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 sections

1. 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