Environmental Statement
Eaglemont is committed to environmental stewardship, educating both adults and children about the natural world they live in and ways to preserve it. Through partnerships with leading scientific organizations and on-location research, Eaglemont presents factual, scientifically accurate information that relates to the future health, sustainability and balanced biodiversity of the world’s ecosystems. Individuals are then encouraged to use this knowledge as a basis for their own environmental decision-making.
Eaglemont strives to incorporate environmental considerations in the company’s planning and operating decisions, as well as to develop and communicate environmental objectives throughout the company for the benefit of all employees.
Suggestions for a Company:
- Use recycled paper in your printed products whenever possible.
- Encourage employees to extend their work recycle/reuse program into their homes, schools and communities.
- Purchase used furniture for your office instead of new.
- Rely heavily on inter/intra office e-mail communication to conserve paper.
- Run heater/air-conditioner on a timer to avoid wasted energy.
Suggestions for Employees:
- Bring leftovers for lunch, and bring them in reusable containers.
- Use reusable containers for drinking water.
- Reuse packing materials for shipping books and marketing materials.
- Share a vehicle with other family members.
- Reuse/recycle grocery bags.
- Ride a bike to work.
- Implement a paper/glass/printer ink cartridge recycling program.
- Use water soluble packing peanuts.
- Use coffee grounds in a home garden.
- Set the dishwasher to run during the night with a full load.
- Wash clothes with loads that are full capacity on off-hours.
- Use energy efficient light bulbs that burn less wattage.
- Program home heating unit to turn off while at work, run only for a few hours when home and then reduce the heat automatically while sleeping (the same can be done with A/C).
- Operate/maintain energy efficient vehicles (tuned up to run as efficiently and emission-free as possible).
- Wash vehicle(s) in recycled water car washes (to reduce waste water and ensure that soapy water doesn't flow down drains that may lead to fish habitats).
- Turn off office/home lights when not in use.
