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<\/p>\nSustainable development is at the heart of Le Monast\u00e8re des Augustines’ priorities and those of our employees. In April 2018, to celebrate Earth Day, and to continue raising awareness of the importance of adopting a socially responsible lifestyle, members of our team pledged to carry out eco-friendly initiatives for a minimum of one month. There are so many actions that can be taken; however, in order to incite as many people to get involved as possible, we put together a list of four easy ways to help the environment. Le Monast\u00e8re is sharing the challenges that our employees and their loved ones decided to take on.<\/p>\n
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Opt for active or public transportation \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The first challenge was to commit to using active or public transportation to get to work. Did you know that a car takes up the place of 10 bicycles and one bus does the job of 40 cars? In addition, biking or walking to work is great for people\u2019s health and carpooling helps to create stronger bonds between colleagues or even neighbours.<\/p>\n Save energy<\/strong><\/p>\n Employees also committed to carrying out simple actions to save energy, such as turning off the lights when they left a room <\/em>(both at work and at home) and turning off electric devices and equipment that were on standby mode. <\/em><\/p>\n Did you know that lights represent 5% of the total energy consumption in a home? Plugging in a cell phone charger or an external power supply for a laptop computer uses up energy\u2014even if the plugs are not connected to their devices and the devices are fully charged. Unplugging chargers and power supplies as soon as devices are fully charged also goes a long way to prolonging their battery life.<\/p>\n
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