The office manager in one of my previous jobs was a tree-hugging nutter, God bless her. If there was anything she could do to protect the environment or help the poor, she would.
She often said that if you switch off your monitor during your lunch break, you’ll save about £45-worth of electricity over the year. Now I don’t know how accurate that statistic is, but I still considered it prudent to switch off my screen and not just because she could turn from a charmer to a battle axe when riled. For virtually no effort, I’ll save a few pounds and do a little something for the environment. You’d have to be as cold as a stone to do otherwise!…