This is just a space for jotting down notes on green coworking. Feel free to add/edit.

There are four main areas:

The work:

1. Energy
   1. Conserve
      1. change light bulbs for CFL ( Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs) - they are MUCH better than they used to be.
      2. Kill-a-watt - try to avoid "phantom power" from chargers that are left plugged in when they're not charging anything
   2. Buy renewable energy certificates to offset power usage and become carbon neutral via SustainableWebsites.com/wind.php or other vendors such as 3Phases, TerraPass, RenewableChoice or Green Mountain Energy.
2. Waste
   1. Reduce -
   2. Reuse -
   3. Recycle -Participate in your city's recycling programs as much as you can. Investigate composting foods scraps (Your city may already pick it up)
   4. Put up a single printer (multi-functional)
   5. Provide paper in a Kanban-like fashion (no big supplies!), so people are forced to think about printing
3. Water
   1. Install a low-flow toilet or adapt your existing one.
   2. Avoid individual sized plastic bottles if possible
4. Certification
   1. National: Co-Op America
   2. Regional:
      1. Bay Area Green Business Program
5. Earned media!
   1. promote your efforts here and on your website
   2. and at like-minded websites and blogs like SustainableMarketing.com

Resources

• People: Talk to Ivan Storck from SustainableMarketing, Lee Rodrigues or Dan Franco from Ethotec, or Chris Messina about what we have done so far at CitizenSpace.
• A transcript of an interview by Ivan and Chris is available describing the concept of GreenCoworking.(offering translating the transcript into German via Etherpad, would that be o.k. if done in CrowdSourcing fashion?)