www.princeton.edu/~greening greening@princeton.edu

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!

Our work with University Dining Services has expanded menu offerings of natural, organic and local foods.

Pollution & Resources Saved by thePrinceton University Paper Policy

2005 Data Prepared by Greening Princeton using Environmental Defense Paper Calculator

880 353 527 3,646tons tons tons trees

10,170 7,475 2,695 30million BTU's million BTU's MBTU's homes/year

7,312 6,955 357 65pounds pounds pounds 18-wheelers

1,540,504 1,142,698 397,806 36lbs CO2

equiv.lbs CO2

equiv.lbs CO2

equiv. cars/year

5,011 4,240 770 3pounds pounds pounds 18-wheelers

3,326 2,494 832 74pounds pounds pounds buses/year

460 208 253pounds pounds pounds

1,418 858 560pounds pounds pounds

87 35 52pounds pounds pounds

5,580,487 3,847,878 1,732,608 3gallons gallons gallons swim. pools

2005 Paper What we are savingAll Virgin

Total Energy

Wood Use

Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

Greenhouse Gases

Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

Particulates

Haz. Air Pollutants

Wastewater

Sulfur (TRS)

Vol. Organics (VOCs)

PAPER AND PURCHASINGPAPER AND PURCHASINGGreening Princeton’s 1st project was 100% pcw recycled paper.

We began working with the Purchasing Department in 2001. We encouraged individual offices around campus to begin purchasing recycled paper, ran blind trials and took surveys of findings and opinions. We helped dispel misconceptions about recycled paper quality, and worked directly with

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/ ) The school-wide mandate went into effect 4/1/2004. Our next goals: green cleaning products & carpeting.

Boise to improve their product. Purchasing negotiated a price break with Boise if the entire school switched

more info: http://www.princeton.edu/

~greening/paper.html

22.9%Yale University25

23.4%Dickinson College24

24.5%UMass Amherst23

25.3%Brigham Young22

25.4%University of Vermont21

26.7%Harvard University20

26.8%Portland State University19

27.4%Ohio University18

28.7%Grinnell College17

29.3%Princeton University16

29.4%Mount Holyoke College15

29.5%Ithaca College14

30.1%MIT13

32.5%University of Colorado -

Boulder12

33.1%Washington State

University11

33.3%Tufts University10

34.8%University of California,

Davis9

34.9%Youngstown State

University8

35.7%Middlebury College7

36.0%Ball State University6

40.7%Northwest Missouri

State University5

42.2%Colorado State4

44.2%Point Loma Nazarene

University3

48.3%Kalamazoo College2

50.9%Cal State San Marcos1

Overall Recycling Rate (%)

School NameRank

(of 93)

Grand Champion StandingsHow’d we do?!?

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

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.Fair-Trade coffee is offered in all dining halls.

For more information: http://facilities.princeton.edu/dining/environment_community.htm

GP Members visiting a local

tomato farm

•All flour is unbleached. •All food waste is sent to a pig farm. • All milk is BGH and Prosilac-free. • 25% of our chicken is anti-biotic free.•All napkins are unbleached & recycled.

Dining Services partnered with Monterey Bay Aquarium & serves almost all sustainable seafood (not over-fished & caught without

endangering other species). All seafood is marked 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 this fall with all local food! Future goals: grass-fed beef, organic milk, more organic & fair-trade products

Greening Princeton works to improve the relationship between the University

and the environment.We identify and find solutions to campus practices with harmful

environmental consequences.  We work with administrators, meeting with them regularly and developing strong

relationships.    

We listen to their concerns & constraints to see how we can make

our ideas work with their mission. We start with low- or no-cost projects and

we supply research, advocate for funding, increase & document student support, do footwork, or simply cheer

them on.

Our emphasis on collaboration makes Greening Princeton

unique and effective.  Administrators are often

interested in environmental initiatives but constrained by time

or money.So: We help. 

Growth & Outreach•Advocated for and participated in creating & hiring a Sustainability Manager position.

•Panel June 2nd 4pm--Frist Multipurpose Rm A

•Panel on Environmental Justice, part of Pace’s Class Matters Series 2/23/06.

•Helped create & design Eco-reps, student employees of Building Services who raise environmental awareness in dorms.

Next Project: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions:

energy conservation & renewables!Goals•Save energy & water

•Increase recycling

•More green purchasing

•Grass-fed beef & milk

•Green building

For a healthier relationship between Princeton

and the environment

Take one below!