Are you super energy efficient at home but you want to do more? Take your energy efficient habits with you everywhere you go and save even more energy. Before you know it, you may have others following your example.
Take It To Work
Everything you do at home can work at the office. As an employee, you probably don't pay the electric bill, but you can still help the environment by saving energy. Encourage your co-workers to join you and you may be surprised how quickly others will help. Once you start talking, you can encourage each other and come up with even more ideas.
Some companies will also recognize and reward energy saving efforts. After all, it saves them money. If your company does not already have one in place, propose a program. Many managers will be open to the idea, especially if you volunteer to organize it! It addition to motivating everyone to save energy, such a program can be good for a company's image.
Help Your Friends and Family Save Energy
If you're visiting someone's home and notice an opportunity for them to save energy and money, tell them about it. Even if your friends and family aren't as interested as you in helping the environment by saving energy, they will appreciate the money they will save by using less energy.
So how do you bring up saving energy in conversation? Talk about energy saving improvements you've made or new programs going on at work. Bring up the benefits you and your office are enjoying. Discuss new project ideas you have and get others talking by asking for opinions and input.
Join A Club
Getting together with like-minded people can help motivate everyone involved and give you more energy saving ideas. It's also nice to know you are not the only person who thinks saving energy is important. Many national and international organizations have local chapters you can join or you can find groups in your area at meetup.com and greendrinks.org. At meetup.com, people create groups for whatever interests them, including sustainability and greendrinks.org is where you'll find out about informal monthly meetings. These Green Drink meetings are open to anyone interested in sustainability. If you don't find a group in your area, start one! Or, join an online group or forum and chat over the Internet.
You can save energy wherever you are and it's so much more fun and productive when you can share it with others. At work, at home, even with new friends; save energy, save money and have fun!
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