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Types of Projects: A Rainbow of Green

All projects have some element of “green.” However, projects differ in the
amount of environmental or sustainability aspects they contain—and how
those aspects manifest themselves. The five assertions of EarthPM apply to
all projects (see Figure 4.1), but an especially significant assertion here is
“An environmental strategy for a project provides added opportunity for
success of both the project and the product of the project.” After all, isn’t
project success what we are after? And, shouldn’t our vision—or even our
common sense—compel us to extend our definition of success to include
the product of the project? We’re so focused on the end game being equal
to the handoff of the project’s product to the project’s customer that we
sometimes lose sight of the fact that true success means that the customer
is made successful by that project’s product—in the steady state.

the green Project
Recycles 15,000 gallons of donated excess paint and 1.8 million
pounds of surplus building materials from individuals, busi-
nesses, and local governments each year.
Serves over 15,000 loyal and committed customers annually through
their retail store, workshops, and outreach events.
Prevents approximately three tons of reusable materials from reach-
ing the dump each day, which equals 1.8 million pounds of trash
put back into reuse each year.
Recycles paper, newsprint, aluminum cans, soup cans, household
electronics, and corrugated cardboard.
Operates Recycle for the Arts, providing recycled art supplies

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