{"id":1597,"date":"2005-09-08T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/09\/08\/working-more-sustainably-through-telecommuting\/"},"modified":"2005-09-08T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T18:51:00","slug":"working-more-sustainably-through-telecommuting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/working-more-sustainably-through-telecommuting\/","title":{"rendered":"Working More Sustainably through Telecommuting"},"content":{"rendered":"
From The Telework Coalition<\/a> via PRWeb, a press release<\/a> stating that “Permitting employees who can telecommute do so at least two days a week will swiftly reduce workers’ fuel consumption and cost by 40%.” I wonder — how many of you have the option to telecommute for your jobs? I’m doing it a bit this semester — my Friday “meetings” with my one Monday-Wednesday-Friday class are done through the university’s course management system. This seems like a win-win situation on a number of fronts — the reduced costs (both fiscal and environmental) of commuting, and perhaps greater job satisfaction. Who doesn’t like to work in their pajamas occasionally?<\/p>\n Categories: telecommuting<\/a>, sustainability<\/a>, gas+prices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From The Telework Coalition via PRWeb, a press release stating that “Permitting employees who can telecommute do so at least two days a week will swiftly reduce workers’ fuel consumption [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n