Staff Engagement

Publications

Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality (2008)

 ‘Kick the Habit’ was written for individuals, businesses, organizations and governments with the aim of helping to reduce our shared carbon footprint. Breaking down scientific jargon and simplifying policy documents, the guide provides readers with up-to-date information and actionable steps for helping to achieve climate neutrality. Packed with useful facts and figures, Kick the Habit contains information on reducing consumption, increasing energy efficiency and offsetting emissions.
 

Download the PDF here To read the e-book and access the guide in French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese or Arabic here.

Communicating Sustainability:  How to produce effective public campaigns (2005)
 

This guide shows how the power of communication can be harnessed for achieving the goal of promoting more sustainable lifestyles. It is designed to be read by local and national government authorities, and everyone else who wants to develop and implement public awareness campaigns on these issues.

Download the PDF here. To access the guide in French &  Spanish, click here

Staff Engagement Workshop Report

The workshop examined the ways in which staff engagement and wider communications can help in greening the UN. Read the details of the workshop here.
 

Launching Greening the Blue

Read our campaign launch page which is full of ideas to support the launch of Greening the Blue in your organization on 4th June 2010.
 

Staff Engagement Toolkit: English

'Top tips' for communications, powerpoint presentations, wallpapers, email and much more, available to download here. 
 

Staff Engagement Toolkit: Other UN Languages
 

Logos, powerpoint presentations, wallpapers, posters, and much more, available to download here in Spanish, Arabic, French, Mandarin and Russian.

Animation
 

Use the Flip and Norma cartoon to convey Greening the Blue's key message in a fun and humorous way.  The animation can be downloaded from:

YouTube (English)      Vimeo (English)        Vimeo (Spanish)

 

Images
 

You might find you need some images to help you in your communications. Here are some websites where you can access engaging imagery for free:

http://www.freeimages.co.uk/galleries/nature/environment/index.htm

http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

UN Groups & Networks

Greening the Blue Google Group

An informal chat room for anyone with an interest in sustainibility in the UN

Useful Links

Do The Green Thing

World Environment Day

UNEP Gallery for Sustainable Communications

Case Studies

Read case studies of different UN organizations approach to staff engagement