Environmental - Luxury - the New Driver of Social and Environmental Conscience?

Posted by Rolf Joho on December 22nd, 2009 filed in What Causes Global Warming

So by now, we’ve nearly all heard of the 3 Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle and yet so much of what many of us do is focus on the recycling. Don’t get me wrong, this definitely helps, but we need to try and do more to reduce what we use in the first place. If we focus on reducing what we use, we use less energy. Although recycling helps, we still need to use energy to convert our recycled waste into whatever it becomes in its new life. The following articles shows some pretty easy ways in which we can reduce our waste and often even save ourselves a bit is cash in the process.

This classic cycle of wealth acquisition has generally been quite destructive to the ecosystem, to those on the bottom of the ladder, and to any outside cultures that can be overpowered and exploited for their labor or natural resources. However, there are encouraging signs that “luxury” is now acquiring a distinctively different complexion. “Luxury” is taking its first steps towards mandating eco- and people-friendliness as an integral part of its appeal. And as luxury goes, the rest of society will follow.

Where do you buy your vegetables? Using your local greengrocer of vegetable shop is likely to save you a heap in unwanted packaging waste as they are less likely to be pre-packed in Styrofoam trays and cellophane. Unless you shop at an ethical supermarket, you have a greater chance of buying locally sourced products at the green grocer. Think about the energy that’s gone into making these packaging materials. (You can always be a little bit cheeky and hand the packaging to the teller at the checkout, but the waste is still there!)

An external cleaning service needn’t impact on your everyday work – most will clean after hours of business or whenever suits your company. Make sure however, that you have chosen a company that is vetted and security checked. Cleaning companies have the expert knowledge of how to clean your premise – they usually supply their own cleaning products so you don’t have to worry about which products are best.

For employees, a clean working environment firstly encourages pride in the work place. Your employees are likely to be spending most of their waking hours in your premises, so why wouldn’t you want to keep that place as fresh and motivating as possible? If your employees are expected to clean this area, the job will never be done as thoroughly or regularly as if you had hired that helping hand. Most companies will do their best to motivate their employees at a reasonable cost – external cleaning services are just one of those low-cost solutions that will provide such motivation

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