University Libraries EcoNuts Committee We're the group that will help keep the University Libraries as green as possible! Check here to find tips, links, and more. Mission Statement Promote and educate Libraries’ staff and patrons about sustainable practices at the Libraries to decrease unnecessary waste of renewable and non-renewable resources. The Committee will work to raise individual awareness and inspire creative ways of recycling everyday resources through alternative thinking and collaboration with campus groups and initiatives.

Tip of the Week

WSU Aluminum Bottles Are Here! Sleek, reusable, shiny, and green. Be the first on your block to model the latest in portable sustainable hydration! The WSU Unclassified Staff Council is selling these aluminum bottles for $7.50. This is a great deal! See Mary Healea at the Dunbar Library Circulation Desk to buy yours today! Cash only, please. 100% of proceeds go to the Campus Scholarship Fund so not only are you helping the environment and the quality of your water consumption, but you’re helping WSU students get their education, too!

Local Information

• Lot 15 by Diggs Lab: Spaces for carpool and fuel-efficient vehicles. Call Parking & Transportation (5690) to get a tag(s) for your carpool vehicles(s). Parking services has a list of fuel-efficient vehicles and they will check to make sure the cars parked in those spaces are on the list.
• Wright State Physical Plant - Campus Recycling Information
  
• Ohio Dept of Natural Resources - Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention
  
• Earth 911 - Ohio Programs
  
• Greene County Environmental Services
  
• Montgomery County Solid Waste District
  
• Greater Dayton RTA
  
• Drive Less Live More -- Dayton area
  
  

General Information

• Ecological Footprints Ecological Footprint Quiz
  
• Personal CO2 Calculator
  
• 100 Ways to Save the Environment
  
  

Green Living

• Care2
  
• Earth Day Network
  
• Empowerment Institute Sustainable Lifestyle Program
  
• EVO
  
• Freecycle
  
• Gaiam
  
• Green Guide
  
• Grist
  
• Ideal Bite
  
• Lime
  
• Low Impact Living
  
• Second Nature
  
• Sprig
  
• Treehugger
  
• Veria
  

Blogs

• Freedom Blog
  
• Green Thinkers Blog
  

Other Resources

• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
  
• Earthwatch Institute
  
• The Jane Goodall Institute
  
• Sustainability Institute
  
• World Wildlife Fund