What You Can Do
As Sustainability Ambassadors and members of the campus community, your involvement and ideas are invaluable to making Princeton a more sustainable place to work and live. The following table includes various ways in which you can help the University continue making progress toward achieving our sustainability goals. Please send additional suggestions to us at sustain@princeton.edu.
Topic |
Princeton's Goal |
What You Can Do |
Resources |
| Communication | Expand discourse about sustainability | Learn about and help publicize information and events |
Visit our sustainability website and calendar Subscribe to our newsletter Friend us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter |
| Energy | Reduce CO2 to 1990 levels by 2020 |
Propose energy-saving opportunities |
Contact sustain@princeton.edu with suggestions |
| Download and post energy-saving signage | Coming soon! | ||
| Food | Increase sustainable food purchases to 75% by 2020 | Purchase sustainable food for events |
Visit the sustainable dining website Contact salati@princeton.edu with requests and suggestions (Sarah Salati Bavuso, Special Events Manager of Dining Services) |
| Volunteer in the campus organic gardens | Contact garden@princeton.edu | ||
| Purchasing | Encourage use of sustainable goods and services | Purchase greener office supplies | Check out Office Max's environmentally preferable products |
| Transportation | Reduce commuter cars by 15% by 2020 | Learn about or sign up for Transportation Demand Management programs | See all TDM programs |
| Waste and Recycling | Reduce waste by 40% by 2020 and increase recycling | Request a paper/plastic/glass recycling bin | Contact Building Services at 8-3490 or Facilities Customer Service at 8-8000 |
| Request a filtered tall spout for a fountain or sink | Contact sustain@princeton.edu with suggestions | ||
| Display recycling signage | Download and display recycling signage | ||
| Water | Reduce water usage by 25% by 2020 | Identify water-saving opportunities (e.g. adding low-flow fixtures) | Contact sustain@princeton.edu with suggestions |
| Display water-saving signage | Coming soon! |
