I’m sure we all heard the terms “greening” or “go-green.” At St. Ann Center we are very conscious of what we as individuals can do to adopt and promote a healthy living and working environment. Since the beginning of our 25th anniversary year we have taken the initiative to promote a “greener” environment in our workplace. We started using environmentally safe cleaners, changed our light bulbs, removed Styrofoam from our café, and are trying diligently to recycle paper, cans and plastic. We’ve even started a wellness program for employees. We are a long way from being a truly “green” workplace, but we are headed in the right direction.
We belong to an organization called Green Nonprofits. As an organization we have dedicated ourselves to become more aware and to practice and promote a healthy environment. We have begun to adopt environmentally-friendly practices within our organization. Our next step now is to advocate environmentally-friendly practices to our community. We want to learn and take responsibility for the impact we individually make on the environment.
I love the story of the little girl who is walking on the beach with her father and she keeps bending down and throwing starfish back into the ocean. After watching her for quite some time her father finally says, “you know you can’t save all the starfish, it really doesn’t matter if you throw them back into the ocean or not.” And the little girl wisely responds, “well, it matters to this one!” and she throws the starfish back into the waves.
Recycling, in particular, may seem like a waste of our time, especially when we see so many people who do not recycle. Change can happen, even if its one person at a time.
We belong to an organization called Green Nonprofits. As an organization we have dedicated ourselves to become more aware and to practice and promote a healthy environment. We have begun to adopt environmentally-friendly practices within our organization. Our next step now is to advocate environmentally-friendly practices to our community. We want to learn and take responsibility for the impact we individually make on the environment.
I love the story of the little girl who is walking on the beach with her father and she keeps bending down and throwing starfish back into the ocean. After watching her for quite some time her father finally says, “you know you can’t save all the starfish, it really doesn’t matter if you throw them back into the ocean or not.” And the little girl wisely responds, “well, it matters to this one!” and she throws the starfish back into the waves.
Recycling, in particular, may seem like a waste of our time, especially when we see so many people who do not recycle. Change can happen, even if its one person at a time.
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