Hi All,
I am charged with educating our office staff on being sustainable around the office! Reduce paper waste, purchase "green" disposable products (cups, napkins, plastic utensils, etc... -- though I know that's not truly green, it's the best some people will do). Does anybody have a ready-made check list, easy to read resources for the "average" person, energy use, water use? Also, I'm looking for a good vendor for the disposable products - any made with corn that are produced in the midwest. I hate increasing the transportation need for these products, so the closer to home the better. I'm in Wisconsin.
thanks!
Gail
Green Office Practices
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I would absolutely love a copy of this Power Point for our office recycle committee.
Thanks!!
Vanessa
Vanessa Higgins,
C. Tech, CEPIT Watershed Specialist
Strathcona County, Utilities
2001 Sherwood Drive
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 3W7
Phone: (780) 416-7296
Fax: (780) 464-0557
www.strathcona.ab.ca
Here are a couple of resources Green Practices Guide http://www.sfu.ca/~sustain/pdf/green_practices_guide.pdf
Grenn Office Checklist
http://www.perc.ca/waste-line/rrr/office/ch11-list.html
The Green Office Manual http://styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=48175
Michel Casselman
Sustainable Development/Developpement durable
Legislative Services/Services lgislatifs
Department of Justice Canada
Ministre de la Justice Canada
275 Sparks Street, Room SAT-4018
275, rue Sparks, pice TSA-4018
Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0H8
Tel. | tl.: (613) 948-1474
Fax | tlc.: (613) 941-1193
Check out the Bay Area Green Business Program: http://www.greenbiz.ca.gov/ Their program is pretty easy to follow.
Cheers,
Miriam
Miriam Karell
Three Point Vision
[email protected]
415.318.9719
www.threepointvision.com
Research: http://www.partnerships4SSD.blogspot.com
Hi Gail,
Have a look at our web site: http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/1415-sustainable-office.asp
We have an Environmental Management System in place and recently received ISO 14000 accreditation. We have significantly reduced electricity consumption, water consumption and paper use, our waste production is lower and the percentage of waste recycled is higher than was the case 12 months ago. Good luck with your program.
Cheers
John
John Osborne
Renewables, Sustainability Victoria
T: 03 8626 8783
F: 03 9663 1007
Level 28, Urban Workshop,
50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
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I have a very good PowerPoint presentation on what one can do to create a Green Office put together by a friend, Hershie Soni, who works for the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston. I'm happy to send it anyone who writes to me requesting it.
P. Ranganath Nayak
CEO, Cytel Inc.
675 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
www.cytel.com