Susan, While the below changes may result in "green" results I tend to believe the main motivation behind most of the changes were monetary not environmental.
Every "green" change has monetary benefit to the business owner. 1) Software and Documentation - No CD production costs / No Reams of Paper 2) Don't commute / Employees don't commute -- No office building rent/lease, a/c, water, etc. 3) Travel -- Obvious, however, it may be like me and I like to keep me shoes on in public. =) I think the question is what really motivated the change. Money (and convenience) or "green"? Would you make a "green" change if it *cost you more* money than not going "green". And as a side note, I hate green, the movement, the color. Can't we go blue? The sky is blue, so is the ocean, so is the porn..., damn it, blue is out. Don Verhagen Commuting 60 miles a day in 5.7L Hemi SUV with the a/c on high and the windows open. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Joslyn > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:25 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Green Software -> Green Business > > This idea is interesting, though. Is this bordering - or > boldly going - > into an off-topic discussion? > > Software companies (and departments) are among the types of > organizations > that can most easily lend themselves to "Kermit-chrome". I > can't say that I > require payment by Paypal - my customers' are businesses that have > accounting departments and pay cycles and all kinds of things > that I don't > feel are my right to force them to circumvent in order to do > business with > me. But I do provide the software and the documentation via electronic > media, I avoid unnecessary paper, I don't commute and the > folks that do > work for me also do it from home. I do upgrades and training > remotely with > more and more use of web-based meetings. So less flying my > carbon footprint > around (which also conserves my more personal energy!) > > So far my efforts to go green have been very easy. They > corresponded with > technology advances, good sense budget monitoring and > convenience. That's a > triple win! I would be interested in hearing about other > companies who are > making any efforts and what kind of efforts to go green. > > Replacing monitors? Lowering the power settings? (I'd have a > hard time > seeing my laptop screen!) What else is anyone doing or > thinking of doing? > > Curiously and even spuriously yours, > Susan J. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
