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Green Factoid

From 1955 urban and suburban development increased by 300% while populations increased only 75%.

 

Source:

Cambridge University Press, The State of the Nation's Ecosystems


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What You Can Do

Take the Green Campus Stewardship Pledge: Take a few minutes to read over the Stewardship Pledge to see how you can do your part to improve the environment. Please click here to view the pledge.

 

Take the Graduation Pledge: Like thousands of others, you can take the Graduation Pledge, a movement that includes students from hundreds of colleges and universities. To take the pledge, please click here.

 

Links to GREEN job postings:

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REDUCE:

  • Reduce Your Consumption
    • Discipline yourself
    • Learn the difference between need and want
    • Minimize impulse purchases
    • Never borrow money to buy anything that depreciates
  • Reduce Your Waste
    • Use both sides of a piece of paper
    • Edit on screen and not on paper
    • Store information electronically
    • Use email
    • Reuse inter-campus mailing envelopes
    • Think before you print or photocopy
    • Avoid disposable products
    • Purchase products with minimal packaging
    • Clean your plate--don't take more food than you can eat
    • Get your name removed from unwanted mailing lists
    • Eliminate your debt
  • Reduce Your Energy Consumption
    • Use natural lighting when possible
    • Turn off unused or unneeded lights
    • Turn off your power strips when not in use
    • Unplug battery charging devices when not in use
    • Use high efficiency bulbs where practical
    • Dress appropriately for the season
    • Keep themostates no higher than 68 in the winter and now lower than 76 in the summer
    • Keep windows and doors closed in heated/air-conditioned areas
    • Purchase only high efficiency ("Energy Star") electronics
    • Turn off ofice equipment when not in use
    • Enable power management features on your computer equipment
  • Reduce Your Water Consumption
    • Take short showers
    • Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth
    • Report leaking faucets, etc.
  • Reduce Your Petroleum Consumption
    • Car pool
    • Ride a bike
    • Walk
    • Drive efficiently
    • Purchase efficient vehicles

REUSE:

  • Reuse paper products
    • Reuse envelopes by placing new labels over old addresses
    • Use scrap paper to print drafts
    • Circulate documents rather than make individual copies
    • Share books and magazines
    • Buy used text books
  • BYOM (Bring Your Own Mug) -- Alwyas use a ceramic or plastic mug and avoid disposable drink containers
  • Buy and use recycled products
  • Shop at thrift stores and yard sales
  • Use food product containers for storage
  • Reuse your water bottle
  • Fix it, don't replace it
  • Get creative

RECYCLE:

  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • #2 plastics
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Batteries
  • Printer cartridges
  • Computer hardware
  • Scrap metals
  • Used oil
  • Compost yard and food waste