GREENING YOUR OFFICE

• Sustainable Industries: Green Office Guide
  How to create a more efficient workplace, buy better office products and measure your success.
• Planet Green
  • How to Go Green: At Work
  • Recommend Soy Ink Toner for Your Office
• Metro’s guide to green cleaners
  Make your own cleaners, save money and be healthier

TIPS

• Create a double sided paper tray for coworkers to put their paper that’s only been printed on one side (be sure to label clearly though!)
• Sign your office up for a bike commute challenge and keep morale up with check in and friendly competition
• Remove trashcans from every office, and just have centrally located ones. It helps people think about what they’re throwing away, as well as diminish computer chair butt
• Make recycling as easy as possible, and have bins that correlate to the collection policies
• For office events and client lunches, try to use as local establishments as possible, including those that use compostable packaging for food
• Keep the lights out on those sunny days
• Provide discounts/rebates for employees if the choose greener practices, such as: digital calendar (iPhone, PDA, etc), public transportation, commute by bike, etc.