The document discusses the environmental impact of office workstations, highlighting that operating one requires significant electricity and generates substantial CO2 emissions. It promotes the idea of 'carbon balancing' by purchasing plants that contribute to rainforest preservation, thus offsetting carbon footprints. The text emphasizes the importance of re-investing in nature and the potential benefits of going green in buildings, which account for half of energy use and CO2 emissions.

2. there are offices ...

3. AND there are offices ...

4. “carbon balance” yours with plants

5. “buy a plant...save a rainforest tree”

6. to operate 1 office
workstation like this
requires 2200 kw hours
of electricity each year
this generating capacity
gives off 1166 kgs. of
CO2

7. 1 hectare or 10,000m2
of trees like this in the
Rainforest can absorb,
as they grow, more than
7 tonnes of CO2 each
year

8. 1 plant from viva verde
comes with a free
donation to save 500m2
of Rainforest in Ecuador,
Brazil, Belize or India

9. so 2 plants like these
will “carbon balance”
your office work space
for no extra cost

11. re-investing in Nature with ...
Grupo Ornithologico Balear i Defensa de la
Naturaleza ( GOB) - Palma de Mallorca
www.gobmallorca.com
Fundació Natura - Barcelona
www.fundacionatura.org
Fundación Ecologia y Desarollo - Zaragoza
www.ecodes.org
World Land Trust - UK
www.worldlandtrust.org
... Join Us !

12. IIb
buildings count for 50% of primary energy use
buildings account for 50% of CO2 emissions
 we spend 90% of our lives within buildings

13. “going green won’t cost the earth”