Celebrate Earth Day: 22 Workplace Ways to Help

Celebrate Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, this year by making small changes to your workplace environment. These small workplace changes multiplied by millions of citizens will have a huge impact on our earth. These are simple, minor changes in your workplace environment can potentially change how we care for our home – the earth. Join millions of citizens around the world to make a lifestyle change for the good of our world and celebrate Earth Day this year knowing that you too have made a difference in your workplace.   

We listed 22 Earth Day lifestyle suggestions for your workplace to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. These lifestyle changes are simple changes that you may want to consider implementing at your workplace. Some of these Earth Day suggestions you or your company may already have implemented at your workplace, some of the other  suggestions you may have thought about implementing but haven’t for one reason or another. Maybe now is the time to reconsider implementing more of these Earth Day lifestyle suggestions. Take a look and let us know what you think.    

1. Ask your boss if you can work from home 1 or 2 days a week instead of working at the office
2. Walk to work or ride your bike to work 1 or 2 days a week rather than driving to work
3. Ride the bus, carpool, or take mass transportation to work 1 or 2 days a week rather than driving to work
4. Teleconference to remote meetings rather than driving or flying to other geographical locations
5. If you drive to work, use an air filter in your car that is reusable and clean it regularly
6. If you drive to work, change your oil and oil filter regularly to increase your gas mileage
7. If you drive to work, periodically check the air pressure in your tires so that they are the properly inflated to improve gas mileage
8. Bring your lunch to work in a reusable lunch bag so you don’t buy food at work and reuse your lunch bag
9. If you need to eat out during the lunch hour, walk to the restaurant instead of driving
10. Eliminate the use of straws, plastic wrap, and plastic bags for a week, a month, or the remainder of the year.  
11. Use the stairs when you arrive to work in the morning, during the day, and when you leave for the day. Avoid using the elevators all together.
12. Don’t print anything at work, try to read all documents online, avoid using paper
13. Use energy-efficient coffee makers, microwave ovens, and other small appliances then turn-off and unplug at night and on the weekends
14. Turn off all unused office lights, computers, or any other office equipment when not in use, at night and over the weekend
15. Disconnect all non-essential appliances over the weekend
16. Recommend to the office manager to use office lighting that is energy efficient and recommend they use LED lights; lower the temperature on the thermostat in the Winter and raise the temperature on the thermostat in Summer
17. Recommend to the office manager that furnace and air conditioning filters be reusable rather than disposable and that filters be cleaned regularly
18. Ask the office manager to verify that the office cleaning crew is using environmental friendly cleaning products, and that toxic chemicals are not being used to clean the office
19. Encourage your co-workers, management, and staff to recycle all paper, glass, cans, and plastics every day of the year  
20. Organize a group of co-workers to clean a nearby park, river, or beach for Earth Day and repeat again over the Summer  
21. Recognize company employees that discover new or innovative ways to reduce energy at work or in the community
22. Create your own Green Earth Day initiative to encourage others to participate in Celebrating Earth Day. Maybe consider challenging other neighboring businesses to clean nearby community parks, playgrounds, or beaches to celebrate Earth Day.    

These are 22 easily implemented Earth Day lifestyle activities for employees and their companies to consider participating in. Try one of our suggestions or maybe your employees already have some Earth Day activities in mind. We hope that you and your company are able to participate in several Earth Day activities this year. It is a great way to meet other workers in your community and form strong bonds in order to make a greater impact during the Celebrate Earth Day activities. No matter where we come from, we all share our beautiful earth so let’s work together to keep it beautiful and clean.  

A reminder that you can select a Celebrate Earth Day activity and make it an annual event with your co-workers, friends, or neighbors. Trust me this is a great way to help your neighborhood or community and make lifelong friends. If you try any of these Celebrate Earth Day Activities, let us know how you make out.  

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us in the comments below. We always like to hear from you and help out. Be sure to check out our other posts regarding Earth Day activities for families and students: Celebrate Earth Day: 25 Small Ways to Help and Celebrate Earth Day: 10 Small Student Activities to Help.