tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post115403242973669314..comments2023-11-05T03:43:25.425-05:00Comments on It's all good: Low tech green telecommutersAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1155234977172398302006-08-10T14:36:00.000-04:002006-08-10T14:36:00.000-04:00I'd like to think that libraries are opening thems...I'd like to think that libraries are opening themselves to more than just telecommuters with no air-conditioning.<BR/><BR/>Those without air-conditioning are most often the poor and the elderly, and while I suppose serving them isn't as hip as setting up telecommuter lounges, I think it's just as important.<BR/><BR/>Libraries in Chicago have for several years been working with the Chicago Department of Human Services to act as cooling centers. I <A HREF="http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/36" REL="nofollow">blogged about it</A> last summer. A current link to information about Chicago's warming and cooling centers program is <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/geo43" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1155048930809097762006-08-08T10:55:00.000-04:002006-08-08T10:55:00.000-04:00Well Deborah, if the two of us are doing the stupi...Well Deborah, if the two of us are doing the stupid little things, then I bet there's a heckuva lot more people out there ALSO doing the stupid little things...which can lead to some big results. Bravo for your energy (non)usage and I challenge us all to look around our libraries (and homes) and see what other little actions we can take...Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1154721283321673022006-08-04T15:54:00.000-04:002006-08-04T15:54:00.000-04:00I do such stupid little things. I walk around the ...I do such stupid little things. I walk around the library all day hitting the energy saver button on copiers. I turn off my printer when I'm not using it, and my monitor and light when I leave my office. My PC when I leave for the day.<BR/><BR/>At home it is much easier to be green. I hang up my laundry on a regular basis, not just to be green, but because I prefer the way it smells when it is clean. Compact fluorescents in every light, energy star appliances, multiple heating zones, no car, etc.. On the other hand at home there are multiple computers on almost all the time, so the footprint is probably still pretty big.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com