Green Resources

Resources to help lawyers implement the MBA Green Guidelines. The MBA is providing this list for information and convenience only, and does does not endorse any of these resources.

Greening Your Offices

Green Office Guide by the city of Portland - www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/BUS/docs/Green_Office_Guide.pdf
Green Office Guide from Australia - www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/government/purchasing/green-office-guide/pubs/green-office-guide.pdf
Green at Work Guide by the Governors Green Government Council - www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/government/purchasing/green-office-guide/pubs/green-office-guide.pdf

Energy Conservation

Lighting

CFL bulbs - www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44

Paper Reduction

100% Recycled Paper

Shoplet - www.shoplet.com/office/db/CAS054922.html

New Leaf - www.newleafpaper.com/encore.html

Office Max - www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/productListingTemplate.jsp?history=kfsvvi65%7Cregion~1%5EcategoryName~Paper%5EcategoryId~494%5EparentCategoryID~cat_10003%5EprodPage~10&queryString=sub_attr_name~1%5ErefineName~Environmentally+Friendly%5ErefineValue~Recycled%5E

Staples - www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay&langId=1&storeId=10001&splCatType=0&catalogId=10051&productId=141343&cmArea=SC1:CG10:CL140691

Junk Mail

41Pounds - www.41pounds.org/

Recycling
Almost Anything

Earth 911 - earth911.org

Offices

EarthWorm Inc. - www.earthwormrecycling.org/

Computers

Apple - www.apple.com/environment/recycling/program
Hewlett Packard - www.hp.com/recycle
Dell - www.dell.com/recycling

Batteries and cell phones

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation - http://www.rbrc.org/

Obscure materials

Ecohaul - http://www.ecohaul.com/
Evergreen Industries - www.obviously.com/recycle/guides/hard.html

Greenhouse Gas Reducation

Bike - www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/

Hybrid cars - www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do;jsessionid=82306bc75ed0656a1261

MassRides - www.commute.com/

Massachusetts transit links - www.apta.com/links/state_local/ma.cfm

Ride share - www.erideshare.com/

Telecommuting - www.telcoa.org/

Walk - walking.about.com/od/pedestrians/p/walktoworkday.htm

Zip car - http://www.zipcar.com/

Environmentally Conscious Purchases

Office Supplies

Buy Online - www.buyonlinenow.com/green-products.asp
The Green Office - www.thegreenoffice.com/
Office Max - www.officemaxsolutions.com/respond.shtml
Staples - http://www.staples.com/
The Sustainable Group - www.sustainablegroup.net/

Appliances

Energy Star - http://www.energystar.gov/

Computers

Electronic Product Environment Assessment Tool - www.epeat.net/

Copiers and Fax machines

Energy Star - http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product..
Seventh Generation - www.seventhgeneration.com/

Water systems

Atlas Water - http://www.atlaswatersystems.com/

Food

Local farmers markets - www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/States/State06.pdf/Massachusetts.pdf

Education

What you can do about the climate crisis - www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/
Waste and Climate Change - epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/index.html
Support for Environmental Conservation
Conservation Law Foundation - www.clf.org/
RainforestMaker - www.rainforestmaker.org/
Clean Water Action (MA) - www.CleanWaterAction.org/ma
Environmental League of Massachusetts - http://www.environmentalleague.org/
Environment Massachusetts - http://www.environmentmassachusetts.org/
Massachusetts Audubon Society - www.massaudubon.org/
The Trustees of Reservations - http://www.thetrustees.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists - www.ucsusa.org/
For more information, or to get involved e-mail Eco-challenge.