Articles tagged “Work From Home”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

More Tips for Working From Home By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 A final roundup of posts with ideas for working smarter. + READ MORE

What Kind of Chair? By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 Some people, like Planet Green editor Erin, do not even use chairs; she sits on an exercise ball. We asked her why: "A ball is more fun and engaging throughout the day than a chair and I hear it is good for your back which feels true enough. I switch between that and a proper desk chair, though—each has its virtue." + READ MORE

What kind of desk? By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 Desks aren't what they used to be; with a notebook computer you can work anywhere, but what is most important is that you get the ergonomics right. Some people, like TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, swear by stand-up desks as being better for your back and for keeping you alert. There are a couple of fancy adjustable ones around, like Stilvoll's Amazing Transformer Stand-up Desk we saw at ICFF last year. + READ MORE

Green your office equipment By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 The great thing about computers today is that they last a long time; it used to be that hardware and operating system upgrades came so quickly that one was replacing them every couple of years; now that so much of our work is done on the internet, computers are almost all fast enough, and changing the operating system is no longer a must-do. (in fact, many PC users are actively resisting changing to Vista.) If you are using an older computer and it is not quite as peppy as you like, consider switching to Linux. + READ MORE

The Home office: Keep it safe and healthy By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 here is a tendency to put the home office in an undesirable location; after all, most of the places in a house are taken. But you are going to be putting in a lot of hours, you have to be able to concentrate and you have to stay healthy. You will need a bit of privacy from the kids; even Teddy Roosevelt had trouble coping, reportedly saying about his oldest daughter: "I can be president of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both." + READ MORE

Set Up a Home Office, a Comprehensive Guide By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2008 Lets get real, times are tough and a lot of people are losing their jobs. A lot of people are looking at their options, and one of them is working from home and working on your own or on a startup of some kind. One might think that it is a crappy time to start a new career. + READ MORE

5 Tips For Staying Healthy While Working At Home By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Dec 12 2008 I've been working from home for a while now. No matter how long I spend at the gym each week, I still struggle to feel up to par with my physical activity. After all, I'm a New Yorker. We're bred here to walk upwards of 4 miles a day during our commutes alone. + READ MORE

Google's Energy-Savings Calculator, Discounted Halloween Candy and Why to Work From Home By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Oct 21 2008 Save money and energy using Google's Halloween-themed energy savings calculator. Still have to stock up on Halloween candy? Score a good deal on Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops! All this and more, today on TreeHugger. + READ MORE

How to Convince Your Boss You Can (and Should) Work From Home By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Oct 2 2008 elecommuting means saying goodbye to a gas-guzzling commute. Try these negotiation techniques to get your boss to give you the greenlight to work from home. The numbers on the environmental impact of telecommuting are pretty eye-popping, so if you can get your boss to agree, you can make a big ecological difference by staying home, even if it's just for a day or two each week. + READ MORE

Propose Teleconferencing to Your Company—Save Money and Energy By Trevor Reichman IN Work & Connect Aug 28 2008 Today, six of us Planet Green writers had a meeting...over the phone. We even had a PowerPoint presentation that we all followed along over the internet. While we didn't have the advantage of making eye contact with each other, we did have the advantage of not having to spend hundreds of dollars and countless hours of traveling just to be in the same room with each other for an hour. Our meeting today did not require an unfathomable amount of carbon credits to offset either. + READ MORE

Dollars Per Trip By Trevor Reichman IN Tech & Transport Jul 26 2008 How much does it cost you in gas to get to your job?Here is my list and what is costs me for a roundtrip: WHERE MILES (RT) GAS COST The Natural Food Store in Town 48 $7.81 J-O-B ( telecommute ) 0 $0 M-O-M 1100 $178 My Mailbox 7 $1.14 I have started to go into town as seldom as possible. + READ MORE

Be Green: Work at Home By Natalie Cook IN Work & Connect Jul 21 2008 On Greenovate, Ryan Flegal converts a 2,300 square foot factory into his home and office space.Reduction of transportation pollution: When your commute is reduced to moving from the bedroom to the living room, you eliminate the need for cranking up your car. More efficient use of space: Using one space for multiple... + READ MORE

Is Telecommuting Really Greener? By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 A big question with telecommuting is: "Does it just transfer energy use from the office to the home office? Is it really greener?" We found some answers in a study done by SUN Microsystems... + READ MORE

Change the Way You Work By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Jun 11 2008 Nick Cernis writes a wonderful article at "the laid-back productivity blog, Put Things Off. He first explains how things got to be the way they are, suggesting that the business we call business is broken, for three reasons... + READ MORE

Boost Your Energy Level: Go Outside By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Nov 9 2007 So many of us spend our days in front of a computer screen; many of us work from home and might never see the light of day without some discipline. So if you feel bad about never having had a skin-cancer check, or not having completed an overdue report, or not having faced this month's bills, force yourself to tackle... + READ MORE