Our family is growing!

Green Team Growth

96 Teams and 737

members!

New Green Teams of 2013

Hort WoodsDutton e-Education

InstituteOutreach Building Green

Planners

Learn Green

Athletics

Psychology DepartmentPenn State Altoona Earth

Angels

Penn State Altoona DUS Advising

Sentencing Commission

OPP D&C

Labor & Employment Relations

Sparks

Green Weavers

Where does your Green Team Stand?

90% have support

from their Superviso

r

85% have

identified their goals

40% have established

communication systems

32% wrote a Mission Statement

Green Paws Growth

93 Offices Registered and Participating!

Green Paws Growth

We’re Getting There!

Green Teams and Green Paws:UNITE!

Dare to dream to be at 100%?

62%

31%

Take on a Challenge!

84% of Green Team Members complete in the

Holiday Shutdown!

56% of Green Team Members Complete in the 12% Challenge!

87% of participants found it easy

to engage others!

96% of participants are eager to

try again next year!

What you like

After some surveying, we’ve found that Green Team Members,

both at University Park and across the

Commonwealth want to learn more about Recycling,

Energy and Water.

Turning sustainable ideas into actions!

Green Teams with Paws

Four of our units completed the Green Paws Program level 4! Educational Equity was the first to do this- making us and President Erickson proud!

Educational Equity Green Team

Green Teams with PawsThe Larson Institute, also known as the Gregarious Green Lions, completed Level 4 of Green Paws as well this year!

Gregarious Green Lions with Erik Foley

Around the CommonwealthOn June 10, Penn State New Kensington’s Green Team set up a table at the Alcoa Green Fair to spread the word about sustainability!

Throughout the afternoon, they taught others about Green Paws, Green Teams, and how to participate in all the parts of sustainability at Penn State!

Composting Conference

Penn State New Kensington also

hosted a Composting

Conference this past April to inform

others on how to get composting

programs started, what can and cannot be composted, and more in order to get themselves closer to

Zero Waste!

Doing it all!Posting weekly "Green Minute Message & Photo" on electronic message boards on campus.

Implemented "energy saver button" project for all campus copiers.

Hosted a composting seminar with student Eco Club with nearly 30 campus/community members participating.

Sponsored an environmental photography exhibit Co-sponsored Earth Day activities

Worked with student marketing class who conducted research on signage and use of campus recycling bins.

Hosted Green Team meeting with lecturer Brandy Brooks, Boston-Metro West Regional Director for the Food Project

Encouraged campus-wide participation in 12% Energy Challenge --- earned honorable mention.

Keep it up Penn State DuBois Green Team!

Outreach’s Earth Day events!

The Outreach Building Green Team held an Earth Day event for all of Innovation Park- with great activities, games, and chances to meet and mingle with the fellow Green Teamers!

Shaver’s Creek saves!

Shaver’s Creek, who is constantly striving to be more sustainable, has done it again and added even more energy saving appliances to their premises! By using

ductless mini-splits, they are able to heat and cool their water in one machine- saving energy and money!

Energy ReductionThe HUB Green Team has implemented an Appliance Policy

for all Union and Student Activities Staff so that new appliances are energy efficient and used thoughtfully.

UHS has stopped the use of individual fridges- and rather uses 4 extra large fridges for the whole building, saving total energy

and increasing the efficiencies of the fridges used!

New Student Orientation

At the Shenango Campus“Creating a "paperless" orientation packet on USB drives for

incoming students “

“[We’ve put] ‘Landfillll - Are you sure?’ Stickers on every bag given to students attending New

Student Orientation showing the recycling bins in the building and encouraging folks to join our

efforts !” HUB Green Team

Bringing in others!

“We expanded from a department only Green Team to a building Green Team by recruiting members from the other department…”

“…We also started collecting yogurt cups and beauty products for Terracycle brigades.”

School of Languages and Literatures Green Team

Smeal began their own No Styrofoam Campaign!

With this simple sign, Smeal was able to stop hundred of cups from life in a landfill!

Paper Reduction

The Registrar’s Office Green Team has reduced their waste through use of recycled-content paper, printing on both sides, and using more electronic files than printed paper ones! They saved $4,000 in one year!

Shenango hosted an Earth Fest for the Beaver, Greater Allegheny, DuBois, Behrend, and Fayette Campuses!

IT is everywhere!To make and meet strategic and long-lasting goals, the IT Leadership Council formed the Sustainability Working Group to assess and implement best practices for printing, purchasing, data storage and other IT initiatives!

Strategic Planning

These units have begun their own Sustainability Strategic Plans!

Easy ways to increase your Green Team’s efforts!

Use rechargeable

batteries!

Ask caterers not to bring

new utensils- or ask for

compostable ones!

For food, make it local and organic!

Green Teams are reaching others!

75% of teams organized formal programs

And Reached

over

3,000 Penn

Staters

Energy reduction test – coming right up! Thursday, June 20th from 4 to 5pm

Paul Ruskin wants you to:• Flip the switch!• Unplug chargers• Shut the doors and

windows when the AC is on (What, were you raised in a barn?)