Changing Your Workplace Ecology©

by Mary Anne Bowie, FAICP, Sarasota Green Marketplace   

One of the neatest people in Sarasota, FL is Joe Smyth, with Green Peace, who you can find most days at the Sierra Club offices on 4th Street, just east of US 301.  Joe’s job is to help all of us understand the global warming issues better and with both education and action, we all hope he is successful. The word is that we are in a global crisis and we must move at the speed of business to solve it. Here are ten suggestions for your office or place of business to help with our global issues. The Green Peace website was the source of these ideas, where you’ll find many more.  Try sharing these ideas with your employer and fellow employees and see what you can instigate this week to make a difference! 

1. If you send packages by courier, contact a bicycle courier company for local deliveries.

1. Take your own ceramic or china coffee cup to work; Bring your lunch in a reusable container.

1. Investigate the health hazards in your office and line of work. Seek and promote alternatives.

1. Weatherproof your workplace to save energy; Lobby for faucet aerators at work to save water.

1. Help educate your coworkers about the environment; Lobby your company to set up a committee to monitor its environmental performance.

1. Set up a recycling program.

1. Set up an environmental bulletin board to post notices about local environmental meetings, environmental news and green cleaning tips.

1. Encourage your company pension plan not to invest in companies that harm the environment.

1. Walk or ride a bike to work. Use public transit or carpool – you can advertise at work or on community bulletin boards.

1. Make a sign for inside the front door that says "last one out turns off the lights."

Sarasota Green Marketplace is Sarasota’s Only All-Green Home and Building Store, providing only eco-friendly products and services and promoting Sarasota Green Connection (SGC) Approved Businesses. Please visit us at 2864 Ringling Blvd. in the Gold Tree Plaza at the corner of Ringling Blvd. and Tuttle Ave.  Questions? Feel free to call us at 941.953.3588. We are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 6pm; and on Friday and Saturday from 8am to noon.  Ready to GO GREEN? we’re ready to help!   

Duplication of any part of this publication is strictly forbidden without permission from the author. For permission to reproduce any part of this publication, please email info@sarasotagreenmarketplac.com.

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