Commit to Not Commute

By Sophia Chan-Combrink

As someone with two kids under 3 years old, I look forward to the afternoons when the kids take their naps and I “visit” with Oprah. Being a regular viewer of the show, I have noticed that she is interviewing people, face-to-face, via Skype. If you don’t know what Skype is, then you should say hello to the 21st century and embrace this fantastic opportunity to lighten your carbon footprint.

Skype is just one example of the software now available out there that allows people to make phone calls over the internet and see each other face to face. By using the internet, Oprah has been able to reduce airplane travel for her guests and avert hundreds if not thousands of kilograms of greenhouse gas emitted into the air.

Now take that thinking to our workplaces. Imagine how much greenhouse gas we can avert if we didn’t have to drive or fly to meetings, present at conferences or even go to work! According to consulting firm InnoVisions Canada, about 1.5 million Canadians telework from home at least once a week.

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