1. Green Workplace for a Greener Life Beau Damen LAC Project – June 2012

2. My objective To educate the people in my office about the environmental impact of their workplace and other environmental issues and suggest practical ideas for more sustainable lifestyles…

3. TopicOnline Block The issues I wanted to tackle The issues I could tackle Indoor air pollution 2 ES & SD Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from different activities in the workplace 2 ES & SD 4 PTS Sustainable lifestyles by raising awareness of environmental issues 2 ES & SD Consumption and pricing of energy and water 4 PTS 5 ECS Food losses and waste 2 ES & SD 5 ECS Learn

4. What I wanted to do An online survey of environmental attitudes at the workplace Identification and matching of specific greening strategies to key concerns identified by office workers Development of educational materials for the office including presentations, posters and maybe videos Organizing a day/half-day social activity to promote a Greener culture at work Post intervention survey to discern whether workplace attitudes to environmental issues have changed Form an ‘active’ office wide group to work on promoting a green culture of saving resources at work What I could do Apply

5. Challenges Support Scheduling Data Apathy Communicate

6. Challenge 1 In order to make something happen I needed to find support…. Management Social Club Save Food Campaign Support What work was involved? 82 e-mails (36 of which from me) 8 meetings 5 draft activity plans 8 rounds of survey drafts

7. Original Plan 1 st week of May Revision 2 7 June Revision 3 Mid-June Revision 1 21 May Challenge 2 Scheduling Beau’s last day at work 14 June April May June

8. Challenge 3 Data was not always easy to come across…... Data

9. Challenge 3 Making it personal

10. Challenge 4 A perception that I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong about Apathy Eager volunteers Helpful suggestions Surprising donations

11. Survey responses Final survey had 3 sections 1.Food Losses and Waste 2.Environmental sustainability at the workplace 3.Learning more about environmental issues Finally sent on 5 June – World Environment Day

12. Survey responses Food losses and waste

13. Survey responses Environment & the workplace

14. Survey responses Learning more about environmental issues

15. Future Final Survey Report 10 June Office Flyers Throughout June Office Intranet Posts Early June The initiative will continue Office Save Day October

16. Thank you