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Green Workplace for a Greener Life . Beau Damen LAC Project – June 2012. My objective. To educate the people in my office about the environmental impact of their workplace and other environmental issues and suggest practical ideas for more sustainable lifestyles…. The issues I could tackle.
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Green Workplace for a Greener Life Beau Damen LAC Project – June 2012
My objective To educate the people in my office about the environmental impact of their workplace and other environmental issues and suggest practical ideas for more sustainable lifestyles…
The issues I could tackle The issues I wanted to tackle Topic Online Block • Indoor air pollution • 2 ES & SD • 4 PTS • Consumption and pricing of energy and water Learn • 5 ECS • Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from different activities in the workplace • 2 ES & SD • 4 PTS • Sustainable lifestyles by raising awareness of environmental issues • 2 ES & SD • 2 ES & SD • Food losses and waste • 5 ECS
What I wanted to do What I could do • An online survey of environmental attitudes at the workplace • Identification and matching of specific greening strategies to key concerns identified by office workers • Development of educational materials for the office including presentations, posters and maybe videos • Organizing a day/half-day social activity to promote a Greener culture at work • Post intervention survey to discern whether workplace attitudes to environmental issues have changed • Form an ‘active’ office wide group to work on promoting a green culture of saving resources at work Apply
Challenges • Support • Scheduling • Data • Apathy Communicate
Challenge 1 In order to make something happen I needed to find support…. Management • What work was involved? • 82 e-mails (36 of which from me) • 8 meetings • 5 draft activity plans • 8 rounds of survey drafts Social Club Save Food Campaign Support
Challenge 2 April • Original Plan • 1st week of May • 21 May • Revision 1 May • 7 June • Revision 2 • Mid-June • Revision 3 Beau’s last day at work 14 June June Scheduling
Challenge 3 Data was not always easy to come across…... Data
Challenge 3 Making it personal
Challenge 4 A perception that I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong about Eager volunteers Helpful suggestions Surprising donations Apathy
Survey responses • Final survey had 3 sections • Food Losses and Waste • Environmental sustainability at the workplace • Learning more about environmental issues • Finally sent on 5 June – World Environment Day
Survey responses Food losses and waste
Survey responses Environment & the workplace
Survey responses Learning more about environmental issues
Future • Final Survey Report • 10 June • Early June • Office Intranet Posts • Throughout June • Office Flyers • October • Office Save Day The initiative will continue