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Organizing for a “Green” 2010

Organizing for a “Green” 2010

With so much emphasis on being “green” and environmentally conscious, you might want to consider how you can comply for 2010 without being excessively neurotic.  Some people get carried to the extreme with being “green,” that they’re not practical at all.
However, there are some things you can do.  Such as:

Separate trash in office and home, especially if your city or town has separated collection containers or bins.
Take separated materials to recycling areas.  Some of these even give you money for what you’ve collected, particularly in states where you must pay deposits on cans and containers.
Reuse paper…for instance, we use the …read more

Organizing “Go Green” Office Supplies & Reminders

Organizing “Go Green” Office Supplies & Reminders

With so much concern centering around saving the environment and “going green,” we almost feel guilty if we aren’t doing more. 
Some of the strategies almost seem counterproductive though, taking more time, energy and expense than merited to cut down on energy, trash, and to utilize resources that don’t pollute.  This doesn’t mean that we neglect doing what we can, in our way, to make our world a safer place. 
We simply have to balance the the information and find out what is extreme and really not useful, while sifting out what will really prove helpful.
Perhaps to remind ourselves to keep “going green” …read more

Have You Organized a “Green” Office?

Have You Organized a “Green” Office?

With all the concern about environmental safety, greenhouse effect, overloading the earth with disposable stuff, more and more businesses are looking into being more “green.”  Have you organized a green office?
What are procedures you can do to be ”green?”
Paint the office green, I guess, to remind yourself.
Use green stationery, sticky notes, pens, pencils and organizers.
Then… recycle, reuse, and refuse to be wasteful. 

Separate out the recyclable items.  We have a wastebasket for all the paper goods that we can dispose of in the paper waste at our recycling center.
We separate cardboard for that bin at the center.
Some of our paper goods are made …read more


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