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Composting Options. HILL TOWNS HAVE PROBLEMS No non-forest vacant spaces No level ground, fields terraced Remoteness and neglect No funds, no experience Coir Pith for Low-Cost Bulk Composting of City Waste Composting is a pollution-abatement technology.

Composting Options

In our fields, plants absorb only 20% of added Urea. 80% is leached into soil, ground-water and wells : Punjab’s well – water has been ruined by nitrates. Composting is a pollution-abatement technology. In our fields, plants absorb only 20% of added Urea 80% is leached into soil, ground-water and wells : Punjab’s well – water has been ruined by nitrates. Projects. Solid and Liquid Resource Management.

Projects

Carbon Footprint Calculator. BOB WILLARD The Business Case for Sustainability. The New Sustainability Advantage and its DVD Presentation provides a quantified, compelling business case for smart corporate sustainability strategies.

BOB WILLARD The Business Case for Sustainability

The free Sustainability Advantage Dashboard online simulator provides a quick, slider-enabled way to project potential profit improvements for any company. The Next Sustainability Wave provides valuable insight into communicating with corporate leaders in their own language to bring about enlightened self-interest. The free, open source Sustainability Advantage Worksheets are fully customizable spreadsheets for quantifying the business case for sustainability.

The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook and its DVD presentation provide practical advice on how to lead the transformation of your organization to a culture of sustainability. The Sustainability Advantage Slides include all the slides Bob uses in his presentations, plus hundreds of backup slides for quick reference, in ready-to-use format. Home Appliance Energy Use. In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential.

Home Appliance Energy Use

In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that energy going? Are you living with a "gas-guzzler"? Explore the application below to understand more about how we consume energy in our homes. Blue stars indicate ENERGY STAR models are available. About this data The data presented in this application was supplied and is derived from a number of sources, including: ENERGY STAR, a joint program of the U.S. Workbook and Presentations. Sustainable Preservation Practices Workbook Below you can download the Sustainable Preservation Practices workbook that was developed for the seminars in PDF format: PowerPoint Presentations Below you can download the PowerPoint presentations in PDF format from the Midwestern regional workshop that was held in Los Angeles, CA on April 26-27, 2010: Below you can download the PowerPoint presentations in PDF format from the Midwestern regional workshop that was held in Morrow, GA on February 10-11, 2010: Below you can download the PowerPoint presentations in PDF format from the Midwestern regional workshop that was held in St.

Workbook and Presentations

Below you can download the PowerPoint presentations in PDF format from the Northeastern regional workshop that was held in New Haven, CT on October 28-29, 2010: Health and Safety for Beginners Revision. Contact us - Gulf for Good. Enhesa Knowledgebase for fairmont. Sustainability Website. Brighter Planet CM1 [Brighter Planet CM1] Sustainability and Employee Engagement. You care about sustainability.

Sustainability and Employee Engagement

Your company publishes a corporate responsibility report and has a pretty good website. But people at the company just don’t seem to care. If they’re knowledgeable, they’re skeptical. If they don’t know much, they’re not curious. Take comfort: You’re not alone. Many companies struggle to engage employees with sustainability. Here are a few suggestions from this corner: Sweat the Small Stuff. Sustainability is the ultimate “big picture” topic, but many companies trip over the small things when they try to engage employees. Or the S&P 500 member that publicly announced that “everyone” at the company supported an ambitious international sustainability program – which only made “everyone” angrier that the company still doesn’t offer incentives for car-pooling or volunteering. Employee engagement with sustainability has to start with addressing practical things employees care about.

Mean Something. Build Buzz. Play the C Card. Second rule is to surprise people. - CARBON CALCULATOR - Lumens and the Lighting Facts Label. When you're shopping for lightbulbs, compare lumens to be sure you're getting the amount of light, or level of brightness, you want.

Lumens and the Lighting Facts Label

The Lighting Facts Label will help. This new label will make it easy to compare bulb brightness, color, life, and estimated operating cost for the year. Buy Lumens, Not Watts We typically buy things based on how much of it we get, right? When buying milk, we buy it by volume (gallons). What's a Lumen? Lumens measure how much light you are getting from a bulb. Lumens are to light what Pounds are to bananasGallons are to milk Lumens let you buy the amount of light you want. The brightness, or lumen levels, of the lights in your home may vary widely, so here's a rule of thumb: To replace a 100 watt (W) incandescent bulb, look for a bulb that gives you about 1600 lumens. What Should I Look For On The Package? To help consumers better understand the switch from watts to lumens, the Federal Trade Commission requires a new product label for lightbulbs.