Tag Archives: Green tips

The Lunch Gang

Get a crew together for lunch.  If you and five of your coworkers order together, you’ll likely save three to four plastic bags. But delivery often means lots of disposable waste… so encourage the use of washable plates, napkins and utensils.  Save unused utensils and napkins for general office use.

Packing Up

Bubble wrap, packing peanuts, and other shipping materials are practically made for reuse.  Set aside a box or area in the office mail-room for storing these items as they come in so they’re available to coworkers.  Your office manager will soon see there’s no need to ever purchase bubble wrap again.

Green Mooching

When you are traveling, staying with friends or relatives is not only cheap, it is also ecologically responsible. (Be sure you tell them so.)  After all, the additional impact of your presence is apt to be small – chances are you’ll be sharing rides, avoiding consuming hotel’s little toiletries and the waste they generate, no daily [...]

Why Post Green Business Snippets?

Why would our blog share Green business tips? Way back in 1998, I first traveled to Eugene, Oregon to present our software to the Percon management.  On my way to the office, I was caught in traffic.  I slowly moved pass the police cars and firetrucks but I saw no accident.  I shrugged it off as “I [...]