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Instead of flying or driving to every meeting you have, get a web-cam or skype or pick up the phone. While face-time is always important, if you don't do it all the time it's even more valued when you do show up face to face. Use the technologies available to us next time you meet and save a ton of time, energy, CO2 emissions and certainly money.
Get your office or company to incorporate this method as often as possible. A whole company doing this could save unbelievable amounts.
10 Tips for effective videoconferencing:
http://www.tntplanetme.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=112
Even if you could do this one day per week, it has a ripple effect in your car not buring fuel and not slowing down everyone else. It also enables you to eat a better breakfast and lunch with food you prepare at home instead of the cafeteria or take-out (unless you work at Google).
The most concrete analysis I’ve seen lately comes from Undress4Success, a site offering advice and research for folks who work at home. They asked the simple question: what would be the impact if everyone who could work from home actually did? The answer they came up with for the USA: a savings of 625 million barrels of oil a year, as well as $43 billion less spent on gasoline and elimination of a couple of weeks of wasted commuting time per person.
A great article about Telecommuting: http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/04/19/telecommute-to-save-the-planet/
reference link:
http://www.tntplanetme.com/
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argam says:
Using a service such as Skype is the best way. You also save money from your phone bills.
posted 05/17/08 at 03:18 PM