The First 39 Blogs

I think it’s time for a report to the stockholders, which in the case of GreenWorksGov, means you, dear readers. We’ve posted 39 blogs on the site including this one. Readership has grown every month and last week hit a peak of 630 visits to the site. Most of you are in the United States. I’m pleased to report that we have readers in 23 other countries.  So, hello, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Russia, Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan, Israel, Zambia, Mexico, and Ukraine.  Because of you, we’ve added Google's Translate tool to the site. Thank you, all, for reading GreenWorksGov.

As you know, after a blog publishes on Wednesday, it is the most recent blog for a week. Then it goes to join previous blogs, or articles, under the category tab to which it relates. Many blogs reside under more than one category because the topics in it overlap into two or more categories. You can access any blog by its publication date, a category, or by doing a keyword search.  I'm happy to report that we've recently added a feature service by listing the most recent blogs on the home page and on each category page to make it easier for readers to stay current.

On occasion, I review the previous blogs, because I want to be sure we have a good distribution of topics across the categories. Here’s a thumb nail sketch of the various themes so far:

November 11 to December 9. The first 5 blogs are all about organizing a greening program. More ideas that I loosely label “Admin Stuff” are the focus of the blogs dated December 30, January 6 and 27, February 24, March 10 and 13, and May 19. The topics include how to use the Intranet and Internet, branding or marketing, documenting your efforts, leveraging IT, and how green can save your department money.

Pollution prevention is the main point of the blogs dated January 13, May 5 and 12, and June 23. These are about green meetings, business travel, videoconferences, and office plants.

Recycling has center stage on December 16 and 23, June 30 and July 28.

What to do about paper is addressed on April 28, June 16 (guest blog from Washington state AG's Office), and July 21.

Green buildings and LEED certification are discussed on June 2 and July 14.

Interspersed from January to last week are 12 blogs about what others are doing, including other states, law firms, business partners, educational institutions and associations. Oftentimes, they have wonderful resources on their websites for more information, so I provide links to the pages. 

Along the way in March and April, I wrote to welcome you to GreenWorksGov and invite your participation.

These are generally how the blogs fall out according to themes, but you’ll find me writing on January 27, about desktop power management software in the same blog as I write about paper and print management because following green practices generates dollar savings, too.

About 1/3 of the blogs are tied to organizing and executing green projects, 1/3 are about who’s doing what, and the remainder are on particular green issues such as energy conservation, recycling, buying green, or building green. I hadn’t planned on this balance, and I’m happy it’s worked out this way. 

In closing, I am extending an invitation to you to sign onto the network. It takes but a minute, you’ll never receive a pop-up, and you can use your connections to contact your colleagues if you have a question.  If you have a comment or question for me, click on the Comment tab at the end of this blog or click on the Contact tab at the bottom of the page.  I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for all you do in your offices to promote and support green business practices and a better environment for us and future generations. Until next week,

LB