8 Ways to Go Green on the Cheap
By Gail Nickel-Kailing on November 18th, 2008
It doesn’t have to cost lots of money to implement green initiatives!
GreenBiz.com’s Sarah Fister Gale, offered eight ways to go green inexpensively. Here are the highlights, but you don’t want to miss the entire article:
- Get a Baseline: You can’t reduce what you don’t measure.
- Dumpster Dive: If you want people to think about the waste they produce every day, show it to them.
- Build a Garbage Web: See the waste in “real time.”
- Slow Your Flow: Think light bulbs and water faucets.
- Drive Change: Examine transportation costs to/from your operation, including staff commutes.
- Turn Waste into Profit: Look beyond recycling.
- Get Everyone Involved: Employee involvement is critical to making any long-term green initiative a success.
- Don’t Forget Your Customers: Encourage and reward customers for participating in environmental programs.
Creativity makes cutting waste and improving efficiency work; have at it!
2 Responses to “8 Ways to Go Green on the Cheap”
By Heidi Tolliver-Nigro on Nov 18, 2008 | Reply
Great ideas! On a personal level, we have our own unique way to green. We bought a turn-of-the-century cook stove (the kind you see on The Waltons and old cowboy movies) to heat the cold half of our house. It keeps my husband in shape chopping wood, it saves us hundreds of dollars per year in fossil fuel (heating oil and coal — both of which are required to heat our house), and as a bonus, it makes GREAT roasts, hamburgers, and bacon. We actually have a batch of brownies in it now. All healthy (well, except for the bacon) and free. If you have the floor space in your house, I highly recommend it. No electricity, no gas, no coal. Can I sell anyone carbon credits…? :)
By Al Ferrari on Nov 20, 2008 | Reply
Burning wood is no different than burning gas, oil, or coal as far as contributing CO2 to the atmosphere.