Posts Tagged ‘green’

How to Bring Your Life into Line with Your Values

The world, it seems, is going downhill fast. Everyone has a take on what's wrong: liberals over-regulating everything, conservatives decimating the principles of governance, immigrants refusing to blend in, racists bashing immigrants, poor parenting, non-family-friendly policies, corporations bound to short-term profits instead of long-term social responsibilities, activists hampering corporate innovation, and of course the Jews, always the Jews. You name it, someone's upset by it and the negative effect it… Continue reading

May 12 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, activism, change, green, living, value | 9 comments»

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 reading

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 reading

April 9 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: environment, green, paperless, recycling, reduce | 9 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 reading

April 3 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: electricity, environment, green, office, recycling, trash | 10 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 and their… Continue reading

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

Keep Your Home Business Green

Earth Hour has come and gone for 2008, and it was an easy opportunity for people who don’t normally think about their environmental footprint to do something about it. Apparently it was quite successful, with local utilities such as EnergyAustralia claiming that energy consumption for that hour was 10.2% less than usual. But, while Earth Hour is a great awareness raising campaign and does provide some relief against our constant… Continue reading

March 31 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: computer, green, lighting, Money, paperless, power, recycling, water | 5 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 reading

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