Take Action - GO GREEN
Green / Clean Energy Company Tips
~Light - allow outside light in as much as possible, it creates a healthier working environment as well as more energy efficient. Good shading outside a window can reduce direct sunlight, but allow the light to enter the room.
~Light bulbs – change to CFL light, don't use halogen lamps (most energetic inefficient)
~Refrigerators, air-conditioners, computers – get the most energy efficient. It costs more at first, but pays back throughout the lifespan of the product.
~Cooling of servers rooms –apply good insulation to reduce energy consumption for cooling
~Central Controls – automatic switches for turning-off air-conditioning and lights can reduce energy consumption significantly – 14-16% on average.
~Set air conditioners thermostats to no more than 22oC during the winter, and no less than 25oC during the summer.
For more information on how to GO GREEN contact Yael Cohen-Paran, founding director of the Israel Energy Forum, at yael@energia.org.il or visit her website at www.energia.org.il
Holiday Gifting & Corporate Social Responsibility
Fulfilling corporate responsibility should never just be going through the motions.
Give back to society by buying socially responsible gifts this year.
Margalit Moshe's "Women Embroidering Andanet (Together)"
Margalit Moshe's project was established in 2003 with the intention of integrating unemployed Jewish Ethiopian women into the Israeli society and economy. What started as social gathering, "Women Embroidering Andanet" now consists of 23 Ethiopian women living in Be'er Sheva who do their embroidering during the week at home and once a week meet with guides who help them with design, manufacturing, marketing & sales, etc.. The products consist of items such as chala or matza covers, table cloths, mezuzah cases, place mats and much more.
Please view their products at : http://www.zman.beersheva.biz/index.php?m=pr
Linda Mosek's "Retirement - the Window of Opportunity"
In a “youth oriented society” the aged sector finds itself rejected in a social, economic and cultural climate, which has no room for them. Today they live longer, have the desire to remain productive.
To alleviate this situation, Linda Mosek is creating valued occupational opportunities for the elderly by establishing a unique vocational center in Hod Hasharon in the center of Israel, run by the elderly, which serves the general population. In addition to it’s many services, the center provides work-related prospects in the forms of an organic coffee shop, a plant nursery, ceramics studio, handicraft-manufacturing workshops and a retail shop, which sells amongst other things, gift items and gift baskets.
For more information contact:
Dr Linda Mosek, Executive Director
09-7414974 ~ click2@017.co.il ~ www.click-savi.org.il
Yossi Coten and Smadar Nehab's "Tsofen"
The barrier to entry of Arabs into the high-tech industry is cultural, not economic, yet the demand for qualified engineers is huge and thousands of suitable Arab University hard science graduates are available. "Tsofen" provides a unique solution to this market failure through a high-tech retraining center and R&D offices in Nazareth which trains Arab University graduates in the culture and requirements of the high-tech sector, thereby aiding in their job placement.
"Tsofen" is seeking collaboration with High-tech companies in the following:
* Companies requiring high quality R&D services in the way of “inshore centers”. Tsofen engineers are all university graduates with degrees in exact sciences.
* The Tsofen center is now furnishing its training and R&D facilities. We are looking for good quality PC’s, PC screens, and furniture.
For more information contact:
Ms. Smadar Nehab
~Smadar.nehab@tsofen.org ~ Office: 04-6000500 ~ Cell: 054-4830418.
I am on opposite spectrum. I really do not care about how much electricity it consumed. I just want a quiet AC with competitive prices.
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