Reducing OTF’s Footprint -
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Published on: 7/1/2008
Last Visited: 11/30/2008
"The Foundation's 2007 annual conference is really what inspired a group of us to form the Greening OTF Committee," says Trudi Collins, Greening OTF committee member and program manager at the Foundation.
"OTF's conference organizers did a great job of greening the conference, effectively developing alternative ways of disseminating information and reducing waste," says Collins.
Using water jugs, glasses and silverware instead of disposables, recycling conference binders, encouraging out of town volunteers to carpool or purchase carbon offsets and setting up a recycling program at all administration areas were a few of the ways they did it.
"Staff and volunteers applauded the conference on its ‘Greater Focus on Green' theme and vocalized their desire to see the Foundation move toward greening the Foundation at every level," Collins continues.
A call was put out to OTF staff following the conference and what started out as a small group of enthusiastic employees quickly grew to include a broad representation of staff from across the Foundation.
The Greening OTF committee's mandate is to build and encourage environmental awareness throughout the Foundation by implementing environmentally friendly solutions.
"The committee has helped create environmental awareness among staff through its Green Tips e-newsletter sent out every few weeks," says Collins.
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