No – this isn’t a post about Political Correctness but rather about a rather scarey fact that I heard on the radio the other day. Apparently 60% of PCs are left on ALL the time which costs us £150m a year. £150m!! What could we do with that money? And what a scary amount of carbon emissions that represents.

Even if we turned off the PCs half of the time…………………..

To all those people who say ‘Its too expensive to be green’, I say ‘How can you afford not to be?’

I often talk about how gardens and businesses are the same. I will try not to get carried away but:

- depending on how big your garden is you may want to develop specific areas for specific needs. The garden needs to be maintained – much of this can be done by the novice (mowing isnt hard!) but sometimes you have to get expert advice (if you cant rid of a particular weed for example). And if the garden is left to its own devices then it wont serve any purpose and will get out of control.

Now re-read replacing the word garden with business.

Anyway – I was reminded of this, together with the fact that taking care of our envirnoment can help save costs when I read this article, which also might provide inspiration for a team building activity.

http://www.kandh.co.uk/news-views/green-news/spring-garden/

Not so sure how you enjoy the sunshine in your business – for another day!