{"id":14975,"date":"2012-10-11T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14975"},"modified":"2012-10-11T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T15:56:54","slug":"garden-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/garden-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening Leave: a New Way to Organize the Work Week?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I first read Andrew Simms’ column from yesterday’s Guardian<\/em><\/a>, I didn’t know that “garden leave<\/a>” was a slang term for the Brits. As such, I missed a bit of irony present in the piece, no doubt. What I didn’t miss was a new idea for employers to organize their organization’s work week, and to do some good in the community.<\/p>\n

We’ve certainly seen the impact of the four-day work week<\/a>: not only does it have demonstrated environmental benefits, but also increases worker productivity. Simms’ idea builds upon the benefits of the shorter work week by making it contingent on workers getting out and gardening: either at home, in community gardens<\/a>, or perhaps even a company-sponsored space. He notes that such a plan would create further benefits for the communities in which its practiced, including:<\/p>\n