Worldwide green office initiatives
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[edit] Green office initiatives and information:
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 " 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.
