A Month of Meetings

I suppose it’s pretty obvious to say that, with a few exceptions, air travel in the US is getting harder, less pleasant, and more expensive. And there does seem to be a never-ending stream of announcements emanating from the major airlines about new costs, service cutbacks, and the like.

It’s hard to pick on any one airline, but Wednesday American Airlines took the “new cost” lead by announcing that they would be charging for every checked bag (not just the extra bags that have carried fees for some time). Their new pricing is $15 each way for the first bag, $25 each way for the second, and it goes (way) up from there. This means that if you check 2 bags for your round-trip, you will pay $80.

Which led me to ask: How can I spend my $80 better, and maybe greener? 

• Plant 22 carbon-absorbing trees with CarbonFund.org and also help reduce soil erosion.
• Offset 1,000 Metric Tons of carbon emissions (based on today’s opening price of CFI contracts on the Chicago Climate Exchange).
• Pay for a month of lattes.
• Take your team out for celebratory drinks.
• Pay for a month subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
• Buy a tank of gas for your mid-size car (OK, those weren’t so green). 
• Skip the trip completely and buy one month of WebEx – you can have that meeting and as many more meetings for that month as you want on-line. Zero carbon (almost), zero hassle, zero checked bags.
• Buy two webcams – one for you and one for your client – and meet “face-to-face” on WebEx.
• Buy a nice catered lunch for your client, have it sent to him or her, and have a lunch meeting on WebEx.

Pick any one, then go show your boss the ticket you didn’t buy and get extra brownie points for saving the company money, relax knowing you have no airport hassles to deal with, and go home in time for dinner.

Jeff Weinberger, Chair, WebEx Green Initiative, WebEx

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[Jeff Weinberger]

Thanks, Marguerite!

Of course, we always welcome comments and hope that we're starting a good conversation.

You might also want to visit our green blog in the WebEx Community (http://community.webex.com/user/Blogs/WebExUserCommunityBlogGoingGREENwithWeb/tabid/2079/BlogID/228/Default.aspx) as well as the discussion forums there.

We've got lots of great ideas about working green, telework, and other ways to reduce carbon emissions and become more productive.

[marguerite manteau-rao]

Nice blog you have here, Jeff. Any plans on using it as a two way communication tool with Webex customers? Since Webex is all about collaboration, it would seem like a logical next step. You may want to turn it into a forum for 'greenworking' solutions.

http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/the-six-principles-of-green-working/