Princeton Environmental Reform Committee (PERC) Home Page

Last page update 2/25/98

The Princeton Environmental Reform Committee (PERC) is a group of students, graduate students, faculty, and staff that work with University Offices and departments to encourage responsible environmental management in the Princeton University community.

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• Other Princeton Environmental Resources
• How To Be GREEN
• Campus Environmental Resources
• Environmental Studies Programs
• Other Internet Environmental Resources
• Government Resources
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PERC Environmental Audit of Princeton University

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Solid Waste
• Chapter 2: Toxic Substances
• Chapter 3: Procurement
• Chapter 4: Food Services
• Chapter 5: Energy Use
• Chapter 6: Water Use
• Chapter 7: New Facilities
• Chapter 8: Academic Opportunities
• Chapter 9: Transportation
• Chapter 10: Other Areas of Impact
• Air Quality
• Pesticides
• Water Quality
• Conclusion

Princeton Environmental Resources

• Princeton Environmental Institute Guide to Campus Environmental Seminars
• Princeton Environmental Institute

Other Campus Environmental Resources

• Brown Is Green
• George Washington Green Initiative
• Princeton Environmental Institute Guide to campus Environmental Seminars
• Campus Blueprint for a Sustainable Future.
• Campus Blueprint for a Sustainable Future.
• Campus Earth Summit Description.
• Connecticutt College C-Green Page
• University of Buffalo - UB Green
• University of Wisconsin - Environmental Management
• WATGreen at the University of Waterloo, Canada
• Michigan State University
• Texas A&M University
• University of Kansas
• University of North Carolina
• University of Virginia
• UB Guide to Green Computing
• Students for Environmental Action
• University of Wisconsin at Madison Environmental Programs & Information
• EcoGopher at University of Virginia

Environmental Studies Programs

• Other Environmental Studies/Science Programs
• CREST Guide to Graduate Programs in Energy

Other Internet Environmental Resources

• A Guide to Environmental Resources on the Internet by Carol Briggs-Erickson and Toni Murphy.
• EARTH WAVE Directory
• Earth Day Hawaii 95
• Earthday Net Home Page
• The ENVIROLINK Network
• The ENVIROWEB
• Econet Gopher Services
• Rainforest Action Network
• GreenClips is a summary of recent articles in the media on sustainable design for buildings - green architecture - and related government and business issues. The one-page digital summary is published every two weeks.
• GreenClips Gopher archives
• A Screening Method for Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis for Industrial Material
• Environmental Politics & Policy Consulting

Government Resources

• The American Water Works Association - water conservation
• National Materials Exchange Network
• National Environmental Information Resources Center - George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPA Green Lights College & University Program
• National Pollution Prevention Center
• US Army Environmental Policy Institute
• Ohio Office of Energy Services
• Government Accounting Office Reports - "Blue Book" Reports - Electricity Supply: Consideration of Environmental Costs in Selecting Fuel Sources (Letter Report, 05/19/95, GAO/RCED-95-187).

  Via WWW:

  1. GAO Blue Book Reports
  2. Select GAO database (near bottom of 2nd screen),
  3. Perform search for document(s). For example, a KEYWORD search on a subject: "Welfare Reform", OR a KEYWORD search on a report number:> reportnum="HEHS-95-58" <(MUST use quotes in searches).
  4. Use the "m" command to mail the file to yourself.

Email Lists

• Green School List hosted by Brown University - This listserv focuses on improving campus environmental practices in such areas as recycling, waste reduction, energy conservation, and procurement. To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU. The body of the message should say: SUBSCRIBE GRNSCH-L your name.
• Environmental Studies List hosted by Brown University - Environmental studies discussion. This is a moderately active group discussing a variety of environmental issues often relating to education and teaching. To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU. The body of the message should say: SUBSCRIBE ENVST-L your name.
• Recycle List - This listserv focuses on a more general discussion of solid waste issues. To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: LISTPROC@ENVIROLINK.ORG. The body of the message should say: SUBSCRIBE RECYCLE your name
  Archives are available at Recycle Archives
• EarthDay List - To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: listproc@cornell.edu with no subject line. The body of the message should say: SUBSCRIBE EARTHDAY-L yourfirstname yourlastname
• Contract on the Environment List - To subscribe, send an email message to the following address: listserv@netcom.com with no subject line. The body of the message should say: SUBSCRIBE contract-env yourfirstname yourlastname

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