Office is the place that working men and women spend 1/3 of their time daily, for five days every week. It’s the place where people are busy with their daily tasks. Here we give some green tips that you can do at work, so no matter how busy you are, you still can participate in helping to make the world a healthier place.

 

1. Go paperless when possible
Think before you print. Consider if the file should be kept digital or printed. This habit will reduce the use of paper. If you want to print some files to check or read, consider to reuse paper on the back side.

2. Use laptop than PC
Laptop use 50% of the energy used by a typical desktop PC. This will reduce the use of energy.

3. Maximize laptop/computer efficiency
Don’t just leave your laptop/computer when you are about to grab lunch or break time. Turn on sleep mode, it will reduce energy up to 50%. When you come back to use it, it will automatically wake up and be ready to use.

4. Save energy!
Turn off your office appliances like lamps and air conditioners when you are leaving or not using them.

5. Use public transportation
Consider to use public transportation like bus or train or ride a bike to reduce carbon footprint.

6. Get some green inside your office
Bring some green friends to brighten your office room. Choose plants that can absorb indoor pollution to refresh and keep the air pure.

Green lifestyle isn’t just something we do at home, we can spread this way of life throughout every aspect of our lives, that includes at school. We can teach our younger generation about simple responsible behavior to help our planet. Here we give some green advice about what to do at school.

1. Sort the trash
Children can sort the trash between organic or non-organic trash. This will help them to increase their environment awareness.

2. Clean the classroom everyday
Make daily schedule for students who are in charge to clean the classroom. This will help embed responsibility for each student about the environment in a small scale.

3. Do the 3R!
Children are often more creative! They probably have ideas to turn things into something more useful by doing the 3R’s. Use this activity for extracurricular activity.

4. Take them on a green field trip
It’s more effective to expose them to real experience by visiting some places where they can learn more about environment. Villages, conservation areas, or take them for camping.

5. Start gardening
Getting students involved in taking care of the school’s garden. This real activity will stimulate their mindset about environment in the future….it will also help them eat their vegetables.

6. Write something about nature
Encourage the students to write some topics about environment, and the result of their papers can be shown at school’s information board as their credit. This will stimulate their imagination and their intentions about the natural world they want for the future. 

We all, individually have a carbon footprint. Everywhere, all the time. When we exhale, we release CO2, when you use paper, another tree may be cut to make more paper. We already know that carbon accumulated in the atmosphere can cause global warming which is happening right now. Climate changes are upsetting the conditions that many species need to survive and many will soon be gone forever.

Here we give some simple tips for green living at home to reduce our carbon footprint and save our planet. These are simple, easy ways and there aren’t any excuses for not doing it.

1. Save energy
Turn things off when not in use, such as the lamp, air conditioner, fan or other home electronics. You can save on your monthly electricity bills and help they environment at the same time.

2. Save water
Take quicker showers, you will use less water.

3. Wash only full laundry loads
When you wash clothes with half a load you will use more water, detergent and electricity. Besides it makes your life easier and there will be less detergents to pollute the water.

4. Close the fridge
When you open your refrigerator for a long time, it has to work harder to bring the temperature down again. Close the door when you are not in front of it and you’ll save energy. Your food will last longer too.

5. Buy only what you need
Studies have shown that around 1/3 of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. In some countries the food wasted is as high as 60%. Buy what you need and use it all. This will also reduce plastic packaging from the items you buy. Save money, help nature.

6. Bring reusable bags for shopping
This will help you to carry your goods and reduce plastic bags that end up in landfills. Remember, it can take over one hundred years to decompose a plastic bag and the material it is made of in non-renewable.

7. Eat more veggies
Yes, vegetables and fruits are absolutely the best food for our body – and our environment. When you support this way of life, surely you will reduce carbon footprint.

8. Do the 3R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
This will help to reduce trash that is a big problem in every country. Don’t waste anything that you can still use by converting it into something you can use again.

9. Plant a tree!
Make your yard greener by planting some trees. Besides being shady and fresh, the trees will ultimately reduce your carbon footprint.