For a healthier relationship between Princeton and the environment Greening Princeton works to improve Our emphasis on collaboration We listen to their concerns & the.
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For a healthier relationship between Princeton and the environment Greening Princeton works to improve Our emphasis on collaboration We listen to their concerns & the relationship between the University makes Greening Princeton constraints to see how we can make and the environment. unique and our ideas work with their mission. We We identify and find solutions to effective. Administrators are start with low- or no-cost projects and campus practices with harmful often interested in environmental we supply research, advocate for environmental consequences. We initiatives but constrained by time funding, increase & document student work with administrators, meeting with or money. support, do footwork, or simply cheer them regularly and developing strong So: We help. them on. relationships. Growth & Outreach Next Project: Our work with University Dining Services has expanded menu offerings of natural, organic and local foods. In 2004-05 Dining Services purchased: • more than 25,000 lbs of Jersey Fresh™ produce from local farms • over 7000 lbs of organic Oat & Honey Granola from Cascadian Farms • 2900 pounds of organic salad spring mix (all that was served) Organic fruits & vegetables are offered with season, price & availability. Every fall freshmen get reusable mugs. Frist, Café Viv & Chancellor Green offer discounts for reusable mugs. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Fair-Trade coffee is offered in all dining halls. energy conservation & renewables! •Advocated for and participated in creating & hiring a Sustainability Manager position. •All flour is unbleached. •All food waste is sent to a pig farm. Goals • All milk is BGH and Prosilac-free. •Panel June 2nd 4pm--Frist Multipurpose Rm A •Save energy & water GP Members visiting a local • 25% of our chicken is anti-biotic free. tomato farm •Panel on Environmental Justice, part of •Increase recycling •All napkins are unbleached & recycled. Pace’s Class Matters Series 2/23/06. Dining Services partnered with Monterey Bay Aquarium & serves •More green purchasing •Helped create & design Eco-reps, student almost all sustainable seafood (not over-fished & caught without •Grass-fed beef & milk employees of Building Services who raise endangering other species). All seafood is marked •Green building environmental awareness in dorms. with green, yellow or red dots to promote awareness. Coming Soon: all shell eggs will be free-range in 2006-07, organic herb garden at grad college & a farmer’s market on campus How’d we do?!? this fall with all local food! Grand Champion Standings Greening Princeton’s 1st project was 100% pcw recycled paper. Overall Rank Future goals: grass-fed beef, organic milk, School Name Recycling (of 93) Pollution & Resources Saved by the We began working with Rate (%) more organic & fair-trade products Princeton University Paper Policy 1 Cal State San Marcos 50.9% PAPER AND PURCHASING 2 3 4 Over 10 weeks, colleges and universities across the United States compete to see who can recycle the most, produce the least trash, and have the highest recycling rate. The 2006 competition was the most broad-reaching to date. More than 90 schools competed, including Harvard, Yale and.. Princeton! Find out more at www.recyclemaniacs.org 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Kalamazoo College Point Loma Nazarene University Colorado State Northwest Missouri State University Ball State University Middlebury College Youngstown State University University of California, Davis Tufts University Washington State University University of Colorado Boulder MIT Ithaca College Mount Holyoke College Princeton University Grinnell College Ohio University Portland State University Harvard University University of Vermont Brigham Young UMass Amherst Dickinson College Yale University 48.3% 44.2% 42.2% 40.7% 36.0% 35.7% 34.9% 34.8% 33.3% 33.1% 32.5% 30.1% 29.5% 29.4% 29.3% 28.7% 27.4% 26.8% 26.7% 25.4% 25.3% 24.5% 23.4% 22.9% the Purchasing 2005 Data Prepared by Greening Princeton using Department in 2001. Environmental Defense Paper Calculator We encouraged individual All Virgin 2005 Paper What we are saving 880 353 527 3,646 offices around campus to Wood Use tons tons tons trees 10,170 7,475 2,695 30 begin purchasing Total Energy million BTU's million BTU's MBTU's homes/year Sulfur dioxide 7,312 6,955 357 65 recycled paper, ran blind pounds pounds pounds 18-wheelers (SO ) 1,540,504 1,142,698 397,806 36 trials and took surveys of Greenhouse lbs CO lbs CO lbs CO Gases cars/year equiv. equiv. equiv. findings and opinions. Nitrogen 5,011 4,240 770 3 pounds pounds pounds 18-wheelers oxides (NOx) We helped dispel 3,326 2,494 832 74 Particulates pounds pounds pounds buses/year misconceptions about more info: Haz. Air 460 208 253 pounds pounds pounds recycled paper quality, http://www.princeton.edu/ Pollutants Vol. Organics 1,418 858 560 ~greening/paper.html pounds pounds pounds and worked directly with (VOCs) 87 35 52 Sulfur (TRS) pounds pounds pounds Boise to improve their product. Purchasing negotiated 5,580,487 3,847,878 1,732,608 3 Wastewater a price break with Boise if the entire school switched gallons gallons gallons swim. pools to Aspen 100, their 100% pcw product. We then convinced the Provost to adopt a 100% pcw purchasing mandate, presenting a report on current paper usage & working closely with the Princeton Environmental Oversight Committee. (web.princeton.edu/sites/peoc/ ) For more information: http://facilities.princeton.edu/dining/environment_com munity.htm 2 2 2 2 Look for recycled paper notebooks at the UStore. After 2 meetings with the folks who run the UStore, they decided to sell “Greening Princeton” notebooks! The school-wide mandate went into effect 4/1/2004. Our next goals: green cleaning products & carpeting. www.princeton.edu/~greening [email protected]