25 BRILLIANT THINGS TO DO
FOR OUR PLANET AND
FOR YOUR CONSCIENCE
FOR OUR PLANET AND
FOR YOUR CONSCIENCE
1. Reduce Consumption of All Natural Resources wherever possible, Reuse what you do use, and Recycle or Compost the rest.
2. Convert your Lights to Natural Sunlighting or Fluorescent Bulbs.
3. Reduce commuter pollution by Going Biodiesel, Going Local, and Promoting Public Transportation.
4. Switch your carpets to Natural Fibers.
5. Open your work space by removing cubicles and other walls and installing windows.
6. Go Organic and Local in your food products.
7. Hire an Ethnically, Sexually, Physically and Ideologically Diverse Workforce.
8. Pay a Livable Wage and Provide Livable Health, Vacation, and Retirement Benefits.
9. Provide for 3-months fully paid and 3-months partially-paid Paternity and Maternity Leave for full-time, long-term (1 year+) employees.
10. Form coalitions with other Earth and People Friendly Businesses.
11. Establish a Charitable Company-Giving Program.
12. Utilize a non-Hierarchical Administrative Process and Compassionate Communication Methods.
13. Stop using Toxic, Hazardous, and Other Questionable Materials.
14. Stop or minimize your use of metals and plastics wherever possible.
15. Recycle all Electronic Waste.
16. Boycott Businesses that Harm the Environment and Violate Human Rights.
17. If you Outsource and Offshore your manufacturing, pay your employees US minimum wages rather than local standard wages which are often far less; and employ the same Labor and Environmental Regulations at force in the USA, or better, in your foreign business locations.
18. Vote for Politicians with a Demonstrated Commitment to Earth and People Friendly Businesses.
19. Educate your community about threats to Earth and People Friendly Policies.
20. Inform the Public about your Corporate Practices via Detailed Reports on your Webpage.
21. Use Green Building and Alternative Energy Sources in all your buildings.
22. Employ Fair Trade principles and Get Certified as a Fair Trade Business.
23. Support the Rights of Indigenous and Global South peoples by promoting Diversity, Environmental Conservation, and Peace.
24. Promote Animal Rights by Never Testing on Animals.
25. Never, ever Green-Wash.
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