Last time I check, our mother earth is sick. Ever since the movie – An Inconvenient Truth came out in 2006, the term ‘Global Warming’ has drawn a lot of attention. ‘Pro-green’ activists groups are being formed all over the country, rather, all over the world. While the first Smart car first greeted the American [keep reading...]
Here is another little gizmo that I supposed to help with the carbon footprint. Each time you take a short or long break, a phone call, go for a meeting etc. you simply press the ecobutton™ and your computer is put into energy saving ‘ecomode’ which ensures that both your computer and monitor draw only [keep reading...]
Below are other ideas for addressing the other two aspects of sustainability’s Triple Bottom Line. As mentioned above, it is not expected that the organization undertake all these practices but rather to prioritize among them, select those that will have the greatest impact and add the most value, and then over time, perhaps address others. [keep reading...]
A. What is Sustainability? “Green” is a common expression that originally referred to those products, actions or organizations that were thought to be environmentally superior. In recent years, more people have begun to associate the term with sustainable development or sustainability. Sustainable development carries many definitions, the most common of which was articulated by the [keep reading...]
Below are some environmental practices that you may want to consider, in order to reduce the environmental impact of your daily operataions. This is part III of our series of green guides. Here is Part I, Reduce Carbon Footprint, and Part II, Greening Office Product Line. A. Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention (Check all that [keep reading...]
We have seen recently more and more efforts towards more eco-friendly and sustainable products. Sustainable products are these products that provide environmental, social and economic benefits while protecting public health, welfare, and environment over their full commercial cycle, from the extraction of raw materials to final disposition. The company Hacoa brings this notion full circle [keep reading...]
This is part II of our 5 part Guide to Green Office. This guide contains ways of measuring your environmental impacts as well as a checklist for things one could do in terms of greening one’s product line. A. Measuring the Environmental Impact of Switching to Green Products (1) Recycled paper products. To determine the [keep reading...]
