Tips for being green
- When buying cleaning products, purchase products that are labeled green.
- Turn off your faucet when brushing your teeth.
- Time yourself when taking a shower and aim for 5 minutes or less.
- Ride your bike to class instead of driving.
- Use drip irrigation in your garden.
- Don't water your garden during the peak hours of sunlight, instead do it in the morning or at night.
- Plant native drought tolerant plants.
- Buy fluorescent light bulbs.
- Have a re-usable water bottle.
- Recycle
- Don't eat meat at least one day a week.
- Turn the lights off when you leave the room.
- Turn off all electrical devices if leaving your room for more than 15 minutes.
- Enable your computer to go into sleep mode.
- Don't leave your computer on all night.
- Use the natural light from your window instead of turning on the lights.
- Pull down shades in your dorm when it's cold outside. This will help insulate your room.
- Report leaky faucets to Residential Life if you live on Main Campus, or Alliance if you live in East Campus.
- Wash only full loads of laundry.
- At the Dining Commons, only take the amount of food you'll eat. You can always go back for seconds.
All of these steps may help you to lead a more sustainable life and although it's hard at times, having these tips in the back of your mind might influence you to make more conscious decisions.