Sustainable Living Pledges:

• Susan DeMeules from Oil and Public Safety writes “Switch cleaning products and recycle old prescription drugs.”

• “I will make my own cleaners and get rid of old cleaners by calling my city and getting more information on their Household Hazardous Waste days.” - Anonymous

• Charles Hammonds from Oil and Public Safety writes “Take the Green Print Denver pledge @ www.greenprintdenver.org”
  Get an energy audit of my home. -Carol Harr, Workforce Development

• Refuse to let any store "bag" my purchase, ever. (Didn't need a bag before checkout.)
  -Anonymous

• Reduce copying and duplex more. Recycle more at home. -Denice Garcia, Human Resources

• Try to do more recycling at home. Change grass and plants at home. Reduce my copying at work. -Bernadette Briones, HR, Risk Management

• I will not use disposable cups or plates. -Rick Jaramillo, Facilities

•  Paper reduction, reusing products, composting. -Kat Muja, U.I. Business Analyst
• Buy energy-efficient goods (i.e. lcd screens). Shorten water running times (i.e. brushing teeth). -Dan Ochoa, DOWC, Communications

• I will reduce my junk mail by signing up for www.dmachoice.org, focus on my product choices by looking at packaging, and tell others about their options! -Sarah Burkhardt

• Purchase a reusable lunch container to eliminate the use of plastic and brown bags that I discard daily! -Anonymous

• My green contribution will be to use cloth napkins instead of wasteful paper.  Plus I will be making little gifts of ½ dozen inexpensive cloth napkins to friends and family sporadically through the year so that they may consider going green too!  Let’s lessen that landfill, step by step. -Sharon Brown-Jodoin

• Recycle glass, remember to always use my cloth bags. -Ben Garcia, LMI
• I will purchase cloth bags and make sure I go out to the car if I forget to take into the store.
  -Catherine Johnson, Oil and Public Safety
• I am continuing to recycle as much as possible. I purchase previously owned items as much and as often as possible. I continue to reduce energy use, and installing a recycled solar heating system. -Michael Hunt, Oil and Public Safety
• I’m totally committed to learning more about “Reduce, Reuse & Recycle” from my co-workers and with my co-workers here at CDLE. -Rudy Sanchez, Staff Development
• The seminar left such an impact that I purchased a thermal lunch container to eliminate the daily usage of both plastic bags and brown lunch bags. I’m now doing my part to keep land fills free of these products. What a great wake-up call!! -Robin Foote, U.I. Staff Services
• Walk more often. Barbara Fahmy, Medical Policy, DOWC
• Check tire pressure more often – weekly vs. monthly. Use public transportation more often. Plan shopping trips to reduce number of stops and retracing route. Next car will be a hybrid or flex fuel. -Tony Lombardi, Business Analyst, UI
• Will consider buying a hybrid. -Juanita Wright, Division of Labor
• Consider buying a hybrid. -Anonymous
• I’m going to look for a hybrid car that will be efficient and safe when it’s time to replace my car.  I will keep my tire pressure more consistent to get better gas mileage. -Catherine Johnson, Oil and Public Safety
• Start searching for a more fuel efficient vehicle. -Charles A. Hammonds, Oil and Public Safety
• Send e-mail/letters to my representatives in congress. -Cathy Goevert, Customer Contact Center, UI
• Take public transport on weekends and evenings too. -Niki Naulls, Operations, UI
• Be more aware of driving “green.” Tell others about how to buy/drive “green.” -Nancy Callahan, Employer Records, UI
• I will look up energy star appliances and light bulbs. -Catherine Johnson, OPS
• Buy blanket for water heater. Check outlets for energy loss. Have furnace serviced. Use mastic to seal ducts. -Susan DeMeules, OPS
• I will have an energy audit of my house. Tony Lombardi, UI OPS
• Check into more versatile CFLs. -Jim Schrack, Government Energy Office
• Start buying the bulbs. -Nancy Callahan, U.I. Employer Records
• Buy CFL’s at Ace Hardware ASAP! -Jean Dunlap, U.I. Customer Contact Center 4
• I will calculate and find out my carbon footprint from the Governor’s Greening Website.
  - Lattina, Rural Consortium 
• I will ride my bicycle to work at least 3 times a week when the weather is warm enough.
  -Lori Ganni, IMO
• Go to Bud’s Warehouse when wanting to rebuild. -Catherine Johnson, Oil and Public Safety
• Continue to buy and donate at ‘Habitat for Humanity’ type stores, explore xeroscaping my back yard and recycle and re-use materials versus throwing them out. -Brian Stafford,  Procurement and Contract Services