our landfills, so it’s a great time to be conscious of what you are contributing.
Did you know that Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every 5 seconds? How about that 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags are used every hour? Or, that 2 million plastic beverage bottles are used in the US every 5 minutes. Since I keep encountering more statistics like these, I’ve become more and more fascinated with our trash. More specifically – what goes into it.
One great way to reduce your household energy consumption is to switch to Compact Fluorescent light bulbs (CFL for short). They are basically the same as the “tube” style florescent light bulbs, just reduced down to fit in most places where incandescent bulbs are used.
Ever thought of ways to make your computing more environmentally friendly? Since computers, monitors, printers and other miscellaneous peripherals use electricity, you can do so by reducing the amount of energy they consume. This will also save money on energy bills which is always a great thing. Here are some tips to help you do so:

