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Go green this week
Green Office Week (19 - 23 April 2010) is principally about empowering office workers to take action and introduce or reinforce behaviours that save water and electricity; reduce wastage, buy green; and reduce pollution and the carbon footprint. However, the vision of the week is to have management backing and to get an action plan in place. Professor Mervyn King is the week's goodwill ambassador.
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Says King, “Today, there is a direct link between a company's performance, its impact on the environment, and society. It's time that companies bring to the attention of all their staff the urgent need to engage in sustainable behaviour. Becoming eco-friendly is neither difficult nor expensive and I look forward to the day when more and more people take care of our planet in their households as well as their workplace.”
Themes
Daily themes for the week to assist office staff in participation:
| Tips of the day for | Green Office Week |
| Monday 19 April | MAKE-IT-HAPPEN MONDAY |
| Tip of the day | Start by saving paper - make notepads from scrap photocopying and printing paper. |
| Tuesday 20 April | CHOOSY TUESDAY |
| Tip of the day | Choose eco-friendly suppliers |
| Buy office products that are | |
| Reusable, (eg packaging) | |
| Refillable, (eg pens and pencils) | |
| Non-toxic (eg cleaning products) | |
| Wednesday 21 April | WATTAGE WEDNESDAY |
| Tip of the day | Be energy conscious! |
| Invest in an energy-saving computer, monitor and printer | |
| Switch to energy-saving settings | |
| Power-off your computer whenever you're not using it | |
| Set it to sleep mode when you are away for short periods | |
| Thursday 22 April | THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY |
| Tip of the day | Thoughtful meetings |
| Circulate Agendas and Minutes by email | |
| Instead of A3 flipcharts, use whiteboards or computer-derived presentations | |
| Friday 23 April | FRIENDLY FRIDAY |
| Tip of the day | Be a waste-buster - donate unwanted or reusable supplies to schools or charitable organisations |
Remember 22 April every year is Earth Day, celebrated worldwide. In 2010 it's Earth Day's 40th anniversary.
Organisers of the week, Dictum Publishers, have posted information in terms of “why, what and how” on the website www.greenofficeweek.co.za and supporters can follow on Twitter at GOW_SA. More information is available on the Eskom website www.eskom.co.za/dsm.
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