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Green Tip: Zero Waste
May 2017
Green Tip: Seasonal Spring Crops
April 2017
Green Tip: Global Sustainability
March 2017
Green Tip: Staying Active After the Women's March
February 2017
Green Tip: Winter Holidays
December 2016
Green Tip: Decolonizing Thanksgiving
November 2016
Green Tip: Back to School/Halloween
October 2016
Green Tip: Graduation Weekend
June 2016
Green Tip: Refreshing Your Summer Wardrobe
May 2016
Green Tip: Spring Cleaning
April 2016
March 2016
Green Tip: Curtailment at Home and Away
December 2015
Green Tip: Have a Green Thanksgiving
November 2015
Green Tip: Reducing Halloween Waste
October 2015
Green Tip: Sustainable Art
May 2015
Green Tip: Purchasing Electronics
April 2015
Green Tip: Recycling E-waste
February 2015
December 2014 - January 2015
Green Tip: How to Make Your Holidays More Sustainable
November 2014
Green Tip: Help Out--We're in a Drought
October 2014
Green Tip: Sustainable Studying
May 2014
Green Tip: Saving Water
March 2014
Green Tip: Purchasing Electronics
February 2014
Green Tip: Gift Giving
December 2013
Green Tip: Sustainable Fall
November 2013
Green Tip: Greening Your Grocery Shopping
October 2013
Green Tip: Move-Out
June 2013
Green Tip: Eating Consciously
May 2013
Green Tip: April Fools
April 2013
Green Tip: Wastewater Management
March 2013
Green Tip: Dropping Your Drip and Water Conservation
February 2013
Green Tip # 8: Energy Saving for Winter
December 2012
Green Tip #7: Ride-sharing and Public Transportation
November 2012
Green Tip #6: Reusable Mugs
October 2012
Green Tip #5: Reduce Landfill Waste through Composting
September 2012
Green Tip #4: Help Make Move-Out Zero Waste
June 2012
Green Tip #3: Pledge to Take Back the Tap & Stop Buying Bottled Water
May 2012
The following two tips were published exclusively on our newsletter for that month, so here they are in full:
Green Tip #2: Take Shorter Showers
April 2012
When it's warm out, turn your shower water to warm instead of hot to conserve energy (you can also turn your water heater down to save more energy). To save water, shorten the time you spend in the shower. Shampooing your hair, soaping up, or shaving? Turn off the water. Time yourself--Can you get your shower time down to three minutes? Click here for 100 more ways to conserve water from WaterUseItWisely.com
Drop Your Own Drip is a campus-wide campaign featuring a water-use reduction competition for residents in the on-campus apartment complexes to use no more than the target-level of daily water-use of 60 gallons per person. The competition will reward the residents who successfully reduce water-use per capita the most from February to April 2012. Students are encouraged to join the leadership team of this campaign and enroll in the ESLP 5-unit section called ""Drop Your Drip: Exploring Mechanisms to Reduce Water Consumption"" which will be held T/Th 10-11:45am. Please email Drop Your Own Drip if you have any questions.
GET A GRIP & DROP YOUR OWN DRIP!
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Green Tip #1: Just Say No to Paper Towels
March 2012
Paper towel disposal contributes to roughly 33% to UCSC's landfill contribution. Fortunately, there's an easy way for us to reduce this wastefulness! Dorm-dwellers, consider bringing your own cloth hand towel into your hall restroom, and for everyone else, air-dry or dry your hands on your jeans after washing your hands. It's only water, after all!
Students in Path to a Greener Stevenson are working on removing paper towels from the dorm bathrooms and are working on ways to encourage students to use their own cloth hand towels---to find out more or get involved, please contact Aidan Ward or attend a PTAGS meeting, one evening each week in the Stevenson House 2 Lounge (check the Facebook page for updated meeting times).
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