After a year of a lot of great discussions but not a lot of action, we decided to start off the new year with some Resolutions for the Green Team for 2010. Here are 6 things that we plan to accomplish this year.
(1) We will educate our staff about a variety of sustainability issues. The topics we plan to focus on are: Recycling (sorting – what goes where)/the IslandWood Living Machine/Earth Tub/ Composting Toilets/ Solar Panels/ Transfer Station (Electronics). This involves learning about how aspects of IslandWood work as well as personal action items.
(2) We will figure out how to track staff commuting information. We hope to learn from other organizations because we are sure that someone has figured out a brilliant system. We want to know what is happening but we also want to raise awareness with the hope of creating change in people’s behaviors.
(3) We will create a Green Team Dashboard Page. This will be a visual area for staff members to see things about the operation of the site, such as electric bills and paper usage. Again we hope to raise awareness with the hope of creating change in behaviors.
(4) We will educate guests. There are some options for commuting that could be presented to guests to help them get to our site in a more sustainable manner. We could also consider adding a carbon offset charge on bills to raise awareness. We can improve the information that is provided on how our water and energy systems work and where we source the food that we serve.
(5) We will find a more sustainable alternative to our laminated nametags. This topic has been a big part of past discussions and raised many questions about all the factors that go into making something sustainable.
(6) We will create a Green Team Blog and add to it. Hooray, we have achieved something! Now we just need to keep the entries and comments coming.
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