Catherine Byers CORNERSTONE RESEARCH

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Greening a Company
From the Bottom Up

• Catherine ByersCORNERSTONE RESEARCH

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EducationPractical Solutions
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Educating OurCorporate Citizens
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Who Are We Educating?

• Economists
• Academics
• Administrative Staff

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Who Are They Really?

• Parents
• Church-Goers
• Sports Enthusiasts

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Earth Day 2006

• Dr. Benjamin Santer presented
• Identifying Human Influences on Global Climate

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Earth Week 2007

• Expanded to six offices
• Showed Inconvenient Truth
• Green Library
• Electric waste pick up for staff
• Turn off equipment
• No Printing Day

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Other Education Initiatives

• Green Corner

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Other Education Initiatives

• Green Corner

• Website

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Other Education Initiatives

• Green Corner

• Website

• Buy Local day
• Keplers Holiday Book Faire

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Other Education Initiatives

• Green Corner

• Website

• Buy Local day
• Keplers Holiday Book Faire

• Fair Trade coffee

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Other Education Initiatives

• Green Corner

• Website

• Buy Local day
• Keplers Holiday Book Faire

• Fair Trade coffee

• Locally grown organic fruits

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TeachableMoments
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PracticalSteps
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Small Things Matter
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Recycling

• Cardboard
• Paper
• shredded recycled

• Bottles, Cans
• janitor takes for additional cash
• Plastics

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Recycling

• Cardboard
• Paper
• shredded recycled

• Bottles, Cans
• janitor takes for additional cash
• Plastics

• Florescent lights Allied Waste
• Batteries Menlo Park Library
• E-Waste

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Janitorial Services

• Significant mark-up on cleaning products and
  supplies
• Purchased our own ecologically sound cleaning
  supplies and saved money

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E-Waste Recycling with Green Citizen
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Recycling Waste

• Double-sided copying
• 30 post-consumer paper
• Printing double-sided

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Energy Conservation

• Modified energy management system so garage gates
  close later
• Turn off lights and equipment
• Smart power strips

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Current Challenges

• Scaling up program to include 6 offices
• Varying degrees of willingness to incorporate
  change
• Ignorance

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Ah HaMoments
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TransformingConsciousness
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