Get Involved

This page shows how all UN staff can get involved and contribute to Greening the Blue. Find out how you can help, send us your suggestions and share your stories.

Down to earth

Many UN staff have to travel regularly just to get their jobs done. Yet travel is responsible for 61% of the UN’s greenhouse gas emissions - 48% from air travel and the remainder from road and rail travel. Find out how you can reduce your travel-related carbon-footprint, and what the UN is doing to help you...

Less is more

Using too many resources is at the heart of the sustainability challenge facing the planet. Yet we all have the power to use resources in better, more efficient ways. Find out how you can help through the choices and decisions you make every day at work...

Switch it off

Electricity accounts for 14% of the UN's greenhouse gas emissions. Obviously electricity provides light, heat and cooling in our offices, whilst powering all our office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, telephones and computers. 'Switch it off' shows how you can help to reduce the amount of energy the UN uses, to support efforts being taken in your organization...

Bon appetit

We are what we eat. So to be truly sustainable we need to eat better. The choices you make daily - whether you provide your own lunch, eat in the canteen or go out - can have a big impact on the environment. Follow our tips to make sure you choose the BEST lunch available...

Green champions

Are you interested in green issues? Do you think there's more to be done in your office to reduce environmental impacts? Would you like to get more involved? If so, you could become a Green Champion and play a key role in moving the UN towards ever greater sustainability...

Green Missions

Do you work for a Mission to the UN? Would you like to find out more about what’s happening to green the UN and how other Missions are getting involved? Or are you already working with your colleagues to promote sustainability in your office?