green workplace for a greener life beau damen lac project – june 2012
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Green Workplace for a Greener Life
Beau DamenLAC Project – June 2012
My objectiveTo 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…
Topic Online Block
The issues I wanted to tackleThe issues I could tackle
Indoor air pollution 2 ES & SD
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
Consumption and pricing of energy and water
4 PTS
5 ECS
Food losses and waste2 ES & SD
5 ECS
Learn
What I wanted to 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
What I could do
Apply
Challenges• Support• Scheduling• Data• ApathyCommunicate
Challenge 1In order to make something happen I needed to find support….
Management
Social Club Save Food Campaign
Support
What work was involved?• 82 e-mails (36 of which from me)• 8 meetings• 5 draft activity plans• 8 rounds of survey drafts
Original Plan 1st week of May
Revision 2 7 June
Revision 3 Mid-June
Revision 1 21 May
Challenge 2
SchedulingBeau’s last day at work
14 June
April
May
June
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
Apathy
Eager volunteers
Helpful suggestions
Surprising donations
Survey responses
• Final survey had 3 sections1. Food Losses and Waste2. Environmental sustainability at the workplace3. 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
Office Flyers Throughout June
Office Intranet Posts Early June
The initiative will continue
Office Save Day October
Thank you