It doesn’t have to be about deprivation, preaching, or nagging. Too often “going green” becomes loaded with negatives – saying no to all things sugary and fun while embracing drudgery.

The goal: Create an environmentally friendly office environment while retaining all of the sugary funness.

Ten of us (the “Green Team” unless anyone has a less cheesy name?) met last month to share ideas about how to start moving in that direction. It was an incredibly productive conversation that has led to a number of simple yet significant changes in the office already.

1. You’ll notice more plastic bins for snacks and cereal in the kitchen to allow us to order food in bulk whenever possible to reduce extraneous packaging.

2. There is now a recycle bin in the upstairs half of the office to make it just as easy to recycle that soda can as it is to trash it.

3. We can now recycle plastic bags in the kitchen (it’s even a recycled bag itself!)

4. And all that delicious, organic, not-wrapped-in-plastic fruit that we’ve been devouring?

And this is just the beginning! With the green pages on buzzillions.com as our guide for environmentally friendly products, and all the creative ideas bouncing around the office, our carbon footprint better watch out!