What does the following say to you:

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

If you read “opportunity is nowhere”, you are most likely a pessimist, expecting a less than desirable outcome in most situations.

If you read “opportunity is now here”, you probably see the positives in life more quickly than the negatives and tend to believe everything will work out for the best.

Now, read it again and see which phrase appears to you. Sometimes, a second look is all it takes to see the positive.

Have you ever looked at buying a software title, only to be unsure if your computer will support it? System Requirements Lab may be the answer.

This online tool will scan your system (with your permission) and determine if it meets the minimum requirements for some of the most popular games available.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com
(only available for testing PC)

According to FilterForGood.com, Americans send 38 Billion water bottles to landfills every year. FilterForGood is a partnership between Brita and Nalgene to help reduce water bottle waste through a pledge campaign.

In addition to facts on the impact bottle waste has on the environment, their website also offers “Green-Over” tips from environmental activist Josh Dorfman. Some of his Green-Overs take less than a minute to implement.

Even if you don’t participate in the FilterForGood pledge, you can reduce waste by using a reusable water bottle in your home or office. Consider investing in a water filtration pitcher, a refrigerator dispenser or an Energy Star water cooler.

We live in a world of now, now, now. And many of us leave our computers running overnight to perform various checks and scans so we can save the day hours for productive (hopefully billable) work. Leaving those computers on overnight, however, results in a significant use of unnecessary energy.

According to Sumir Karayi, founder of 1E Energy Awareness Campaign, “…if all the world’s 1 billion PC’s were powered down for just one night – it would save enough energy to light up New York City’s Empire State Building – inside and out – for more than 30 years.”

Curious exactly how much energy you could save by powering down? Plug in your numbers on the 1E Energy Savings Calculator and see for yourself.

With Spring just around the corner, perhaps now is a good time to look around your office for unused supplies and donate them to a local school. With the global economy worsening, many school districts have been forced to reduce their budgets which means less funding for supplies, textbooks and other items.

I Love Schools, Inc. is helping teachers gain access to desperately needed materials. There are over 95,000 US Public Schools in the database. Teachers are able to register with the site and create a wish list that generous donors may then view.

Founded in 1998, Adopt-A-Classroom is another online organization designed to help teachers and schools. They have been an extensive searchable database to locate schools in your local area that have registered with the site. Each teacher may then post specific items they are seeking and donors may then contribute money towards the purchase of those items.