Newsletter-1, November 2009
Dear Orion Team,
Orion Software Services were always a conscious and sensitive company towards health, safety, social and environmental causes, and effective November 2009, at least once per quarter, we shall send you tips and general advise on what each of us can do you make things better.
It has been found that when we as individuals take even a small step forward or plan to do some good, the heavier thought that "what difference will it make when the rest do not follow it?" - is a very natural and negative thought that crosses our minds. But take a step back and think it differently...if EACH one only decides to sit quiet WITHOUT doing anything, will it help ANYONE? It will not, so remember that even the smallest thing that YOU do, will be of great value, and soon more will join in, and then more...and before you know it, we will see the effect of our own sensible and common-sense deeds!
Today we will focus on us and you all [ friends/relatives included] on being GREEN MOVERS, I.e doing something for the well-being of the environment.
If any of you wish to truly gain major awareness of the harm going on around us, watch " An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore on DVD at home. It will shake you up completely, and may trigger off actions in you way over what this note will advise you about.
As GREEN MOVERS, we will focus today on Save Electricity or Conserve Electricity, and the 2 places where YOU can be in CONTROL are the Work Place and your own Homes.
- Switch off any unwanted power consuming points.
- Switch off lights and fans when you do not need them.
- Take advantage of natural light/breeze whenever you can [ its always better than unnatural or man-made options!]
- Shut off your Computer Monitors when you are out on a break; these keep consuming a lot of power.
At home, perhaps each of you are MORE careful than you are at the office, but that's only a natural thing in humans. However, make sure you do the above AND more at home as the bills there are paid by you/direct family, and surely you are conscious of that..
- Even mobile charging adapters if left "on" unduly draw away power and are a total waste.
- If you wake up earlier than usual and its close to dawn, switch off your verandah or garden lights as natural light will soon take over.
- After the final TV session at night is over, switch off your TV sets...the little red or blue light you see on your sets running 24/7/365, ALL consume power....think of a billion TV' sets ding this all year round and you can imagine the waste!
- If you can, replace your normal bulbs with CFL's and you will see the difference in your bills!
By the way - whatever listed above is something the author has already implemented at home and offices as applicable. Now its your turn to consider improvements!
Until the next news letter....good luck!
This note will also be visible on our website by month end.
Be an active part of the Orion Green Movers Team, and in advance I thank you all for your contributions and actions on our environment!
Rajen Parikh
Newsletter-2, February 2010
Dear Orion Team,
Welcome to the 2nd Newsletter which many of you have been looking forward to with excitement. As our agenda is made known over newsletter#1, without any repetition, lets go ahead with matter that matters!
This time its the environment...and I hope this factual data and tips on what each of us can do you make things better will go a long way in improving our lives and those of others as well.
I was glad to see many Global and Indian MNCs have a footnote to their emails asking the recipient to consider the environment before pressing the " print" button...and although we generally know & understand WHY, perhaps we do not quite know EXACTLY why...which you will be enlightened by this newsletter.
Paper, measured in reams, is commonly used / available in any company for various reasons covering simple printing to photocopying. Definition: A ream is 500 sheets of printing paper, a common retail package size for inkjet, laser, and copy paper.
The average amount of paper form a tree is appx 8300
A ream = 500 pages.
If we SAVE even 5 pages/employee/day, then with say 70 employees, we save 350 pages/day overall.
And over a 25 day working month this is about 8750 pages....most certainly a FULL TREE is saved on Planet Earth by this conscious effort from our part!
...and let us be aware, there are millions of companies globally, and amongst them we have millions with a staff strength of 100 employees and many others running in to several thousands of employees....just do the math and figure out what a phenomenal difference everyone can make!!!!
Are we to count what SOMEONE else does in this regard? No! Let us do OUR bit, and let our efforts count...- be it home or office.
We will have this up on our website next week as well.
Be an active part of the Orion Green Movers Team, and in advance I thank you all for your contributions and actions on our environment!
Until next newsletter - its happy Paper Saving wishes to you all!!! Keep the GREEN MOVERS spirit flying...
Rajen Parikh |
