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| Transportation |
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I'll ride my bike first if I can, then take public transportation or some combination of those, then I'll try to carpool. After that, I'll drive. I've never flown for work, although clients have offered. The walking trips are generally local trips, but I might choose to walk while away on a business trip, too.
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Work Related Mileage Tally (2011) |
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9 |
9 |
| Bike |
157 |
13 |
| Tri-met/C-Trans/Greyhound |
75 |
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| Carpool (2 or more occupants) |
513 |
4 |
| Car (single occupancy) |
7 |
2 |
| Fly |
0 |
0 |
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*as of 2.19.2011 |
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| Electricity |
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I faithfully turn everything off if I'm going to be away from my desk for more than an hour. I have a lovely daylit office space with compact flourescents for the winter. My computers are set to go to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity. I buy 100% green power.
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| Paper |
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I'm as paperless as possible, including billing. When I need to print something out, even my business cards, it's on salvaged paper from SCRAP or another office somewhere. When I need to mail something, I salvage the envelopes out of my junk mail and put stickers over them. On the rare occasion I feel it's necessary to print something on clean paper, I print double-sided and on minimum 30% recycled paper.
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Green Girl has been recognized by the City of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development as recipient of the RecycleWorks award. |
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| Volunteering |
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| I'm dedicated to the health of our community and am volunteering at least a few hours/week for non-profits. See my Community Involvement page to see what I'm up to. |
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This web site was designed with a black background and white text because a rumor was spread by Blackle that it reduced greenhouse gas emissions, but that turned out to be a big fat lie debunked by actual experimentation AND... people had trouble reading my website, so I changed it to white. It's still hosted by Dreamhost, a carbon neutral company. Please consider the environment when printing this or mailing me things or traveling to see me for a meeting or... ohhhh, just do your best and change your practices when you learn something new.