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  After a cold winter, it’s easy to see how the global warming non-believers would use this year’s weather as an argument against the issue. There is so much information floating around about climate change that it makes it hard to understand what’s really happening. Image url: http://pixabay.com/en/ice-winter-cold-frozen-nature-570500/ The…

  Upcycling is a term that sprung to life in the 90’s, but hit the mainstream in the 2000’s. The practice of upcycling is, basically, taking something that’s no longer needed or wanted and, rather than disposing of it, transforming it into something new. Given the impact of waste on…

  We’ve shone the light on the rainforest floor to reveal the growing problem of deforestation. It’s no secret that the total global rainforest area is decreasing drastically, particularly in Central America and there are multiple factors contributing to this changing landscape including large and small scale architecture, logging and…

  Recycling alone does not protect the environment – in fact, relying on recycling is actually quite contradictory and detrimental to the environment. Many people think, “I recycle. I do my part. Good enough.” This is a naïve way of thinking and there is so much more that can be…

  Tip –When you have analysed, mitigated and reduced your carbon footprint, offsetting can be a useful way of going that last mile to become carbon neutral. Carbon offsetting programmes have taken a bit of a bashing in the last few years because their rapid rise to popularity attracted the…

  Tip – You can reduce the amount of pages you print by 30% by introducing a ‘follow me’ or ‘pull printing’ solution. The reason that these schemes can have such a dramatic impact on the amount of paper printed is that they prevent unwanted prints being made.

  Tip – done correctly an efficient office recycling scheme can result in zero being sent to landfill. #oneworldchange The waste we produce as a species is staggering. A feature of our capacity to produce and create ever more ‘stuff’ for us all to consume is the mountain…

  Tip – Measure of the carbon footprint of your business. #OneWorldChange Talk about environmental efficiency and carbon reduction is all a bit meaningless if you don’t have a measure of the carbon footprint of your business to put it all in context. Knowing the carbon footprint of…

  Tip – Its difficult to improve the overall environmental performance of your business without a policy, #One WorldChange. Before you say it, there are actually a huge number of businesses that do not have an environmental policy actually written down. Not only does it make good business…

  Tip – measure the power wastage in your office to identify the largest power wasters.#OneWorldChange If you make a point of visiting your office after hours you may be surprised to see so many computers and monitors left on. This sort of small but cumulative power waste…