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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