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For Everyone

A resource for members of the Harvard community interested in environmental conservation.

Buy right, dispose responsibly.

Computer manufacturing has a significant environmental footprint. Buy only when necessary, recycle your old system and replace it with energy efficient equipment (e.g., laptops and flat-panel monitors).

• CERP Purchasing Guide
• See #22 on Harvard's Recycling FAQ

Put your computer on a diet.

It's easy to make your computer consume less energy. Shut it down at the end of the day and use power management to put your system to sleep when you aren't actively using it.

• Campus Energy Reduction Program (CERP)
• Energy Star's Power Management "How To"

Commute efficiently.

Join a carpool, take the T or ride your bike to work. Learn about greener (and cheaper) alternatives to driving solo.

• Harvard's CommuterChoice Program
• In the Longwood Medical Area, check out the CommuteWorks website.

Reduce your paper trail.

Cutting back here and there adds up to less waste and less pollution. Set a good example for your co-workers and you might just get them to be more conscientious about their consumption habits.

• Easy ways to use less paper
• Take yourself off junk mail lists
• Reduce, re-use...and recycle

Give your office waste a second life.

Paper, cardboard, books, bottles, cans, computer equipment and even office furniture can be recycled at Harvard. Learn about the University's ambitious recycling program.

• "How to" guide to recycling at Harvard
• Donate used personal items, building supplies and office equipment
• At the Medical School, http://greencampus.harvard.edu/lgci/hmsrecycling.php
• At the School of Public Health, http://greencampus.harvard.edu/lgci/hsphrecycling.php

Choose recycled products.

Be it paper, printer cartridges or trash bags, office products made from post-consumer waste abound. Seek them out! Popular items include:

• 100% post consumer waste paper
• remanufactured printer/toner cartridges
• Post It notes
• scissors
• file folders

Subscribe to the HGCI Newsletter.

Check out the latest green activity on the Harvard campus.  Read about everything from onsite renewable energy and LEED certified high performance buildings on campus, to green cleaning supplies and undergraduate environmental awareness program.  Keep yourself current on Harvard's greening campus!

• HGCI Newsletter

Take the HGCI Sustainability Course.

Learn how you can initiate change and realize your vision for a more sustainable Harvard or other institution.  Come join us in the classroom or online for our Harvard Extension School course ENVR E-117: Sustainability, The Challenge of Changing Our Institutions.

• Sustainability Course
  

Support Renewable Energy on Campus

Check out how Harvard is supporting renewable energy initiatives on campus, and learn more about financing and supply options for potential new initiatives. As your school to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset your green house gas emissions.

• Renewable Energy

 

Start Your Own Green Team!

Want to get green initiatives started at your campus? Start your own Green Team today. We have a great resource that can help.

Create frameworks to ignite, resource, organize and focus students and staff to achieve campus sustainability using our "Campus Green Team Resource".

• Take A Look At "The Campus Green Team Resource"

Subscribe or visit environmental sites

The following list have invaluable information regarding actions taken by others for any environmental movement:

• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
• Ideal Bite
• Ecological Footprint
• New American Dream

 

 

 

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