Travel to meetings and to work with your co-workers. It's efficient, it saves energy and it slows global warming.

The impact of our carbon emissions is causing increased global warming, which means that we must be more efficient in our daily travel and use of fossil fuels. By 'car pooling' with your co-workers on your external visits, you'll immediately half your emissions in one easy step.

This will also cut business costs and allow you to spend more 'face time' with your work colleagues.

Do it now!

Communication and co-ordination are the keys to making your work travel more efficient. Here are some quick tips to help make it an easy process.

Organise to share transport to external meetings - When you are involved in or are organising an external meeting, take responsibility for organising a single car to take the participants to it together; do it as part of the planning the meeting.

Communicate regular journeys to all staff - Ask others if they are in need of or able to provide transport.

Explore alternative transport to the car - Can you ride a bike or catch public transport to the meeting? Both of these transport modes are significantly more efficient and, in the case of the bike, will also give you your daily exercise hit.

Why this action

is

important

Reducing the amount of Co2 and other greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere is critical if we are to address climate change and the environmental havoc it is causing. In addition, by car pooling you can save your organisation hundreds of dollars per year, get to drive less and hopefully get to know some interesting people.