Select your pledge:
- None - Conserve rain water and use of it and plant just one tree and it will change of the enviroment.. i pledge to reduce the amount of plastic production by reusing them ... avoid unnecessary use of paper by working on-line & printing double-sided ... avoid using disposable plates, cups and bottles ... buy products with the least wrappings or not with plastic ones, and use reusable shopping bags. ... choose trains over planes where possible ... have a meat free day once a week ... opt for economy over business class seats when flying ... switch off lights and appliances at night ... to consume locally-produced food - and if possible, organic bio-dynamic. ... to plant a tree each year ... walk, cycle or use shared transport more often ..to introduce organic/fair trade food to the canteens and cafes of the FAO headquarter in Rome 1- Respect water and earth: our future home. 2- Remake the nature your dream; 3- Relink children with the nature. avoid use of car at least once a week, using any other way of transportation. avoid using sachet-packed goods and be active on gardening. Buy local products whenever possible Conservation practices for sustainable livelihood Continue using my refillable IFAD water bottle instead of plastic water bottles, and provide only water pitchers and glasses at the meetings that I host. Continue volunteering at the (Brooklyn) park slope food coop and buy organic, local and eco-friendly products; eat less meat; further reduce use of plastic products. Continue working with the IFAD Go Green Group to raise awareness about green issues and encourage changes in behaviour by staff and the organization Cycling more to work and continue doing my job by creating more staff awareness and helping my colleagues to make IFAD a greener place. Distribute a one-pager of tips on how staff can contribute to “greening” the office. Don't use TV, PC, laptop or any electronic device once a week e more green by planting one tree per week and be responsible for taking care of it. Eat locally grown food and cut down on imports. First insist on and have been doing: reduce, refuse, recycle, re-use, re-think, responsibility. Finally, I have to plant trees together not to show but make each tree survive. For the Deputy Executive Directors and myself, I have announced a downgrade of travel entitlements, in line with those of all other WFP staff. Specifically, I am requiring our use of economy class tickets for short- and medium-haul flights. I am also enc Giving junk a second chance Green the world.... Hold a community workshop and an international workshop in March at Arcadia EcoHome, California, themed "Water, Forests & Climate: An Interwoven Ecosystem" to raise public awareness of several special environmental days through the month. I make a pledge to avoid flights to the near-by continent wherever possible and use the train instead. I pledge 3 meat free days in a week; do not print at the office unless a hard copy is required; walk whenever I don't have to travel long distances. I pledge not to eat non seasonal fruit and veg as there is a big footprint in exotic food stuffs. I pledge to actively promote environmentally sustainable policies and practices in areas such as travel, facility management and procurement. On a personal level, I pledge to use the water fountains and IFAD resusable water bottle. I pledge to adopt the PaperSmart approach to make the UN more sustainable, efficient and accessible. I pledge to avoid unnecessary traveling via air and if by road then public transport when very necessary but otherwise i will absolutely trek anywhere within and around. I pledge to become more familiar with technological tools that could help me print less and also to systematically refuse the double bagging habits of New York stores in order to get excess plastic out of my life. I pledge to buy and eat local, in-season products as much as possible, carry a textile shopper at all times and avoid buying packaged goods. I pledge to buy fruit and veg from local suppliers wherever possible instead of opting for the convenience of supermarket fruit and veg with lots of air miles. I pledge to carpool at least 3 times a week to work and drink out of re-usable coffee mugs and water bottles! I pledge to charge all of my mobile electronic devices (phone, tablet, camera, etc) using only energy from the sun (using a changers.com solar charger). I pledge to continue volunteering for youth through a minimum of 5 hours/week towards local community sports programmes. I pledge to encourage families to have no more than two children and preferably only one child. It is little help to reduce our individual carbon footprints if we keep on increasing the number of feet. I pledge to encourage ride sharing between home and duty station I pledge to encourage ride sharing between home and duty station. I pledge to ensure peace in Ghana 2012 Elections. I pledge to get creative about reusing materials and supplies before I consider purchasing new items. I pledge to minimise the harm I cause to EARTH, every single day for the rest of my life. I pledge to minimise the use of plastic bags by using bags made of jute or cotton when buying vegetables. I pledge to offset all my travel on trains and planes. I pledge to only serve the amount of food and drink I can finish! Shall I not manage to finish it, I also pledge to preserve and finish it later! I pledge to plant as many organic fruit trees as I am able to in the future to expand my orchard for the health of future generations. I pledge to print less paper, and to save energy and water. I will refrain from using these black plastic bags that pollute our streets and beaches, and I will raise awareness among children. I pledge to replace every wild tree with a fruit tree in my compound while I am alive. I pledge to take the following steps to reduce food waste: (1) I will make a better plan and buy those food items necessary for my consumption or my family. (2) Instead of throwing the leftovers, why not the better part of it give to the poor. I pledge to turn down the thermostat and put on a sweater and socks! I pledge to use air conditioning only when is extremely necessary I pledge to use plastic posts instead of poles from trees. I pledge not to drop litter. I pledge to recycle polythene bags. I pledge to turn off running taps. I take textile bags and reuse old shopping bag. I tell staff at the fruit weighing station and packers at the cashier to put more items in the same bag and don't use one if it is not necessary. I print double-sided and take empty pages/spaces of used pa I will always carry cloth bag to market and never accept plastic bags for marketing I will avoid using air conditions as far as it is possible and I will use public transport for internal traveling I will expand the greening the blue concept by talking to people out there not to throw waste into gutters I will help save electricity by having the office door closed when the aircon is on I will make resource saving as part of my culture without comparing to others I will not waste the food and will encourage my friends also not to waste the food. I will plant 100 trees every year. i will plant 1000 grevilea trees with my group members on 5th june 2013 I will walk back home twice a week. I will eat meatless meals at lunch and reduce meat intake at weekends. I will reduce consumption of disposable plastic items (dishes, cups, cuttlery, bags). I will work sensibly, by effectively utilising time and energy thereby conserving resources. I'm pledge to... optimise the working hours so the world can have its time to rest. Instead of throwing clothes and useable items away, always think who could benefit from it and give them away. Introducing recycling bins for plastics and glass in office facilities and training rooms. Keep promoting bicycling in the city and, when I do drive, be light on the gas pedal so as to maximize my mileage. Keep the air conditioner turned off for longer; and when it is on, have the temperature higher. Look for renewable energy sources Minimise usage of electricity (switch off appliances) My pledge is for education to stop violence and help people get off the streets and become a better person. No food & water wastage. No loss and waste food,cooking and freezing porcions. And process food convert in juices,soups,cremes... No smoking of cigaretts for a minimum of 3 days in a week from June 05, 2012 up to June 05, 2013! Not eat the scampi/tiger prawns served in the UNOG cafeteria Once a year, grow a small plant! Only fill your plate with food that you need Participate in the "Bike to work Initiative" (June 2012) and encourage others to take part. Plant a tree on your birthday and gift a sapling to your dear ones on their birthdays Planting a tree at least six in a year Planting saplings in and around Ahmadabad whenever possible and taking care of them Prepare a ‘green office’ information kit and brief every new staff on environmentally sustainable operations. REDUCE , REUSE & RECYCLE. BE A PART OF SAVING OUR PLANET EARTH WITH FOLLOWING THESE THREE R's Reduce My carbon foot print in Ligting, Transport and AC use by 40%. Off Set my carbon Foot Print by Financial Support for Planting 2,000 Trees reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and use inorganic manures Reduce the use of plastic bags in daily life. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Research in your day to day life & protect mother earth Running an organization which advocates efficient use of energy and research into alternatives. Researches human behaviour and makes environmental consciousness part of human lifestyles. Set up double-sided print by default on all printers of the organisation. Share a trash bag with my colleague. It's up to 240 plastic bags in one year! Shop with paper and clothe bags instead of polythene bags Stop buying beverages and food items packed in plastic bottles. On this ozone preservation day, let's pledge to save our blue layer by not buying products packed in plastic bottles. Stop wasteful use of water. Save water, conserve water. switch off all powers and electrical appliances when not needed and at night .... also print on both sides of paper... switch off all unneeded devices, not use air conditioning, use always my own plastic bottle for water and try to avoid waste of water for cleaning and washing Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Teach your children to grow up green! To save water under the shower or when brushing their teeth, switch off the lights, dispose paper with paper, glass with glass. Test pledge To drink tap water rather than bottled water To plant foliage trees & medicinal plants to purify air and everybody's health. To raise my child in such a way to learn to respect nature, environment and all humans so that she raises her children in the same way... To save our environment i'll avoid use of poly bags, will recycle and reuse of waste materials, conserve water through controlling of water leakages and rain water harvesting and waste management Tree plantation on every birthday of child. Try to cook food in solar cookers, it would save energy and cost. Turn off my computer at the power source. Turn off your computers when you are not in your office for more than 1 hour UNOV Conference Management Service pledges to further develop software tools and systems for the enhancement of PaperSmart meeting technologies. Use cloth bags instead of plastic Use less plastic -- bring my own shopping bags and a reusable water bottle. Use traditional handmade basket over plastic bag to keep our country clean Water is precious.....waste not......save it .......adopt rain water harvesting systems - recharge the earths water table so that there is enough stored for the future generations. Will complete solar rooftop electricity generation in 3 months. Zero waste in school tiffin box
