Posts Tagged: green

World Paper Free Day Tweetjam Today #wpfd – Join us at 11am EST to discuss decreasing (eliminating?) our reliance on paper.

Orginal Blog Post can be found at http://aiimcommunities.org/capture/blog/paperfree-day-tweet-jam-share-ideas World Paperfree Day: Tweet Jam Join us on October 21 from 11-12:30 EST for a tweet jam focused on decreasing (eliminating?) our reliance on paper. Allow me to elucidate. What’s a Tweet JamMusicians jam together by riffing off of a common theme; playing off of each otherRead… Read more »

HR=Humans Represent: Friday is BAD

…yep, BAD – Blog Action Day! If you haven’t been paying attention the last few years, Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action. ThisRead… Read more »

Better than TV (or that work email)! Live Stream of the GreenGov Conference

Today we launch the first day of the Green Gov Conference held at George Washington University in Washington DC. Administration officials Steven Chu, Tom Vilsack, and Nancy Sutley will be offering their vision of a more energy efficient and sustainable government. Watch the conference and participate in the panel discussions from your computer at PlanetForward.org.Read… Read more »

Fast-Tracking a Greener Government – Meeting those Mandates

This blog entry was originally posted on http://acronymonline.org by GovLoop member, Caron Beesley Green buildings, green transportation, green computing, in fact all things green, is a hot trend. In the public sector, “green” isn’t just the ideal – “green” is mandated. Since the Obama administration moved into the White House, green legislation and “green IT’Read… Read more »

HR=Humans Represent — Emails: Endangering the Environment

They do! Did you ever stop to think about it? I’m not referring to those annoying viruses that make their way around, and I’m certainly talking about more than just printing out e- mails that you receive. Specifically, did it ever dawn on you that those e-mails you have been saving in your email accountRead… Read more »

HR=Humans Represent: The Get Out of Jail Green Ticket

*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************** There have been plenty of Ex-Offender Job Fairs put on by various organizations nationwide to help former inmates find work. This has been taken even further as of late, as news has spread about job fairs which areRead… Read more »

Member-of-the-Week: Tricia Garland

Tricia Garland Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Links: www.azdeq.gov, www.azstatejobs.gov Tricia’s blogs: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1p0pkuujta2xf 1. What was your path to public service? While I was in college I was an intern for Honeywell working in the aerospace industry (government contractor) writing procedures, and I also worked as a telephone operator. In fact, some of the phoneRead… Read more »

World Paper Free Day – October 28 2010

I posted an event on here a while ago about the AIIM World Paper Free Day that the Industry Association, AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) are organizing. I wanted to draw your attention to some of the events going on worldwide, and ask if any of you are interested in getting involved andRead… Read more »

How green is your mobile phone? And do you care?

How green is your phone? And do you care? The article in the Guardian swats at Apple, who refused to participate in the UK program analyzing popular mobile phones. http://gu.com/p/2j7qn Fast Company has a somewhat grayer take on this information, and challenges the way the phones were analyzed. Meanwhile, I’m hoping that some genius engineerRead… Read more »