EF has taken great strides over the past few years to reduce its impact on the environment. Some of the initiatives that we have taken at our Toronto office include:

• Creating a “Green Team” consisting of EF employees and managers, a regular program to raise company awareness and employee involvement in our environmental efforts at work and at home.
• Reducing the amount of paper used by increasing our email communication and exclusively using double-sided printing. We've also reduced the use of toner and ink with the next generation of copiers.
• Printing day-by-day itineraries (for all of EF Educational Tours’ group leaders and travellers) on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The FSC Mixed Sources product comes from well-managed forests, controlled sources and recycled wood or fiber. For more information about the Forest Stewardship Council, visit www.fsc.org.
• Improving recycling efforts (including paper, plastic, glass, can, electronics and waste water).
• Installing a new lighting system that includes low-wattage light bulbs and electronic motion sensors.

We are always looking for new ways to save energy and reduce our impact on the environment.

To find ways that you can reduce your environmental impact, including offsetting air travel, please visit the following websites:

Natural Resources Defense Council »
Clean Air-Cool Planet »
TerraPass »
Climate Care »
Energy Hog »