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| Preface | |
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| Embrace the Basics | |
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| Embrace Green | |
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| Make a Time Commitment for Greening Your Business | |
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| Start With an Energy Audit | |
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| Decrease Your Carbon Footprint | |
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| Design Your Office in an Eco-Friendly Manner | |
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| Become an Eco-Friendly Shopper | |
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| Start an Office Recycling Program | |
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| Know Your Plastics (and Sort by Number) | |
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| Tangibles | |
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| Institute a Green Purchasing Policy | |
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| Use Green Office Supplies | |
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| Use Energy-Efficient Appliances | |
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| Switch to Energy-Efficient Lighting | |
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| Upgrade and Maintain Your HVAC System | |
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| Insulate Your Facility Properly | |
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| Insulate or Replace Windows and Doors | |
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| Quick Tip: Buy Air Conditioner and Vent Covers | |
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| Quick Tip: Pool Your Office Resources | |
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| Pool Your Resources With Other Homebased Business Owners | |
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| Create a Green Home Office | |
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| Quick Tip: Green Up Your Bathroom | |
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| Natural and Renewable Energy | |
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| Explore Passive Solar Heating and Cooling | |
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| Consider a "Cool" Green Roof | |
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| Quick Tip: Try Chilled Beams | |
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| Go Solar | |
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| Use Wind Turbine Power | |
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| Install Eco-Friendly Flooring | |
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| Water Conservation | |
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| Start a "Save Water" Program | |
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| Install a Water Filtration System | |
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| Utilize Rainwater | |
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| Use Indoor Plants as Natural Air Filters | |
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| Paper and Printing (and Signage) | |
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| Start a Paper Waste Prevention Program | |
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| Switch to Green Printing | |
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| Use Greener Signage | |
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| Greener Packaging, Design, and Packing | |
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| Implement Sustainable Packaging Policies | |
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| Minimize and Redesign Your Packaging | |
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| Use Eco-Friendly Packaging Labels | |
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| Use Eco-Friendly Packing Materials | |
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| Consider Reusable Bags Over Plastic or Paper | |
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| Technology | |
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| Switch to Energy-Efficient Computer Use | |
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| When Buying New Computers, Buy Greener Models | |
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| Start a Company-Wide Computer/Cartridge E-Cycling Program | |
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| Quick Tip: Switch to E-Signatures | |
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| Recycle Cell Phones for the Planet and for Charity | |
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| Quick Tip: Use Rechargeable Batteries | |
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| Quick Tip: Go With Voice Mail | |
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| Less Waste and a Cleaner Work Environment | |
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| Have a Waste Audit Done | |
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| Quick Tip: Reduce Holiday Party Waste | |
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| Consider Composting | |
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| Share Your Waste | |
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| Start an Anti-Litter Campaign | |
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| Clean Green | |
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| Maintain a High Level of Indoor Air Quality | |
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| Stop Junk Mail From Coming to Your Office | |
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| Shipping and Products | |
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| Work With Green Vendors and Suppliers | |
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| Quick Tip: Avoid Shipping Air | |
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| Work With Local Suppliers | |
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| Make Your Internal Shipping Needs Greener | |
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| Minimize Excess Inventory | |
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| Revamp Your Products-Get Greener | |
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| Think Bio-Plastics | |
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| Transportation, Travel and Telecommuting | |
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| Make the Switch to Flex Fuel or Hybrid Cars, Vans, and Trucks | |
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| Think Green Tires | |
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| Get Environmental Roadside Assistance and Use Green Travel Services | |
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| Encourage Alternative Forms of Commuting | |
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| Create More Telecommuting Opportunities | |
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| Think Greener Business Travel | |
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| Offset Business Travel with Green Tags | |
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| Intangibles | |
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| Change the Coffee Culture in Your Office | |
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| Quick Tip: Hold Greener Meetings | |
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| Create a Green Team | |
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| Produce a Sustainability Report | |
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| Hire a Director of Sustainability | |
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| Establish a Consumer Recycling Program | |
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| Dress Greener | |
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| Putting Your Best Foot Forward | |
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| Use Green Marketing and Promotion | |
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| Embrace Word-of-Mouth Marketing | |
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| Conduct Surveys to Gauge Your Customers' Interest in the Environment | |
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| Quick Tip: Minimize the Media Blitz | |
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| Locations, Locations, and Greener Locations | |
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| Consider Moving Into a Green Office Building | |
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| Expanding Your Facility? Build Green | |
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| Moving Part II: Consider a Brownfield | |
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| Maintain Some Green Acreage | |
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| Consider Downsizing | |
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| Social Responsibility and Doing Better for Your People | |
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| Start a Program of Company-Wide Volunteer Hours | |
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| Support and Sponsor Environmental Groups and Causes | |
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| Become a Role Model: Educate Others on Sustainability | |
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| Become the Green Center for Your Community | |
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| Produce a Green Newsletter | |
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| Lobby for Green | |
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| Attract Green Employees | |
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| Treat Your Employees to Wellness | |
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| Quick Tip: gift Green | |
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| Go Organic | |
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| Quick Tip: Create a Company Library | |
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| Provide Green Incentives | |
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| Look for Transparency in Certifications and Ecolabels | |
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| Consider Socially Responsible Investing | |
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| Buy Carbon Offsets | |
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| Some Final Suggestions | |
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| Rate Your Own Corporate Citizenship | |
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| Teach Future Generations | |
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| Don't Stop | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |