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Greening the Workplace

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Employee Engagement

Many of the County's sustainability programs could not be implemented without the support and engagement of a broad base of employees. Below are examples of campaigns and outreach materials, as well as descriptions of our approach.

Examples of Materials

Campaign Materials

• Office Paper Waste Reduction
• Paper Towel Reduction

Multimedia Outreach Materials

• "Great Race: Green Business Travel Alternatives"
  (video) - July 2011
• "Just the Facts: How to Compost and Recycle at Alameda County Facilities"
  (video) - July 2013
• "Sustainable I Am": Illustrated story and as performed by General Services Agency Green Team - October 2012

Descriptions of Our Approach

Employee Engagement in Climate Action

• Behavior Energy and Climate Change Conference Presentation (slides): "From Planning to Action: Involving Employees in Your Climate Action Plan" - November 2012 (PDF - 7.61Mb) *
• Sustainable Industries article: "Local Impact: How local government is enhancing human innovation" - September 2012
• ICMA Sustainable Communities Blog: "Your Eyes and Ears in Municipal Buildings: Top 10 Tips for Partnering with Janitorial Services on Sustainability Program Implementation" - May 2014
• Case Studies: "Taking Climate Action to Scale: Green & Healthy Awards and Community Commutes Day" (PDF - 589kb) * - June 2016
• Case Study: Tools of Change on Green & Healthy Awards - October 2016

Facilitating Shared Ownership in Climate Action Plan Implementation

• ICMA Sustainable Communities Blog: "Meetings That Put the 'Action' Into Your Sustainability Action Plans" - July 2012
• Next Generation of Government Summit Presentation (video): "Put the 'Action' in Your Action Plan" - July 2012

Multimedia Examples

• "Engaging County Employees: 2014 Health Expos" (video) - October 2014

Resources

Books

• Fostering Sustainable Behavior: Community Based Social Marketing

Supportive Local Organizations

• Center for Strategic Facilitation: licensed provider of training on the Technology of Participation^™ facilitation methods in the Bay Area
• Climate Corps Bay Area: 10-month fellowships, through which several fellows placed with us have focused on employee engagement