World Water Day 2011

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Today, March 22, 2011 is World Water Day: The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems. - from … [Read more...]

Guest Post: Simple Green Office Practices

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As recent headlines suggest, going green in the workplace is a steadily growing trend. There are even awards for companies that can do it the best. While going paperless and switching to recycled office supplies is usually an executive decision , because going green can be challenging, inconvenient, … [Read more...]

Earth Talk: Greening the office

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EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are some simple things I could do to green the office I work in? -- James Raskin, Framingham, MA No matter how green your office may be already, there is surely room for improvement somewhere. Here are 10 … [Read more...]

Flaunt It! Monday: myEARTH360

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So the readers that visit Eco-Office Gals should have at least one fairly common goal: do what we can to help the Earth, right?  I certainly hope so!  So, when you get all these ideas going of simple things you can do each day to help the environment, where do you go? myEARTH360! A great online … [Read more...]

Guest Post: Improving Health For Today and Tomorrow

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July 16, 2009 Written by James O’ Shea with the maacenter Going green used to be considered expensive and a luxury for those who could afford the trend. Now it appears that we are learning that not only is adopting more environmentally conscious attitudes good for our economic situation, … [Read more...]

Green Up your weekend: Book Review & $500 giveaway

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Two important subjects to bring to everyone's attention before you officially start your weekend. The Green Crusaders I was given the opportunity to review The Green Path Comany's PDF version of the first in a series of The Green Crusaders: The Filaments see the Light. The Green Crusaders are a … [Read more...]

Earth Day Giveaway Round Up

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There are many awesome giveaways going on this month for Earth Day.  While, Eco-Office Gals will promote ours, we can't be running around the blogoshpere entering other giveaways and not let our readers in on the opportunity! So, today will just be a round up of giveaways found in honor of … [Read more...]

10 Things You Can Do In the Office for Earth Day

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10 easy steps to help you green up your office routine.  Try it for Earth Day.  Make it a habit. Grab an empty paper box and make it a recycle box for your desk. Dump your stale coffee on the plants instead of down the drain. Shut off the light when you leave the rest room. Stop printing … [Read more...]

To Clean or Not To Clean?

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This morning I was reading The Good Human's post Your Contract With Life On Earth and I started to think of the contracts we sign when we rent an apartment, house, office space, equipment, etc. We sign these contracts promising to care properly for someone's property, right? I really appreciated … [Read more...]