What are YOU going to do for the planet this week?

When you leave work this weekend, turn off your computer, light and air conditioner - and try to keep doing this every day.
And there are other ways to help the environment.
More info - on the Earth Hour 2008 web site.

Reduce your workplace electric consumption

Blog action day got me thinking about saving energy.
I already wrote about how I try to reduce my effect on the environment at home, but what about work?

• Do you turn off the lights in your office when you leave?


• Do you turn off air condition?


• What about your computer?

Each of these actions can save money over time, but more important - reduce the pollution caused by power plants.

A study done in 2002 in the U.S. showed that applying "green" technologies to the workplace can save up to 40 terawatt-hours.

Another thing to avoid is setting the air condition to a constant temperature mode instead of heating/cooling - it means the system never stops working.

So turn off the lights and the air condition when you leave work, it's easy.

Looking for green businesses in the US?

Palore is a start-up making a browser add-on, used to provide data on search results in Google maps (currently in beta).
And now they can help you find green businesses using Google maps:
http://www.palore.com/Green.aspx

What do you do for the environment?

Yosi wrote a post after watching "An inconvenient truth" (shown again in Israel this month), telling how he was affected from the movie.
What I did for the environment:

1. Replaced most light bulbs in the house (mostly those without dimmers) with economic light bulbs (which consume 20% power compared to a normal light bulb)
2. I try to recycle waste (a big problem in Israel)
3. As a fan of light drinks I recently got a home soda maker, making me consume soda without consuming plastic bottles.
4. I try to each less meat
5. I tried to avoid buying imported food (which consumes more energy due to transportation)

What do you do for the environment?

Here is another short movie explaining the environmental issue:


I also recommend watching the documentary "Crude Impact - Peak Oil Documentary".