Thegreenworkplace - thegreenworkplace.com - The Green Workplace
General Information:
Latest News:
Enhancing Performance, Health and Wellness at Work 19 Feb 2013 | 07:53 am
Smart organizations understand that their primary goal is to enhance the performance of their people. In a knowledge work economy, people are the engine that keep companies growing, adapting, improvin...
Creating Energy - Spinning and Swinging 3 Dec 2012 | 05:52 am
In spin class the other day I kept thinking that all of the sweating I was doing (along with 25 other crazy souls) should be put to some use... besides burning calories of course. During number 3 of ...
Sustainability Trends for 2020 (impacting Corporate Real Estate) 1 Oct 2012 | 07:00 pm
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a research initiative with CoreNet, a global corporate real estate research and networking organization. We met with hundreds of corporate real estate...
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary 9 Sep 2012 | 02:07 am
Photo: "Little Dude" a pig c/o WFAS The family and I took a nice trip upstate a couple of weeks ago to breathe some fresh air and get away from the craziness of New York City. While we were there w...
Disposable Take Out Boxes 2 Aug 2012 | 05:08 pm
Living in New York City I am addicted to take out food. There are millions of fabulous choices of restaurants and street vendors at my fingertips, so it's pretty hard to resist taking advatage of thi...
Mussels in Manhattan - The Eco Way 30 Jul 2012 | 11:58 pm
The New York Times yesterday published an article about a new kind of development along Manhattan's East River. It's an artificial mussel bed, specifically designed to encourage mussels to latch on t...
Why "Trust" is Essential in the Workplace 6 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
A big part of my job is talking to people about alternative ways of working. Specifically, about how to embrace mobility and the idea that most knowledge workers can work anywhere - the office, their...
New York's Low Line Park 16 Apr 2012 | 01:35 am
For those of you who haven't visited New York's HighLine park, an abandoned elevated train track turned natural park, it's worth the walk. It's no nice in fact, that on nice sunny days on a weekend it...
Puma Goes Green 7 Feb 2012 | 02:55 am
Maybe I don't shop a lot, but I was out looking for some cute, casual shoes to wear to work on those days that I don't have a ton of meetings or other need to be fancy and I found something new! My go...
Is Green Going Grey? 16 Jan 2012 | 03:55 pm
Someone asked me recently if the green movement was losing its momentum. Well, according to Google Trends, words like "sustainability," "green design," "green buildings" and "LEED" are not being searc...
