Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate social responsibility drives every person is go green at work. It doesn't ask you go over-board on going green. Though it is a good thing. CSR asks you to be responsible enough.

It is best defined as something you do, for which you wont receive appreciation. If you dont do it, you wont invoke criticism either.

CSR doesn't ask you to go switch off every monitor in your office, at the end of every day. If you wrote a huge note on the white board, requesting the same, you have done your bit.

A similar message can be put on top of the white-board in a meeting room, requesting the team to switch off the lights before they leave the room.
Such small gestures can do wonders. I know this with practical experience. If you are walking down the corridor and happen to see the light turned on. Please dont stop yourself from turning it off.
You can put in an isnulting message too, to give some gyaan for the anpad gavaars!

Get a fancy mug, to avoid paper cups for your coffee. You can get a filter coffee tumbler and saucer too. You'll get noticed...

Use the stairs. You can avoid the long wait for the elevators and avoid the desi talk when in it.

Never use the printer, unless you absolutely need it. For photocopies, use your mobile camera. It usually does the trick.

This list could go on...But these basic things are good for a start. There's nothing wrong in being responsible at office... You can feel proud about yourself!

As a foot note, I must confess that I am not exactly a go-green person. I drive to office, which does more damage than anything else we talked about. But I am working on it...

Update: I use Office Transport now.