Through my job I have learnt how to help businesses reduce their negative environmental impact by minimising their resource use, and through my implementation of concepts from Getting Things Done I have learnt how to do things! By combining this knowledge I have developed a method of using GTD to help reduce personal negative environmental impact (or increase positive impacts).
For a business to improve its environmental performance, it is beneficial for it to develop an Environmental Management System (EMS) as this provides a structured approach to taking action. The key stages of an EMS are shown below and enable the business to understand its impacts on the environment and then easily identify how to improve efficiency. In case you don’t know the Getting Things Done workflow I have also included that. I’m not going to explain each stage of either diagram so if you want to read up about the topics I would recommend Envirowise for EMS and Get Rich Slowly for GTD.
So how would it work combining these two systems for the benefit of personal environmental improvement
My name is Kate Davis and I'm working towards a happier and successful life and this blog follows my journey. I work almost full time as an environmental consultant and project manager and I'm the mother to a beautiful two year daughter.
