Posts Tagged ‘recycling’

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»

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

March 31 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: computer, green, lighting, Money, paperless, power, recycling, water | 3 comments»