Productivity 501, is a pretty cool blog. More office-minded then green, but also green, if you know what I mean. I read it all the time because I also write an office blog; but I digress. In any case blogger Mark had a great tip posted a short while back; Handheld Copy Machine.
His tip: make copies of receipts and rebates (or other things like these) with your digital camera vs. your copy machine. Save power, save paper, it’s a great green idea. It’s such a waste to make copies of one time things.
In other news, and since I stole his …read more

There are far more earth friendly and less annoying ways to get the “Please subscribe” message across than renew cards inserted in magazines.
As for magazines that insert six plus renew cards; well, that’s just silly. If you read four or more magazines, it’s easy to end up with enough extra paper in renew cards to start your own darn magazine.
Take one small step and quit buying one magazine that inserts renew cards in their magazines. If you subscribe to magazines vs. picking them up at the store don’t renew a magazine that does this. Make sure you contact the magazine …read more

Lots of you are voting on the new poll, Your Biggest Green Sin. There’s still plenty of time to vote, so check it out in the sidebar.
One of the sins mentioned in the poll is “recklessly use the printer.” That one hasn’t received any votes, yet I’m guessing we could all talk about our printer usage a bit.
I have a paper-few office.
What does that mean? I’ve heard the term paperless office tossed about a lot, but it’s an inaccurate title. Even “paperless” offices still send out paper bills sometimes. I wanted a more realistic term for my office.
My biggest …read more

You’ve probably seen the message, “Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail,” at the end of e-mails you receive.
Adding a green message to your e-mail signature can be an effective way to draw notice. After all, the people you’re e-mailing know you. If you care about the environment, they may wonder what more they can do as well.
Here’s a story to illustrate my point. Michael, that’s my husband in case you didn’t know, added an e-mail signature like the one above to his work e-mails. Others in his department started doing the same. In a staff meeting, the organizer …read more

If you are giving a gift to someone who lives in your home, try wrapping it in one of your reusable shopping bags. They are already hanging around, dying to be used again.
Just check to make sure there aren’t any onion skins clinging to the inside of your bag first. To give Michael his Valentine gift, I put it inside one of my Eco-Bags and used a little metal clip that came with Ugly Mug coffee to fasten his card. (Ok, I’m a sucker for paper Valentine cards.)
Or, if you are giving a gift to someone outside of your family, …read more

Why send an e-card? Well…

Save paper.
Save the energy it takes to make a card.
Save money – no shelling out for cards or stamps! Many e-cards are free.
Make someone’s day a little brighter.

If you get your e-card from the right place you can even donate to a good cause.  Care2 has eCards with cool eco-designs and other options. Their cards are fast, easy to send, and easily customizable. Plus “For each eCard sent, Care2 makes a donation to an environmental nonprofit to save a square foot of rainforest.”
Nice. See some of their eCard options…

You can also get e-cards from:
Hallmark
Blue Mountain
123Greetings – …read more

In the previous evil-filled post; Peggy noted her issue with paper baking cups and then Marye the ever helpful baking mama reminded me about Silicone Baking Cups which are amazing. Marye has an entire review and post about them at Baking Delights so hop over there to check them out.
I will say that these baking cups are great. They’re reusable so save both paper and money. Also, they come in fun shapes that kids will adore.
Like…
Silly Feet, Diamonds, Triangles, and more.

If you get the cool silly feet cups you and the kids will have hours of fun making …read more