Join the Green DOI Challenge!

Let Your GREEN Ideas Shine Through!

From October 19th through October 31st, Federal employees took part in the GreenGov Challenge -- an online participatory program that challenged Federal employees to take part in the President’s Executive Order on Federal Sustainability by submitting their own clean energy ideas and voting on others.

The Department of the Interior ended its version of the challenge on February 26, 2010. Department employees submitted ideas within seven main categories:

• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - New strategies for how we use energy, travel, and commute can help lower our carbon footprint;
• Conserving Energy - Making Federal buildings, fleets, and electronics more efficient saves energy and money;
• Conserving Water - Using native plants for landscaping and reusing water to flush toilets are just two examples;
• Eliminating Waste - Reduce, reuse, and recycle (and compost!) are just the beginning. How can we close the loop?
• Purchasing Sustainable Products and Services - How can Federal purchasing power support great clean technologies that create American jobs?
• Sustainable Buildings - We spend, on average, 90% of our days indoors. How can our Federal workspaces be more efficient and healthier?
• Other - Any other suggestions which don’t fit the above categories.

The Challenge may be over, but the work continues! Please continue to submit your Green ideas for implementation at the Department.

Submit Ideas Here