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Worldwide green office initiatives

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Find information about global green office initiatives, along with resources to help develop guidelines and make a business case for change.

Two extensive PDF booklets provide guidance for initiating green office projects.

New 2X Ultra Tide: Environment - Tide Today
Tide is promoting its EcoFriends forum on Twitter. Interesting concept that was promoted by e-mail. [?]
MediaPost Publications - Gen Y Demands It: Green Fashion That's Chic - 04/07/2008
How Gen Y's passion for preserving the environment impacts its fashion statements. Great info related to the green attitudes prevalent in the Gen Y cohort. [?]
Working Green - Article from Team Double Click
Includes links to calculate the environmental impact savings from working virtually and taking other steps to reduce our carbon footprints. [?]
Companies working to pare down waste - Yahoo! News
Daily Cup of Tech ยป Reduce Home Network Power Consumption
Steps to take to decrease the power use by home technology and networks (most apply to office networks, as well.) [?]
Green Living Tips -Green Cars- Alternative Transportation Tips- Energy Savings,Tax Credits, Rebates...
Squidoo lens with tips and resources for environmentally friendly living at home on the road or at work. [?]
About Green Options | Green Options
Greening an Existing House - Part 1 | UrbanWorkbench
Greening an Existing Home - Part 2
Wired: Tech Firms Go Green as eWaste Mounts
Discusses the challenges posed by the need to properly dispose of technology products. [?]
Telecommuting for IT jobs from Dice.com
Tips for successful telecommuting for IT workers. Telecommuting saves fuel and results in less air pollution and traffic congestion. [?]
Global Warming: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Collection of reports from the Pew Institute's Center on Global Climate Change [?]
Switching to Green: A renewable energy guide for office and retail companies
From WRI, this guide will help offices and retailers become more enviromentally friendly. There is a link to download the PDF file at the end of the synopsis (as well as a link to purchase a printed copy if you really want to.) [?]
[SafeClimate] measuring and reporting | tools
Tools you can use to measure and manage your environmental impact. [?]
CELB - Publication & Resources
Lots of links to PDF files with case studies, benchmarking information and other resources to help reduce corporate enviromnental footprints. [?]