What can you do?

Samford students, faculty and staff each have a role to play in environmental stewardship. Pledging to participate in just one recommendation listed below will help our institutional efforts.

Buy Green

• Order Green products for your office, residence halls and courses. You can purchase Green paper, pens, electronics and a multitude of other items. These products are those that reduce waste, energy or chemical use. Office Deport has categorized products as Just Green, Light Green or Dark Green based on their environmental impact. For more information browse the Office Deport Green Catalog. The Purchasing Office is currently planning an office product fair focused on Green products. Check the Green Events section of this site for updates.

Reduce Energy

• Use energy efficient personal appliances. The U.S. Department of Energy has a site to assist you in calculating link at energy use. Click here for more information.
• Make sure your office computer, printer and copier is off at the end of the day.
• Set your computer to enter hibernate/sleep mode while your are away from your office or residence hall room for more than 30 minutes.
• Turn out the lights when you are away from your office.
• Use compact fluorescent bulbs in your lamps.
• Turn off powerstrips when not in use. Appliances use energy even when turned off if they are plugged in.
• If you are the last person to leave a classroom, turn off the light.

Reduce Waste

• Use the web and email to publish and distribute documents rather than printing copies.
• Use a coffee mug rather than styrofoam cups.
• Print double-sided.
• Take only the number of napkins you need when dining in the Food Court or Cafe.
• Recycle printer cartridges.
• Only print emails when necessary. Click here for an icon that can be added to the bottom of your outgoing emails to remind people to think before they print. (Right click on the link and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save the file to your computer.)