For hundreds of years, the janitorial service has been the forgotten and ignored industry. Suddenly, it has become the legitimate starting point for buildings that want to Go Green. The concept of Green relates primarily to the health and well-being of the people who inhabit our homes, schools, offices, and factories everywhere. The pressure of federal, state, and city mandates will soon force all buildings to transition to Green, and it often starts with the janitorial service.

What will drive this movement is the demand for Green offices and Green buildings. One interesting example is the state of Florida that passed a ruling that withheld state business from any hotel that did not qualify as a Green hotel. The affect was immediate and profound as the state is a significant part of Florida hotel revenue.

Both New York and Illinois have passed similar versions of the Green School Act that required all schools to adopt Green products and Green practices in the daily cleaning of their facilities. New York has now issued notices that all building owners have a time frame in which they must take their buildings Green. Other states are sure follow New York and Illinois, and cities are passing a variety of mandates on local businesses.

Where governments go, business will follow. Right now, we are seeing city after city planning for a complete Green renovation of all city buildings. On the federal level, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush have signed executive orders mandating that all federal agency to Go Green by using Green products and Green practices. Therefore, we see the Green pressure at the federal, state, local, and corporate levels. These obvious trends are why many experts are predicting that all businesses will be going green in the next two to three years.

Beware of Green pretenders, however. Many janitorial services are using token efforts to participate in this new, Green economy. They are adding a few Green products to their janitor cart and they will pick up some HEPA vacuums as the older models wear out. The fact is that you cannot buy Green in a bottle. It is a practice as much as it is the product being used. When all janitorial services have adding in a few Green products, we will reach something called “Green Equalization” where all look alike but none are fully qualified.

Does a janitorial service need to go though training and certification from an outside source, or can they simple step into this arena as simply as reworking their website and advertising? As in any profession, there must be a standard in training and review that supports the claims of a professional service. Hey, even car mechanics are trained and certified. Shouldn’t we expect that a firm in charge of the health and sanitation of the building do more than hand the work crew new products?

Green Seal certifies products, but Green Clean Institute certifies janitorial services. If your company is “Going Green,” you will want to look into the GCI Green Building program. You should also require that your janitorial/cleaning service become Green Clean certified as well. Frankly, there is no substitute for the quality, training, support, and certification of Green Clean Institute. As the largest certification organization for janitorial services, Green Clean Institute is the best resource for Green Business.

It is important to remember that Green is not a synonym for environmentalism. Green is most correctly understood as the healthy status of a building and the concern for the health of the people who work or living in that building. There is confusion from programs like LEED that Green Buildings must have Green roofs, energy and water conservation programs, and access to public transportation. This is a nice addition, but these items are not truly about Green buildings. A Green Building according to the Green Clean Institute deals primarily with the indoor air quality and the issues affecting the health of the people in that building.

Like it or not, this is a world in serious transition from the standard practices of the past to the new and intelligent practices of a better today. People worldwide have chosen not to defer the duties of clean and healthy world to their children. Things change, and this is a change that is good for all of us. It leaves only a question of whether people will wait for the government to force them to Go Green, or whether they will step up to the challenge voluntarily.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Bookmark to:
         

If you're new here, you may first want to get a copy of my information and resources jam packed handbook on your right. Thanks for visiting!

How do Green products work? Why are they better for us? Exactly what are Green Cleaning Products? What is a Micro-Fiber Cloth? Are there different kinds? How are they any different from a regular cotton cloth? Why would I use one?

These are all questions many consumers have. The rage or trend these days is all about GREEN cleaning. We all have to do our part to help save the environment, and at the same time protect our health. With many products making GREEN claims how do we to know what is truly a GREEN product and how do we properly use it?

First, look at the product itself. You want a product that has a Government approval. That means its not the manufacturer telling you it works, its the government verifying the claims. The next step is to learn the proper use of the product, how to maintain it, and how to properly recycle it if applicable.

One firm, WorldWide Oxide based out of Minneapolis, MN partnered with the Green Clean Institute to offer a variety of Green Cleaning courses designed to educate the end line user of these new products. .

Everyone from the typical homemaker to the person that cleans for a living find these courses interesting and applicable. There are courses on mold and mildes, supervisor courses, and building maintainence courses.

Students will learn what type of green cleaners to use, and why they are using them. They will be learn to be able to distinguish between a good quality item and a lesser quality item. Students will learn about Micro-Fiber cloths and how to choose the correct type of cloth.

It’s time to educate ourselves on proper product usage, both in the home and the workplace. We have all used chemicals for many years that we now know are not good for us. These reasonably priced courses are consumer friendly and designed to give us the knowledge to create a better life for ourselves, our families, and our pets.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Bookmark to:
         

Our natural environment consists of both living and non-living components, which are commonly referred to as just ‘the environment.’ The key constitutes of our environment include two main areas. The complete ecological units functioning as a natural overall structure with minimum human interference is the first main area of the environment. This eco system consists of animals, vegetation, rocks, atmosphere and microorganisms.

The second area that forms a part of the environment is all that does not come from humans. These include forces of nature and forms of energy - elements like air and water, energy like radiation, magnetism and electric force and the climate.

The natural environment as we know it contrasts heavily with the built environment, which is everything that’s completely influenced by our own activity. If you take one geographical region, it can only be considered as a natural environment, if the human impact on it is at its minimum.

Typical examples for existing natural environments are national forests and restricted large nature reserves. While the exact conditions required to be termed as a natural environment can vary from place to place, the term wilderness simply belongs to regions completely without human interference.

There are so few regions that can be considered to be natural environments now. Climate changes can account for some of this - climate changes caused by human influence. We have unseasonal rains and floods, melting icecaps and glaciers, and rising temperatures. Natural environmentalist groups play a major role in trying to keep natural environments intact. They try to push through laws and policies that will preserve the environment - keeping what there is safe, and trying to restore what was lost, as well as trying to create altogether new wilderness areas.

There are some common goals that these groups are working towards - reduction of pollution, cleaning up the atmosphere, using recyclable material and actually recycling them, preserving the non-renewable fuel pockets by using renewable energy sources, conserving water, land and air, making sure that habitats of animals are not wiped out and more species are not wiped off the Earth and maintaining the balance that the Earth needs.

With all the pollution that the earth has to face every day, there is every need to be concerned about our natural environment. Industrial plants, huge development projects - everything that is supposed to advance the human race sets the Earth back drastically. Global warming is just one of the many things we have to worry about.

Taking up the challenge to protect and preserve our environment is everyone’s responsibility. It cannot be simply put off till tomorrow. Global environmental preservation starts right inside your own home.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Bookmark to:
         

You’ve probably heard it a hundred times that the world is suffering global warming. Of course, this is true. Even if you have not heard about it, you must have realised it due to the increasing temperature. Living in the tropical part of the world, I certainly can feel the heat. Wonder how you can help the environment? Easy, by recycling of course!

Limiting away non-biodegradable material such as plastic can be very beneficial to us all which is by recycling. By now we all also know that plastic is one of the most harmful substances in the world other than CFC. This is because plastics are highly non-biodegradable, they will always stay on planet earth and there is nothing we can do to really dispose them. Plastic are widely use everywhere; we can’t possibly control the usage of it at all.

It is a sad fact that more plastics are being pill up in the landfills instead of being given another change to serve its purpose around the market. As these plastics are being put away, manufacturer result in producing more plastic to meet with the demand. We could change the number of plastic use if everyone just take a little time to recycle.

Not all hope is lost yet; we could all help to save the environment by controlling the use of plastic. Recycling plastic is one of the best solutions to the increasing plastic waste due to daily uses. Don’t stop there. Plastics are not the only thing that you could recycle. There are also many other materials such as milk bottles, soap boxes and even water bottles.

Although recycling paper is very common to all of us nowadays but not many people have put it to good use. Many people are guilty of just throwing away used papers into the rubbish bin and not putting it in the recycle bin. However, paper contains food particles should not be put inside the recycle bin. So, be sure of what you put inside the recycle bin. By recycling we can help save the environment.

Recycling is not as troublesome as some of us may think it is. If you put recycling into good practice, recycling will be a breeze and will be apply in your every life. Little than you know it, you would be recycling every single day. The first step of adopting recycling is to have separate bins at home.

Start today by having three different recycling bins at home and labeling them each into paper, plastics and glass. Important thing to note is that remember to sort out all your unwanted waste materials into the different category before throwing them into the respective bin. After that, just get to the nearest recycling bin to dispose them accordingly.

Now get out there and start recycling today! You alone could make all the difference in the world. If every one could chip in a little, we could stop the global warming together. It really does not require you a lot of effort to set aside a little space to recycle area in your house. Let us all save the world together!

Popularity: 2% [?]

Bookmark to: