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EASY AS BINGO: MAKE A GREEN PLEDGE,WIN COOL PRIZES(like a dinner or two at Agricola!)

bring your pledge to the Pledge Campaign Table to get your photo & rafe ticket.

From sustainable sea-food to local produce,Princetons dining is a

leader--take advantage!

Pledge to bea conscious

eater

by choosing local &organic and going Veg-etarian once a week to

save energy

Princeton used 197 Mil-lion Gallons of water lastyear despite our water-

saving faucets.

Pledge toquench our

camPus thirst

by taking shorter show-ers, turning off the tap,

and only running fullloads of laundry.

Freebie

Pledge tocome to earth

daYNow that youre here, its

time to make adifference!

Our paper may berecycled, but the

sheets we use in a

year could stretchfrom Princeton to

Salt Lake City!

Pledge tosave trees

by printing double-

sided and reusingscratch paper.

With its CoGen plant andSolar Field, Princetonsenergy is cutting-edge,

but we still use a lot!

Pledge tosave

electricitY

by replacing your lightswith LEDs & CFLs, turn-ing off the light when yougo out, and pulling theplug when you leave.

Its more fun making a

difference together!

Pledge tojoin a

grouP

working for a greenercampus. For a list of

groups, see the back ofthis card.

Personal actions areimportant, but those ofour leaders can be even

more impactful.

Pledge toeFFect change

by writing a senator, con-gressman, or institutionalleader about an environ-

mental issue.

Did you know the aver-age bottled water takes3 bottles of water and1/4 a bottle of oil to

produce?

Pledge to get

a reusablebottle

and ll up at the manyDrinkLocal stations on

campus!

Princetons recycling rateis just 42%. W

e can

do better!

Pledge to

reuse &recYcle

-paper&cardboard in blue bins-plastic #1-#7, cans, and glass

bottles in labeled bins-plastic bags in laundry rooms

-writing utensils at the

Frist Greenspace

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HELP EARTH DAY BE A ZERO WASTE EVENT!-The Chinet Ice Cream Bowls are made from recycled newspaper and are 100%compostable! DO YOUR PART BY COMPOSTING THEM ONSITE!-The Bamboo Sporks are made from a fast-growing renewable resource, and arereusable and compostable. TAKE THEM HOME AND REUSE THEM!-All Printed Materials use 30% Post-Consumer Waste, Forest Sustainability Counciland Rainforest Alliance-certied Paper. SHARE OR RECYCLE THIS CARD WHEN DONE!-Event waste will be composted through the Princeton Township curbside GreenWaste program.

GUEST SPEAKER: Albe Zakes, Global PR VP at TerraCycle, IncStarted by a Princeton student, TerraCycle is a cutting-edge recyclingcompany thats tackling new challenges like cigarette butt and diaperrecycling by partnering with major brands. Albe will tell us more at 5:30.

@ Earth Day 2013

GREENING PRINCETON organizes on-campus sustainability initiativeslike Waste Reduction, Greening Athletics, Greening Dorms, and Greeningthe Street. ohoward@ or msemenov@

SURGE (Students United or a Responsible Global Environment) is anadvocacy group for action on climate change, currently spearheading theDivest Princeton campaign. islederm@

GREENING DINING is a subcommittee that meets directly with DiningServices every month to make the food we eat better for the environmentand for our health. cherskov@

SUSTAINABLE FASHION INITIATIVE is dedicated to cultivating aculture of sustainability in the fashion industry and runs fashion contests,shows, and speakers. mapartri@

THE GARDEN PROJECT runs an organic garden near Forbes College,

supplying the dining hall with fresh produce and demonstrating how stu-dents can take local food production into their own hands. npeyton@

THE BEE TEAM cares for a set of hives at the West Windsor elds, pro-ducing yummy honey every year and educating the campus communityabout the ecological importance of bees. bdenzer@

THE PRINCETON OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY is the department atPrinceton dedicated to setting and meeting ambitious sustainability goals.

The ofce runs the GreenLeaders consortium, which unies all thesegroups to work on initiatives like Earth Day.www.princeton.edu/sustainability/

Beechtree FarmDivest PrincetonEngineers without BordersFair Trade PrincetonHoney Brook Farm

Outdoor ActionOITPrinceton Environmental InstituteSmart CarTerraCycle

Other Groups at Earth Day