EDITORIAL

May 2008

May Day is a cross-quarter day, meaning that it falls approximately halfway between a solstice and an equinox. It also heralds the end of winter - hoorah - and time for the anarchists to polish up the boots and celebrate anti-capitalism. There is also the HRH the Prince of Wales's May Day Business Summit on Climate Change 2008. The largest gathering of companies committed to taking positive action on climate change through reducing that carbon footprint!

" Through looking not only at the carbon footprint of your own company, but also working with your employees, customers and suppliers, your business can quickly start to make a difference and prepare for a low-carbon economy."

I wrote an editorial some months ago on measuring your own carbon footprint. But what about the company you work for? Do they have a green policy? Check it out, let us know.

Nigel gets on the sustainable bandwagon this month and if you, like I, received multiple cases of AutoCAD CDs with the new release, then you may just jump on with him.

Back on to more routine tasks though, we've now got the lowdown on
Tags for you. And you'll notice that we've started a "so you think you know accudraw" series. Use our series to drip feed your users on day one, day 5, 10 and 15...

Well also see you at the EatyourCAD CAD Managers Forum on the 8th! We're going green this year with our organic chocolate and our green book of the month!

And you all thought May just meant a day off work.

PS. I've reduced my carbon footprint tremendously by not being kicked out of the UK - rule Britannia! Glass of Bomberosa anyone?

By Karen Fugle, 1st of May 2008

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