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Bike to work! Riding a bicycle or using public transit can help fight global warming, and improve air quality for everyone. |
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Practice non-toxic gardening and cleaning! Avoid using chemicals which are immediately hazardous to the environment and your health. |
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Save trees and lower the carbon footprint from the paper milling process by printing documents on both sides of the paper. |
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Improve indoor air quality, don’t smoke indoors! |
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Separate organic and non organic waste, so that organics can be composted |
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Raise the temperature on your air conditioner by 1 degree and save energy! |
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Switch off lights in an area not being used at the moment and ask other personnel to do the same! |
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Look for reusable alternatives to office supplies like reusable water and coffee cups and paper clips instead of staples. A study showed that if 10 million office workers were to use 1 less staple per day, 120 tonnes of steel would be saved in one year. This would save enormous amounts in the environmental costs related to producing steel. |
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Turn off computers and monitors, unplug electricity draining devices when not in use. Much of energy production is still based on burning fossil fuels, so turning off those electronics is just as good as putting out a coal fire. |
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Don’t print emails! Paper and related materials make up 80% of office waste on average. |
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