Thoughts On Going Green?

By Emily Long

If you've got something to say, the White House is listening. Monday marked the launch of the GreenGov Challenge, a call for federal employees and military members to submit their best clean energy ideas. From now until October 31, the end of the inaugural National Energy Awareness Month, anyone with a government email address can log on to WhiteHouse.gov/GreenGov and suggest ways to 'green' their workplaces. To add some excitement and a little friendly competition, feds can also vote for their favorite strategies, and in November officials from each agency will review the top ideas. This latest request for employee input comes less than a week after the Office of Management and Budget announced it had received more than 38,000 submissions for making the government more effective and efficient. There's no limit on creativity or quantity, and now is as good a time as any to be heard.