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“Go GREEN” is Buzzword around the globe.

World celebrated “Environment Day” recently on June 5, 2010.

Always growing energy demand, requirements of higher productivity, greater and greater urbanization, mobility, smarter communication media and Environment Protection are few important challenges of our times.

While we are reading and brushing through ways for the environment protection, let’s see how each one of us can make a small contribution for the cause and be a part of big effect which will be for the benefits of everybody on mother earth.

Adopting a GREEN lifestyle at home is a best “first step” toward living healthier and helping to save the planet, but you can extend your influence even more by going green at work too.

Consider these ways to reduce fatal impact on the environment:

• Think twice before lowering the temperature in summers and increasing it in winter while programming the Air Conditioners. Each degree warmer you leave the thermostat in summer, and each degree cooler you set it in the winter can save 6 to 8 % in energy costs.
• Be a guardian of one potted plant in the home / office. Artificial greenery might be low-maintenance, but the real plants add liveliness and oxygen to your surroundings.
• Can we adopt a policy of “bring-your-own coffee mug” for the coffee breaks and avoid using the plastic cups. Your company will reduce plastic waste.
• Keep pushing for online meetings instead of personal meetings whenever possible, as virtual meetings can save lot of time, money and fuel.
• Reduce the use of energy for using computers by putting them on “Power Saving Mode”
• Save Paper and Ink. Avoid printing documents that could be emailed, and as far as possible print necessary papers on both sides. Producing a single sheet of virgin paper requires an average of 20 watt-hours
• Using one side printed “Not-So-Important” papers for internal note pads. Switch to recycled paper and water-based inks.
• Consider using LCD monitors or laptops in place of CRT monitors, which can use up to 70 % less electricity and generate less heat waste.
• Use Energy Star certified equipment for energy saving.
• Turn off all electrical equipment when not in use.
• Do not leave water taps dripping; make sure to close them tightly after use. One drop of water wasted every second amounts to 10,000 litres per year.
• Educate your colleague about the use of environment friendly work ideas if he/she is not following them.
• Use CFL bulbs, they consume 1/3 energy and last 10 times longer
• If you have option of multiple elevators, do not call all elevators at a time. See which one is nearer and call for use.
• Use Bicycles for shorter distance tavel
• Use cotton bags in place of plastic / paper bags
• I know it may sound pretty cliché, but if each of us would do just a couple of small things to reduce our impact, we could probably do a lot to help stave off the global environmental crisis

Anyone can go green; there are many reasons beyond protecting environment such as

1. Reverse Climate Change, reduce Global Warming and the hole in the Ozone Layer
2. To ensure the bright future of next generations
3. To preserve the limited amount of natural resources
4. To reduce pollution which harms us by contaminating Air, Water and Soil

If you like and follow these, you’re an” environmentally conscious” person. You reduce, reuse, and recycle in your home and office, and you’ve taught your children / Colleagues / Friends to do these things, too.

Go GREEN, Feel Proud.

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