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Did you know that 41 pounds of junk mail are sent to the average American adult each year? And almost half of this mail is sent to the landfill unopened (source: 41pounds.org).

As University President Drew Faust stated during her announcement of the Harvard-wide Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal, “Taken together, the habits, the attitudes, and the creativity of every one of us have the potential to make a great difference, not just for Harvard in the here and now, but for the larger world and its future well-being [...].

Harvard Business School (HBS) sustainability efforts have caught the notice of quite a few people around campus...

Each year a few Green Skillet special projects are so successful that they warrant institutionalization across the board. The Green Grill is such a project and has proven a success in many kitchens this year. The Quincy dining hall staff have noticed a favorable trend in grill order waste since the bright green sign at the grill was posted.

Finding or giving away working surplus equipment, furniture, and books can reduce the environmental cost of production of brand new materials and disposal of the old, and of course it saves money.

Here are 6 ways you can optimize your chances of taking advantage of campus-wide sharing of equipment and supplies at FAS:

Michelle Gray and the staff at Dunster/Mather dining hall were searching for a different kind of special project for this year’s Green Skillet, a project with a larger impact than those they have pursued in the past and one that would get the Dunster/Mather community excited and involved. She wanted staff and students to take ownership of their own, individual environmental impact. But how?

Harvard Medical School now has two new hybrid Zipcars, the Prius “Pirrello” and Altima “Alley.” They are located in the Palace Parking lot between 180 and 164 Longwood Avenue. Harvard faculty, staff, students, post-docs and others working in the Longwood area are eligible to receive a discount on Zipcar memberships by signing up at zipcar.com/masco.

EcoChampions Crystal Stone, David Havelick, and Erin Beasley are school-wide leaders in greening the office practices at Harvard School of Public Health.

Did you know that the U.S. alone went through 50 billion plastic water bottles last year?

On a cold Tuesday afternoon this past November, while most HBS students were busy reading cases, working out in Shad or enjoying our daily naps, a few HBS Green Living Representatives were digging through bags of trash in an Allston facility.