http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/21/future-work/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/21/future-work/comment-page-1/#comment-55955 Sue Young Tue, 27 May 2008 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/21/future-work/#comment-55955 It's a good start. How about an even bigger impact to reduce CO2? 50% of the working population commutes 5 mi or less to work. Consider bicycling to the office or combining public transportation with a bicycle or shuttle services. Find a safe route, talk to others who bike commute, follow the rules of the road (and take a bicycle safety class or read up), and get some exercise. If you live in a community where its unsafe to bicycle, go to your next city council mtg or find a local bicycle advocacy group. There's a whole untapped world out there of choices if you're willing to try it. I started 3 years ago and now ride 26 mi round trip on avg. 3 days a week. I wonder why I didn't start sooner. It’s a good start. How about an even bigger impact to reduce CO2? 50% of the working population commutes 5 mi or less to work. Consider bicycling to the office or combining public transportation with a bicycle or shuttle services. Find a safe route, talk to others who bike commute, follow the rules of the road (and take a bicycle safety class or read up), and get some exercise. If you live in a community where its unsafe to bicycle, go to your next city council mtg or find a local bicycle advocacy group. There’s a whole untapped world out there of choices if you’re willing to try it. I started 3 years ago and now ride 26 mi round trip on avg. 3 days a week. I wonder why I didn’t start sooner.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/21/future-work/comment-page-1/#comment-55801 Steve Mon, 26 May 2008 16:07:33 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/05/21/future-work/#comment-55801 This may save money and CO2 for the employer, but does it take into account the additional CO2 generated because I have to run my central heating or aircon when I'm working at home, instead of leaving the house empty during the day? Heating one central multi-occupation office would seem to be much more environmentally friendly than heating multiple houses just to keep one room of each warm. Not to mention that I'm the one paying for that heating... This may save money and CO2 for the employer, but does it take into account the additional CO2 generated because I have to run my central heating or aircon when I’m working at home, instead of leaving the house empty during the day? Heating one central multi-occupation office would seem to be much more environmentally friendly than heating multiple houses just to keep one room of each warm. Not to mention that I’m the one paying for that heating…

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