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GO GREEN

HWS President Mark D. Gearan signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment in September 2007. Since then, from recycling contests to a bike sharing program, the Colleges' students, faculty and staff have been moving at breakneck speed to make the campus climate neutral and sustainable!

In the coming weeks you may be buying mini-fridges, small appliances (like hair dryers) and supplies for your desk. Many of these purchases will stay with you during all four years of your education and have a lasting impact on the environment.

The Colleges offer a Green Room Certification for students’ residential space. Designed to help participants create a sustainable living space and acquire basic level of sustainability knowledge about the Colleges’s environmental practices, Green Room Certification offers students a terrific opportunity to be recognized for environmental efforts and engagement.

Below is a list of items that will help you reduce your environmental impact and be prepared for greenroom certification:

  • Reusable water bottle
  • Reusable travel mug
  • Reusable shopping bag
  • Notebooks/other school supplies
    • FSC Certified office paper
    • Post-consumer recycled content notebooks
    • Pens with post-consumer recycled content
    • FSC Certified pencils
  • Energy efficient light bulbs/CFLs or LEDs
  • EnergyStar certified refrigerator (communicate with roommates to just bring 1 refrigerator)
  • EnergyStar certified televisions (communicate with roommates to just bring 1 TV)
  • Environmentally-friendly shampoos and soaps
  • Do not bring a printer to your room; instead use network printers
  • Smart power strips
  • Coldwater detergent
  • Environmentally-friendly cleaning supplies
  • Consider bring a bicycle to campus or renting one through the Colleges Yellow Bike Program (available first come-first serve starting the 2nd day of school)

 

GREEN CERT

Students can sign up to have their room certified during move-in. Environmental Representatives will be stationed outside of each residence hall with sign-up information.


MORE INFO

Interested in the Big, Green Ideas going on at HWS? Want to know more about what HWS has done and what you can do to lessen your impact on the environment? Visit our Sustainability homepage for more information.