tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651487382348548289.post7324019774590565085..comments2022-11-19T01:37:17.837-08:00Comments on National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy: NAHA E-News Going Green Article June 2009Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337037237168367381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651487382348548289.post-85518625063169794272009-08-24T11:44:38.254-07:002009-08-24T11:44:38.254-07:00Some things Nature's Gift has been doing as a ...Some things Nature's Gift has been doing as a business to "go green" from a business, not personal, point of view. Some ideas that might help you with the "greening" of your office.<br /><br />Some of them are fairly major, and some are probably fairly minor, but they all add up. <br /><br />1. Recycling. We have had big "recycling" barrels for years. All plastics, all aluminum, and most paper get recycled. Especially broken down cardboard cartons, and it's amazing how many of those come in in a week.<br /><br />2. Additional recycling: Christi is a bird owner - she takes used printouts home to line her bird cages. (has been doing that as long as she's been with us. Said she saw special paper for that in a shop recently...$9.00 a small package!)<br /><br />3. Temperature control. We keep our workroom and office past cool - it'd downright cold there this winter. And on Friday afternoon we turn all thermostats down lower, to conserve electricity.<br /> <br />4. Lighting. The workroom is kept fairly dim. Rather than brightly lighting the whole area, every work station has a small "task light"...only in use when someone is working there. In the office we never use the overhead lights. A lot of light comes in through the picture window and windowed doors; on dark, gloomy days I'll turn on a spotlight lamp on my desk. Oh, and both at the office and at home we use the compact fluorescent lightbulbs. <br /><br />5. Packing materials - the packing peanuts we use are cellulose based, totally biodegradable. Whenever possible we reuse packing materials. (Which is why your order may have plastic peanuts. Someone shipped them to us, and we'd rather recycle them than have them go in a land fill!)<br /><br />The colored tissue with which we "top off" your order is made from recycled materials. In fact, whenever the option is available (printer paper, for example) we purchase "stuff" made from recycled material.<br /><br />6. We include a reminder to please recycle our packaging with every order.<br /><br />7. We post suggestions for recycling our packaging, etc. either on the blog or in our newsletter.<br /><br />8. We do NOT mail out paper catalogues or other promotional materials. No trees die to produce our newsletter.<br /><br />9. When we remodeled and moved into our new building a year and a half ago we put in new breakroom and work kitchens. All sinks have aerators, as suggested, and we have a "low flush" toilet. (We do draw the line at "flushing whenever necessary." After every use IS necessary!)<br /><br />We shut all the computers off when we leave for the day; in total honesty I hadn't thought about shutting off all of their surge protectors. That's one we will start doing this coming week. <br /><br />On the whole, I am proud of us. The only thing we don't do is carpool, but everyone lives in different directions and works different hours, so that is not practicable. (I love to telecommute, would work from home almost all the time, but I'm told my physical presence in necessary. so much for that!)<br /><br />Read more: http://naturesgiftaromatherapy.blogspot.com/2009/02/greening-our-business.html#ixzz0P7wwzwSQMargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673509267085990921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651487382348548289.post-12441690531165897112009-08-12T19:03:04.742-07:002009-08-12T19:03:04.742-07:00Thanks for sharing this. This is an informative po...Thanks for sharing this. This is an informative posting and good. <a href="http://www.infoaromatherapy.com/aromatherapy-neck-wraps/aromatherapy-neck-wraps.php" title="Aromatherapy neck wraps" rel="nofollow">Aromatherapy Neck Wraps</a>Aromatherapy Nebulizerhttp://www.infoaromatherapy.com/blog/aromatherapy-guides/the-benefits-of-aromatherapy-nebulizer-15/noreply@blogger.com