How To Protect The Planet While Working From Home Post-COVID 19

Many of the world’s workers have recently had to embrace a change of working lifestyle courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, setting up home offices and getting used to working from the comfort of their own house.

While it may be difficult to tell right now with the ongoing uncertainty around the pandemic, this transition to a remote working landscape appears as if it’s here to stay for most companies.

Therefore, as a result of this, we’re here to pose the question: if sustainability is important to you as an employee, how can you ensure you’re doing your bit to protect the planet while working from home?

Climate change, after all, hasn’t simply gone away. While it may be true that the planet has somewhat recovered in wake of COVID-19, there is still a lot of work to do to keep the effects of global warming and climate change at bay.

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With this in mind, join us as we run through some of the most effective ways to ensure you work sustainably at home.

From making more effort to make lunches using products housed within ethically-produced packaging to running your home on a renewable form of energy, there are several things to consider.

Think About Breaktime

One of the main perks of working from home is the improved level of flexibility to you will now have – a newfound ability to take breaks pretty much whenever you like as long as the work gets done.

However, when it comes to working more sustainably, it’s important to think about the food products you are deciding to use.

If, for example, you are a big coffee drinker, opt for coffee that is Fairtrade-approved and is packaged with eco-friendliness in mind. Even making the smallest change, such as this one, can make the biggest difference.

Invest In Greenery

Keeping your mental health in check while working from home is imperative, so why not kill two birds with one stone?

By surrounding yourself with plants and greenery like aloe vera and ivy you will not only improve the air quality of your home office, but you’ll improve the overall aesthetic of your at-home workspace.

In doing so, this will help keep both your stress level and carbon footprint down which will – if anything – only improve your attitude while you work.

Work From Your Garden

Before the clocks go back and the darker early evenings return, why not embrace the great outdoors and work outside instead?

Rather than staying stuck indoors all the time, using up your electricity and leaving the lights on all day, working outside can again both revitalise your way of working while protecting the planet as well.

Even if the only space you have available is a small outside balcony, utilising natural light over artificial light could make a big difference to both your home’s energy bills as well as its effect on climate change.

Update Your Energy Supply

If you really want to go the extra mile, you could always think about completely changing how your home gets its energy.

Whether it be simply changing your supplier to a greener alternative or going all out and installing a couple of solar panels on your roof, making your home’s energy supply more renewable is one of the most effective ways of ensuring your acting sustainably while working from home.

Plus, it could even save you money over the long-run. So, what’s not to like about that?

Final Thoughts…

So, there you have it – some of the best ways to work from home in a more sustainable way.

Whether it be through changing your energy supply, greenifying your workspace or thinking more carefully about your eating habits, making even the smallest of changes could have the biggest impact in terms of climate change.

After all, despite the coronavirus pandemic being the talk of the town at the moment, the overwhelming effects of climate change haven’t exactly gone away.

Therefore, by taking the time to set up a sustainable at-home work environment, you will not only help to protect your personal health and spending, but you’ll also help keep the planet a happy, safer place to live.