How would you like to have some easy, step-by-step directions for checking how eco-friendly your organization is, where you would like it to be, and how to get there? Wouldn’t it be helpful to have a good explanation of how to encourage eco-friendly behaviors, facility upgrades, and process improvements that will propel you toward your goal of having a totally sustainable organization? Don’t you wish you had a handy list of projects that would improve all aspects of the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit? 

The purpose of this book is to give you answers to all these questions. If you want to make a bigger difference helping people live a greener life, this is definitely the book for you. This book is different from other books on this topic. It is a combination of how-to-do and what-to-do…how to do a analysis of the current state of your organization, how to improve, and what no-cost, low-cost, and innovative projects will help your organization improve its triple bottom line. This book will give you some very practical tools to help you evaluate where you are, where you want to be, and how to get there. 

Chapter one covers the step-by-step process for doing a gap analysis of your organization. Chapter two covers three approaches to change: behavioral, facility, and process improvements. Chapter three gives you a wide assortment of no-cost projects to reduce your adverse impact on the environment and each other. Chapter four provides a good list of low-cost products and services, many of which pay for themselves. Chapter five identifies some innovative projects that will inspire you to take bold steps to reach your goals. Chapter six shows you some methods for tracking your progress and taking the next steps to being a a sustainable organization. Bonus materials include sample check sheets and Excel worksheets for many of the activities. 

This is the second in a series called Green Team Essentials. Be on the lookout for Book One: How to Start a Green Team: Six Weeks to Positive Change and future books in the series. This is the audiobook to listen to when you want to get started with green projects that will help your organization grow environmentally, socially, and financially. Get this book and start now!