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Green Ways
06/ 03/ 2008

by Megan Pacella

Recycling paper is no longer enough to claim that your business is green. So what does it take? Peek inside True Green @ Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business (National Geographic Books, 2008) to find out.

This do-it-yourself manual offers manageable guidelines for transforming your desk, office, culture, marketing and other aspects of business to minimize your company's carbon footprint. The tips range from simple hints, like putting a plant on your desk to absorb air pollutants, to more ambitious ideas, such as installing low-flush toilets to conserve water or finding green suppliers to help run your business.

With statistics on energy savings, True Green @ Work lets you know exactly how much energy, water and waste your business can save by going green.

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