STRATEGIES: WORKING, PARTNERING TO LEAD THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Eco Strategies

As the world changes, and as attitudes around the world change, it is important to know some green strategies so that your workplace or your home can be as eco friendly as possible. Remember that it is easy to be environmentally friendly – with green products and great eco strategies, you can never go wrong. Every little bit will help in the long run.

First of all, providing recycling for your business or company is a great idea. Simply having bins for things like paper, cans, and glass bottles will cut down on your garbage production, and be environmentally friendly.

Next, through your own company, it is easy to develop things like ride share programs and car pool programs. Your employees can get together and see who lives closer to whom, and you can develop a great way for everyone getting to work. You can encourage participation in this type of eco strategy by having rewards for participation.

Remember that the way you run your office has a lot to do with being environmentally friendly. If you are using both sides of a sheet of paper for things like copying and faxing – and if you're using paper until you cannot fit anything else on it, you're saving trees and helping the environment as well.

The air conditioning is a big factor as well. When you run it all night long, you are wasting energy as well as wasting money. There is no need to turn it on before your work day begins. It will encourage your workers to be productive, and will also encourage them to only work during work hours – because after work hours are over it won't be as comfortable.

You can also structure your business or company in such a way that makes it easy to employ eco friendly strategies. For example, if you have an ATM within walking distance, and allow your employees the use of a kitchen for a break room or lunch room, as well as provide them with refrigerators and microwaves, you will cut down on the amount of out-of-office trips that your employees have to make. This will allow your company to be even more environmentally friendly.

It also makes sense to get the company involved and make them aware. For instance, if you have company wide awareness programs that talk about all of the things you can do – such as green products like compact fluorescent bulbs and instructions on how to compost, you'll find that being eco friendly is much easier when it is on everyone's mind.