What More Can I Do?
Transportation
- Algae Fuel- interesting alternative fuels article highlighting algae fuels as possibility for the future- visit http://www.mum.edu/news/algae.html to learn more about what this Professor has discovered.
At Home
(small changes can save big money)
At the Table
AT THE OFFICE
- Offer telecommuting options to keep people in their homes, preventing any unnecesary travel to and from work (What is telecommuting exactly?)
- Recycle computers and cell phones (Options locally)
- Build in green purchasing policies for office products
- Ask cleaning services to use only green, sustainable products and recycled toilet and tissue paper
- Provide incentives to employees that use public transportation, pathways, or carpool
- Work with architects and contractors to ensure energy efficient building practices are being used on retrofits and new buildings (SustainableBusiness)
- Purchase and use 100% post consumer waste paper
- Set all printers to print double sided (Print only what you need and eliminate unwanted pictures and text)
- Install devices that turn of printers and other office machines at the end of the day (power strips..saving you money)
- Provide and encourage employees to drink from re-usable beverage containers
- Utilize technology with paperless communications
- If your business offers vending machines, use a "Vending Miser unit" to save money on unnecessary energy usage.