30th Oct 2006
Tips for Making Your Office Greener
Why not make a few changes in your daily work life to improve your life and the environment? No one is nourished by working in a sterile wasteland of paper and computers.
1. Bring in plants. And then fertilize them with organic fertilizer, such as Plantea, so that you don’t have to see them wither and die in the office. There’s almost nothing sadder.
2. Stop printing so much. I see this statistic over and over: the average office worker prints 10,000 pages a year. Can you imagine? And once you’re done with it, recycle it.
3. Get your supplies at an eco-wholesaler.
4. Recycle your old computers. They have stuff in them you don’t want in the ground. Yes, I’m feeling very technical this morning.
5. Putting your computer to sleep rather than leaving it on and running saves electricity. Turning it off saves more electricity and if you’re replacing it every couple of years you won’t wear out anything too much. See how low can you go for more.
Via Ideal Bite.
Read a Primer on Making Your Office a Greener Place for more tips.
