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| This page contains a draft of a proposed HCoop Environmental Policy. As always, add comments or proposed revisions here. ==Background== One of the defining SevenPrinciples of cooperatives is "Concern for Community," or more succinctly, Social Responsibility. A cooperative that ignores its social responsibility has ceased to be cooperative at all and has become a mutant, renegade firm. Environmental responsibility, then, is an extension of a cooperative's greater social responsibility. The greatest single resistance to a solid On to the substance: ==Power== Baseline: Zero carbon emissions, ideally from clean energy offsets. How: Purchasing renewable energy credits or carbon offsets equal to the number of kW/hours consumed by HCoop servers. Where: Two of the better options I have found: *[http://www.nativeenergy.com/ NativeEnergy] ''Wind''Builders. *[http://www.carbonfund.org/ Carbonfund] Carbonfund offsets. Immediate cost: between $0.05 and $0.15 per member monthly. Future cost: the same or lower, as hardware utilization rates increase, and more efficient hardware is acquired. ==Hardware== Baseline: Ensure that no HCoop electronics end up in landfill. How: At a minimum, send all hardware not sold or donated to a reputable recycling facility. Where: Suggestions? Immediate cost: none Future cost: Selling hardware could ''save'' money. Recycling could cost some money as hardware is retired. ==Paper== Baseline: Minimize use of paper. Use only post-consumer recycled/tree free paper. Where: *[http://www.livingtreepaper.com/ Living Tree Paper] *[http://www.vanguardpaper.co.uk/ Vanguard Paper] - post-consumer / hemp / flax paper Immediate cost: none, Future cost: cost savings through conservation. Paper is such a tiny portion of cost that nominal premium for recycled or tree-free paper is nothing. |
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