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Save the World and Money: A Student Guide to Sustainable Practices at Berkeley

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Join the Students for a Greener Berkeley and discover how you can make a difference! In our initiative, we explore practical ways to reduce waste, conserve resources, and promote sustainable practices on campus and beyond. Learn to save paper, reduce food waste, conserve water, cut electricity use, and minimize gasoline consumption—easy steps that make a significant impact. Additionally, discover the importance of reusing and recycling, and get involved with campus organizations focused on environmental sustainability. Together, we can create a greener future!

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Save the World and Money: A Student Guide to Sustainable Practices at Berkeley

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  1. How to save the world(and money!) Presented by the Students for a Greener Berkeley

  2. What You Can Do, Part I: Reduce • Paper: • Don't print unnecessarily. • Use less napkins in the DC. • Ditto for paper towel usage. • Use “duplex” (two-sided) printing, if possible. • Use “multi-up” printing...

  3. Multi-Up Printing

  4. Multi-Up Printing

  5. Multi-Up Printing

  6. What You Can Do, Part I: Reduce • Food: • Sample, then pig out. • Take only the utensils you need. • Conserve your shopping bag usage. • Water: • Fix all leaking faucets. • Take faster showers – more time to study for this class!

  7. Per Capita Water Usage168 Gallons Per Day!

  8. Per Capita Water Usage168 Gallons Per Day! If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.

  9. What You Can Do, Part I: Reduce • Electricity: • Turn off the light after you leave a room. • This is true for dorms, campus buildings, etc.! • Power down during vacation • Use high-compact fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent...

  10. Compact Fluorescent vs. Incandescent http://nwbuildnet.com/stores/bm/lighting/cfl.html

  11. What You Can Do, Part I: Reduce • Gasoline and Natural Gas ($$$) • Invest in blankets, close windows, turn off the heat. • Carpool. • Use public transport. • Buy a motorcycle (easy parking). • Buy a bicycle.

  12. What You Can Do, Part II: Reuse • The Re-Use Program:http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~recycle/reuse/Below Eshlemen Hall • Used Reader/Notebook Drive • Salvaged Paper Notebooks • Salvaged Paper Collection • A whole bunch of used stuff: telephones, etc. • Their limiting resource is volunteers.

  13. What You Can Do, Part III: Recycle • Don’t throw anything away. • Aluminium is the most important to recycle: • Americans throw away enough aluminium every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. • It takes 20 times more energy to make a can from virgin ore than from recycled aluminum. http://www.anchoragerecycling.com/alumfact.htm

  14. What You Can Do, Part IV: Join an on Campus Group • Students for a Greener Berkeley –http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgb • Focusing on paper purchasing on campus. • The Environmental Coalition –www.berkeleyeco.org • Green Campus • GSPP - Environmental Policy Group • Re-Use - reuse_contact@berkeley.eduhttp://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~recycle/reuse/ Thanks for your attention!

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