Resources
What can I do...
Personally or in the classroom - quite a lot -- just by doing a little.
For example, replacing one incandescent light bulb with an energy-saving compact fluorescent bulb means 1,000 pounds less carbon dioxide is emitted to the atmosphere and $67 dollars is saved on energy costs over the bulb's lifetime. If every household in the US replaced one bulb, Americans would save over $730 million in energy costs every year. It would also reduce GHGs by 4,000,000 tons per year - the same as taking 660,000 cars off the road!
For campus use, here you will find:
- Communicating Sustainability - Access to website content management tools for campus administrators, professors or students to update this site with regular information and engagement features as part of an ongoing engagement program, either at a campus administration level, or through a credit or non-credit sustainability communication program.
- A variety of interesting links for energy, education, food, transportation and fun
- MyCommute, and interactive Sustainability U programmed carbon footprint calculator and reduction planner.
- How to Guides - A library of past year student sustainability initiatives
For personal use, here you will find:
- A personal emissions reduction planner
- What you can do at home or in residence
- What you can do while getting around
- What you can do at school or work
- Some amazing Did You Know's
- A monthly test your knowledge quiz on variety of environmental sustainability subjects
- A Sustainability Swap Bulletin Board
- A local calendar of sustainability events
