How to save the world (and money!)

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How to save the world(and money!)

• Presented by the Students for a Greener Berkeley

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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...

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Multi-Up Printing
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Multi-Up Printing
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Multi-Up Printing
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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!

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

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Compact Fluorescent vs. Incandescent
Cost Comparison Chart 27 Watt Compact Fluorescent 100 Watt Incandescent
Cost of Lamps 14.00 0.50
Lamp Life 1642.5 days (4.5 years) 167 days
Annual Energy Cost 5.91 21.90
Lamps Replaced in 4.5 years 0 10
Total Cost 40.60 103.55
Savings Over Lamp Life 62.95 0
http//nwbuildnet.com/stores/bm/lighting/cfl.html
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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.

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What You Can Do, Part II Reuse

• The Re-Use Programhttp//www.ocf.berkeley.edu/r
  ecycle/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.

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What You Can Do, Part III Recycle

• Dont 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

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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_at_berkeley.eduhttp//www.ocf
  .berkeley.edu/recycle/reuse/
• Thanks for your attention!