Posts Tagged ‘environment’

What does it take to be “green” in the workplace?

Recycling and energy-efficient lighting don’t even begin to do it for me. They only touch on a few of the physical areas of impact our organizations have on the planet and the creatures that live on it. I’m not saying they don’t count at all, just that they don’t count for much in the great scheme of things: massaging symptoms rather than tackling causes.

What I believe it takes to… » Continue

April 10 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: environment, green, Management, Resource, respect | 3 comments»

The Lifehack.org Guide to Green Living: 20 Green Ideas from Our Archives

This month’s theme at Lifehack.org is all things Green, but Green issues have been on Lifehack’s radar for a long time. Part of working efficiently and being productive is minimizing wastefulness, whether of our labor or our resources, and Lifehack.org is all about working efficiently. Here, then, are some of the best posts from our archives on how to reduce your environmental impact — while furthering your own… » Continue

April 9 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: environment, green, paperless, recycling, reduce | 8 comments»

Greening Your Home Office

When you work in an office building — even if you’re just a member of the cubicle farm — someone else is usually in charge of handling environmental details. You may be asked to switch off your computer before you leave for the evening or to throw paper into a separate trash receptacle, but that’s likely to be the extent of your responsibilities. But when you’re in your home… » Continue

April 3 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: electricity, environment, green, office, recycling, trash | 9 comments»

Getting Green Done

With Earth Hour behind us and Earth Day on the way, we thought April would be a good month for Lifehack.org to think Green. In the weeks ahead, you can expect to see posts reflecting all manner of perspectives on how to "Green up" your work and life.

Nowadays, you can hardly swing a free-range cat without hitting someone making Green claims. Products tout their 35% post-consumer-waste packaging… » Continue

April 2 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: environment, green, gtd, planning, Productivity, sustainability | 14 comments»

Improving Productivity by Improving Lighting

We all know that our surroundings affect our ability to get work done, from that irritating buzzing from the next cubicle over to the uncomfortable chair causing our back pain. But what about lighting? Has the flicker of fluorescent lighting finally gotten to you?

There are plenty of problems attributed to lighting, from migraines to eye strain. On top of the physical issues, though, depending on the type of lighting… » Continue

February 26 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: environment, ergonomic, lightbulb, lighting, work area | 10 comments»

How to Go Paperless: Bury the Paper Before it Buries You

The paperless office concept has been around since the 1960s or ‘70s, much like the flying car. For many people, this has been little more then a myth. How can we get rid of the paper while our offices are filled with photocopiers and fax machines and the postal carriers and couriers keep bringing in reams of the stuff daily? What about the need to keep receipts for accounting… » Continue

November 8 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: environment, Management, paperless | 19 comments»

Blog Action Day Revisited

Monday the 15th October saw the Blog Action Day project begin. Kicking things off with the very and, maybe always, timely topic of the environment.

In my mind, it was a success. And to celebrate how much the blogging community got on board, I want to share some of the best posts that came out of Blog Action Day.

Seven tips for how simultaneously to boost your happiness and safeguard

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October 19 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: environment | 10 comments»

Blog Action Day: You the Consumer

Today is Blog Action Day, and over 14,000 blogs have agreed to write about the environment. Since I expect there to be hundreds of “how to” articles about making your own household cleaners and cutting your gas consumption, I decided to try something else, to try to address the framework in which we as individuals relate to our environment.

Most of the environmental destruction… » Continue

October 15 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: blogactionday, consumption, environment, identity, Lifestyle, sustainable | 40 comments»

How Room Color Affects Your Mood

Ever feel more creative in a yellow room? I worked in a building that had big, bright yellow wall to encourage creativity. Apparently that’s what the color yellow does.
People are more likely to lose their tempers in a yellow room. Babies also seem to cry more in a yellow room. This color tends to create feeling of frustration and anger in people. This color is the most fatiguing on… » Continue

April 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: color, emotion, environment, environments, painting | no comments»

Playgreen: Green living wiki

Playgreen is a recently launched wiki that allows users to contribute ideas about how to live environmentally conscious lives. If you’re looking for ways to live greener (or if you’re an expert in the green lifestyle) give Playgreen a read.

We’ are smarter than ‘me’. The central premise of this assumption is that large groups of people (’We’) can, and should, make a fantastic resource site… » Continue

April 11 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: environment, green, health, Lifestyle | 3 comments»

Find green products, services, organizations, and information

Greener is a search engine that does exactly what is mentioned in the title. You enter a search phrase and Greener returns environmentally conscious products, services, organizations, and information. Greener has indexed over 1.4 million sites and over 6.5 million links — chances are the results will be pretty useful. If you’ve used Greener in the past, please share your experiences with us in the comments… » Continue

March 5 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: environment, search+engine, Technology | 3 comments»

Getting Great Attitude

Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude.
I like fun.
—Colleen C. Barrett

Those of us who have been charged with hiring others, have very likely been taught to “look for someone with a great attitude; you can train them in all the skills they’ll need.”

Good advice, but just the beginning.

Here’s something to consider; attitude is a result of something. If a prospective candidate comes to you with… » Continue

November 30 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: attitude, environment, hiring, optimism, workplaces | 4 comments»