Tools, Green Technology, Games

Tools

• Fleet & Transportation
  • New Fleet Life Cycle Costing Tool (Internal Site)
    • A “fleet tool” aimed at providing vehicle users, supervisors, and managers more information for improved decision-making during the vehicle ordering cycles
  • Green Hotel Guide: Washington, DC Metro Area
  • Green Hotel Guide: Atlanta, Georgia
• Waste Prevention / Recycling
  • "Good On One Side" (GOOS) Paper Posters/Flyers
    • GOOS Paper: "Office Paper Grows About 20% Per Year"
    • GOOS Paper: "Support Reuse, Support the GOOS"
  • Erase Cell Phone Data Before Recycling or Donating It
  • Ways to Use Less Paper [RTF] (Internal Site)

• Energy
  • Computer Energy Tips [RTF]
  • Signage: Last One Out - Turn Off the Lights [RT]

• Other Resources
  • Sustainable Operations Training Opportunities List
  • Why Should I Care About Sustainability? [PDF]
  • Green Event Checklist [PDF]
  • Sustainability Solutions Website: The intent of this site is to produce a whole series of "tools" explaining how Forest Service people are meeting sustainability requirements for buildings - and by example, how others can do so, too.
  • Tools for Forest Carbon Inventory, Management, and Reportng on Federal Lands
  • Reader-Friendly Document Toolkit
    • Tips on how to create a "reader-friendly" environmental document.
  • Handbook on Alternative Work Schedules
  • Fact Sheet on Flexible Work Schedules
  • Fact Sheet on Compressed Work Schedules
  • The Carbon Cycle [PDF]
  • Earth Healthy Habits [RTF]
  • Green and Getting Greener: Tips and Resources [PDF]
  • What's Your Environmental Footprint? (Internal Site)
  • Greater Yellowstone Greenhouse Gas Webpage

Green Technology

Presentations

• Sustainable Operations and Comsumption
  40-minute presentation by Anna Jones Crabtree
  Topics include: Climate Change is..., Footprint Strategies, Energy, Fleet/Transportation, Water, Green Purchasing and much more

Video Teleconferencing

• 3/16/2009 – Video Teleconferencing Statistics [PDF]

Solar Trash Compactors

The Big Belly is a compacting trash receptacle that is completely self-powered and uses solar power for 100% of its energy needs. It has fives times the capacity of an ordinary compactor. It reduces emissions of green house gases and other pollutants.

• Big Belly Brochure -Spanish [PDF]
• Big Belly Brochure -English [PDF]

Webinars

• Features
  • Share Documents & Data
    • Show the group any information and data on your computer at any time.
  • Collaborate
    • Have the entire team work on documents in real-time
  • Powerful Presentations
    • Manage live question and answer dialogs during a presentation
  • Quick and Easy
    • No special equipment required. Only need a computer.
• Benefits
  • Reduce travel costs
  • Reduce energy consumption
  • Reduce food expenses
  • Reduce environmental footprint (CO2 emissions)
  • Reduce water consumption
  • Reach a larger audience

Games

• The Ecological Footprint Quiz
• The Planet Green Game

Grant Opportunities

• 10/26/07 Woody Biomass Utilization Grants [RTF]