2007-2008 Fellows
Sustainability Fellows Tamara Powers-Drutis and Kyle Morean make sustainability accessible to student leadership and living
No-waste picnic held for first year students and families! Thanks to Tamara Powers-Drutis and PLU Dining and Catering Services!
What has PLU done to become more sustainable?
Morken Center earns LEED Gold 
KPLU story
What is LEED?
Recycling
"Can the Can" exchanged 250 1.5 liter cans for garbage cans! more information
Green Cleaning
Cleaning Services uses
products that minimize environmental pollution, including toxic-free
cleaners and paper products made from 100% recycled material. More information
Sustainable Food Movement
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Becky Mares, one of the organic garden directors, talks with a community member at the Sustainable Food Fair
Water Conservation
» The
remodeled Stuen, Xavier, Ordahl, and Foss halls have reduced water usage with the
installation of low-flow toilets and faucet motion sensors and faucet
aerators.
» A bioswale near South Hall collects and naturally treats stormwater runoff from the parking lot.
» Drought-tolerant native plants continue to be planted around campus to reduce the need for watering during the summer.
» Water conservation campaign posters
When it comes to conservation, no project is too great or too small and every measure helps.
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Meeting minutes
Power of GREAN
PLU students work on issues from food sustainability to carbon emissions reduction.
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"The wise
use of water is quite possibly the truest measure of human intelligence..."
- David Orr, Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College and PLU Earth Day Speaker, April 2003
Running out of it
The
Pacific Northwest is defined by water. For those of us who live here,
we've not only learned to live with it, we've learned to love it. Water
is, in large part, what makes the Pacific Northwest an extraordinary
place.
And now, we are running out of it. In fact, experts say the Puget Sound
region is near the limits of its water resources.
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