Green teams: employees use peer pressure, creative ideas to help the environment

Yahoo and LJ Engineering & Manufacturing couldn’t be more different. One is a global Internet giant; the other a small machine shop in Santa Clara.

Yet both reflect a growing trend in Silicon Valley: On their own, employees at each company have formed green teams. These groups of volunteers gather to push their peers and employers to become more environmentally aware. They encourage recycling; advocate for carpooling, mass transit and bikes; and generally seek to cut carbon emissions. Sixty green teams exist locally, and more are forming, according to Sustainable Silicon Valley, a local environmental collaborative.

By Matt Nauman

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