Eco-Friendly Practices
An arrangement between people to make a regular journey in a single vehicle to reduce emissions.
What is Carpooling?
While working from home, turn these off at the end of the work day to reduce energy consumption.
What are your Computer Monitors?
American multinational e-commerce corporation based in California that encourages the exchange and reuse of goods by facilitating consumer-to-consumer sales.
What is eBay?
The Employee Committee on Green.
What is eCOG?
The action or process of converting waste into reusable material.
What is Recycling?
While working from home, make temperature adjustments to this throughout the day to maximize energy efficiency at your comfort level.
What is your Thermostat?
Subsidary of Clorox, this personal care products company manufactures products with natural ingredients from renewable raw materials and minimal processing. You may recognize their distinctive yellow packaging.
What is Burt's Bees?
Taking place on April 22nd of each year, this eco-friendly holiday encourages people to take a critical look at their carbon footprint.
What is Earth Day?
A shopping practice that reduces packaging and saves you money.
What is Buying in Bulk?
Manipulate these in your home to manage light and heat coming in from outside.
What are your Window Blinds?
This multinational tech giant has created several wind and solar farms to power their data centers, retail stores, and corporate offices.
What is Apple?
This is a day when Air North Texas asks residents to pledge to do simple things in their everyday lives to improve air quality.
What is Clean Air Action Day?
The practice of purchasing products produced closer to home so that less carbon in created in transportation.
What is Buying Local?
Adjust this monitor setting to reduce energy consumption and strain on your eyes.
What is your screen brightness?
American multinational internet giant that has shown its commitment to going green by powering its facilities with renewable energy sources and bringing goats in to trim the grass.
What is Google?
The Recycling Company that picks up NCTCOG's recycling.
What is Balcones?
The process of reducing food waste and green house gas emissions by reusing organic matter as fertilizer.
What is Composting?
Instead of using paper notes, COG employees can utilize this Microsoft note-taking program on their computers for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration.
What is OneNote?
Popular Swedish clothing store that will accept your used textile products and send them for recycling. They will even give you 15% off your next purchase.
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To comprehensively evaluate potential environmental impacts of daily activities within the agency, recommend and implement initiatives to reduce negative environmental impacts and increase overall sustainability, and create and promote an environmentally friendly workplace that fosters green business practices throughout all departments.
What is the eCOG Mission Statement?
An eCOG Initiative to encourage NCTCOG employees to be more eco-friendly in the workplace.
What is the Green Champions program?