Want a Green Workplace? Then Pitch In

A Sun Microsystems survey found that more folks want to work in an eco-friendly workplace than are actually taking some simple steps to make it so.

Some tidbits:

* 58 percent said they turn off computers at home when they are done using them, compared with 34 percent that do so at work

* 57 percent are using "sleep" mode for their home computers but only 44 percent use sleep mode for their computers in the office

* Sun estimates that if people transferred their home-habits for turning lights and computers off to work they would achieve the equivalent of taking 6.1 million cars off the road in terms of CO2 emissions.

"Businesses don't cut power consumption--people do,"

Read on and soak up some tips for making a difference at home and work at HR.BLR.com.