January 7, 2002—Universities involved in the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program: Green Investment, Green Return have found these creative ways to save energy:
- Dartmouth College saves $10,000 a year by creating fertilizer out of kitchen food waste.
- New toilets and water fixtures at Columbia University saved $235,000 in addition to 8 million cubic feet of water.
- Cornell University saved more than $3 million by “getting students and faculty out of their cars” and increasing use of public transportation and car pooling, saving 417,000 gallons of gas and preventing the emissions of 6.7 million pounds of carbon dioxide.
- Chemistry classes saved University of Minnesota $70,000 a year by using fewer chemicals.
- University of Colorado-Boulder recycled 9,880 tons of paper. Their world award-winning program saved the university $107,000 a year.
For more information about current campus projects, visit the National Wildlife Federation.
