One of our favorite topics about going green is how it can also SAVE you green in the process. We have a whole section on the site devoted to this topic and will continue to write about ways to save money on your journey to being more green.
Since “Going green while saving green” is a notion that many are just now starting to realize, it is great to see high ranking business folks like Staples CFO John Mahoney stressing the point.
CFO.com has a great write up of Mahoney speaking at the CFO Green Conference in New York where he pointed to some very specific and staggering savings:
In 2008, the company switched from using three-amp lightbulbs to two-amp bulbs. That single change was the key factor in a $6.2 million reduction in energy costs, $4.2 million of which fell to the bottom line after subtracting the costs of running the program. Read the rest of this entry
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Found a very interesting article today on the Associated Press: It’s time to green this old (White) House – again
The article discusses many of the things that have been done to make the White House “greener” over the years, focusing on the Carter, Bush, Clinton and now the Obama Administration (Bad pun alert – So would that make it a Green House?) Read the rest of this entry
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One of the most common questions we get is “I really do want to go green, but where do I start?”. As we discussed in our Definition of Going Green, it’s not as hard as many make it seem. It’s just a matter of simple, small steps that add up over time.
Since most folks are looking for easy ways to Go Green, that is exactly what we are going to provide on our site and in this article (after all the site is called GoingGreenHints.com). Read the rest of this entry
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I plan on writing more articles about china and their efforts to “go green” over the next couple of months. Why focus on China? Becase they have a population around 1.5 Billion (with a B) and are easily the worlds larges industrial nations (and one of the biggest carbon footprints around). Read the rest of this entry
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