It has been a few years since the expression "to
have a green thumb
", pushing the fences of its semantic field, left its backyard: the garden and the vegetable patch.
In town, you just need to grow basil on your balcony to have a green thumb.
In the company, it is advisable to have a plant on his desk to give it a natural touch!
And God knows that the green office worker doesn't just have a green thumb.
His convictions are numerous: consumption, climate, energy transition, food, clothing, mobility ... He wants to change the world.
The green colleague is, in essence, a CSR director: he masters all the codes, the language elements and he has the dynamics!
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At the office, you can easily recognize him: he goes to fill his eco-responsible bottle at the water fountain.
At lunch, you will never see him in front of a good steak: he is fed on mixed salads embellished with seeds with names as complex as they are exotic.
Before the first sip of wine, he makes sure that Bacchus has cultivated his vines in the purest biodynamic way.
In the evening, when he leaves the office, he makes sure that his computer and his lamp are turned off.
He doesn't take the elevator but the stairs.
He doesn't have a car but goes on foot or by bicycle, electric all the same.
The green colleague is not a bad guy but his intransigence sometimes annoys!
Green fingers are sacred.
Don't you dare stand in front of a plastic cup in your hand or throw papers in any other bin than the yellow one.
If he crosses paths with you near the printer, he will remind you of the number of trees felled for this big report that the machine is making ... His sensitive subject at the moment?
The plane.
Before discussing a weekend or vacation project with him, consider calculating your carbon footprint and planning for compensation!
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