Green Workplace week: Roundup of eco-office tips

We had greening tips for the workplace all week -- and now I've put them all in a handy roundup so you can start implementing them come Monday!

>> Green the commute! Simple way of greening your worklife: Get out of the car and bike, walk, or take public transportation instead. Everyone's doing it!

>> Eco-friendly business cards. Looking for business cards printed with soy ink on 100% post consumer waste recycled paper whitened with non-chlorine bleach? This post lists your best options.

>> Office Depot's green catalog. If Office Depot's your workplace's vendor, getting your office to go greener may be as simple as getting your office manager to take a look at the catalog before simply hitting the usual reorder button.

>> Simple paper-saving tips. Oscar Madrigal of New Economics for Women has had some great successes reducing paper consumption office-wide -- and encourages you to try these methods too.

>> De-bottling the workplace. Here are all the why and hows for ditching the bottled water habit in the workplace.

>> Office eco-audits and certifications. Find out how you can figure out your business' carbon footprint, get help reducing it, and get recognition for those greening efforts.

>> Green consultants and guides. Need help greening the office? Find out about the green consultants who can come in and help -- or guides that help you help yourself.

>> 'Greening Your Office': Pocket guide for an eco-workplace. A new pocket-sized, 96-page booklet came out just last month, with advice to help make your workplace an eco-friendly one.

>> Getting a green team together. Ellen Kasemeier-Herbert of Jupiter Images in South Pasadena shares her tips on creating a successful green office team. It wasn't hard at all, Ellen says -- All it took was a few emails and some water cooler chatter about green issues.

And some good green news:
>> City of L.A. to buy green. On Tuesday, the L.A. City Council approved an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing statement and program, committing the city to opting for eco-friendly products whenever possible.

Previous weekly green topics: de-car-ing, energy, bring your own, recycle, green clean

Top photo by brianhendrix, bottom photo by Eszter Hargittai, both via Flickr

Comments

[Emily]

I love the fact that Office Depot has taken a stance to become more green. Check out the green guide they have to. http://www.officedepot.com/a/store/buy-green/N=302113+100000/