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Why ?
Driving 10% less by can reduce greenhouse gas emission by .2-.8 per year.
According to AAA the cost for owning and operating average care is 52.2 cents per mile.
Carbon dioxide is the number one contributor to the greenhouse effect [...]
It’s Not Hard to go Paperless
There seems to be a resentment or fear of going paperless. But you are going to have to do it, per government mandates, so why not start small? Start with getting rid of your junk mail and go forward from that point. The easiest thing to do is assign a [...]
How Clean and Toxin Free is Your Office ?
How you clean your home and the products you use is a personal decision. But when it comes to the office, you owe it to your patients to provide a clean, toxin free environment.
Did you Know?
That cleaning products are responsible for 10% of the poison calls to [...]
The Story of Stuff please listen to this 20 minute Video The Story of Stuff.
If you google ‘buy less stuff’ you will come up with thousands of hits. Listed here are the Top 32 Reasons to buy less stuff. On a personal note, I stopped buying years ago, partly because I live in a small 1920 house with [...]
Believe it or not, water is not a limitless resource. As many of you already know, many parts of the country are facing droughts and water rationing. Not only that the water supply is becoming increasingly polluted due to many different reasons that all have to do with humans not taking care of the environment. [...]
The kitchen can be a huge carbon footprint! Listed below are some areas of where you can save money in the kitchen with the added benefit helping the environment.
Refrigerator:
The refrigerator is the single biggest energy-consuming kitchen appliance.
What it cost:
Opening and closing the door costs between $30-$60.00 per year
What you can do:
Regularly [...]
Making New Habits
All of these might seem time consuming and a hassle. Forming a new habit of turning off the lights and shutting down your computer is simply a process of time, repetition and growth. Just make it a point daily to do at least 1 of the below listed tasks and it will happen. [...]
Why?
Recycling creates 36 jobs per 10,000 tons of material recycled compared to 6 jobs for every 10,000 tons brought to traditional disposal facilities.
Approximately 1 Billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the US
An Aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!
Plastic bags and plastic [...]
Green is a general concept that encompasses the entire movement to become environmentally conscious. Sustainable is buying (or not buying) and/or using products of companies that lessen their total impact on the earth. Lessening impact is providing, using or supporting products that can be recycled, reused, re purposed and last for years to come. Utilizing [...]
Why The Sustainable Optical Office? Because it makes marketing and financial sense.
#1 Reason: Embracing sustainability is the right thing to do.
#2 Reason. It’s Risk Free. You will eventually have to go green, to remain compliant with laws. Why not start now?
#3 Reason: Improve operational efficiently mean how hard is to turn off the lights?
#4. Reason: [...]