Recycling: Partner with recycling companies such as Visy and your local councils and start recycling paper, envelopes, cardboard, newspapers, bottles. You can even recycle print cartridges through Fuji Xerox.

Energy efficient office equipment: Using energy efficient lighting, photocopiers, kitchen appliances and computers will help to reduce your office’s energy usage.

Reducing waste: Setting computers and printers to automatic double-sided printing, using auto PC sleep when computers are not in use and turning off computers, lights and air conditioners when leaving the building to reduce paper and energy waste.

Eco office supplies: Purchasing recycled office supplies such as recycled paper, recycled business cards from companies such as VistaPrint, toilet paper, environmentally friendly cleaning supplies and detergents your office will reduce your business’ overall carbon footprint.

Natural light: Effectively using natural sunlight where possible and reducing the use of artificial light, particularly in bathrooms and offices, will reduce energy consumption.

Sustainable transport: By providing employees with bicycle storage, your business is encouraging use of more sustainable modes of transportation. And you can go one step forward and perhaps purchase a hybrid car as your company car, such as the Toyota Hybrid Camry.

Eco interior design: Decorating the office with fresh plants will help restore any imbalance in the office environment and promote fresh air.

Should your boss try and avoid their environmental responsibility and discount any of these ideas, just explain that the business can save money and increase it’s bottom line due to reduced expenses on office supplies and electricity bills. That usually motivates any business manager to action. And it it doesn’t work, well you can always share you story with me

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I got your message the other day and I’m sorry I haven’t got back to you – I’ve been really busy at work.

Anyway, I know why you called and I know you’re disappointed.

I guess I’d be disappointed too if I were in your position. You asked us politely to stop what we were doing and we didn’t take any notice of your request.

In fact, I have to admit – we were just plain selfish.

We ignored your request and continued clearing your rain forests, chopping down your trees, mining your land, polluting your oceans, killing your wildlife and poisoning your atmosphere.

I know it seems lame, but we did this to you because we really did need to make a living and create jobs for people around the world. We also needed to make things so that we could sell it to people – even if we produced things people didn’t really need. We also needed to keep our economies going, although we know it isn’t sustainable. And I know it’s no excuse but you have so much, and we have so little, and we figured, it’s there to be taken and used – right?

Anyway, I can see why you got fed up and you needed to prove your point. I guess your actions seem justified, but I personally think it was a little over the top and a bit unfair.

I mean, did you have to kill people? You weren’t even satisfied with killing just one or two of us. You’ve killed hundreds of thousands of us.

And for what? To prove your point? Are you trying to wipe our species out?

Did you really need to call on the Rain Gods and make it flood? Did you really have to send Cyclone Yasi? What about the recent Japanese tsumani? Or the New Zealand earthquake? What do you have to say about the Boxing Day tsunami years back? Or Hurricane Katrina?

So I’ve been thinking. Firstly, I just want to say on behalf of mankind, that we’re sorry. Really and truly sorry.

Secondly, I think we should call a truce: we’ll try our best to protect and preserve our planet if you promise that you will try not to bring harm to our kind.

Anyway, sorry again for not acknowledging your wishes and taking your concerns seriously.

We promise to do better from now on.

Yours sincerely,

Jennifer Nini – Eco Warrior Princess

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