*Buy more local and organic products. Local food means less fossil fuel expended.
*When buying cleaning products, purchase products that are labeled green.
*Walk or ride your bike instead of driving.
*Don't water your garden during the peak hours of sunlight; instead do it in the morning or at night.
*Plant native drought tolerant plants.
*Buy fluorescent light bulbs.
*Use re-usable water bottles.
*Enable your computer to go into sleep mode.
*Don't leave your computer on all night.
*Use the natural light from your window instead of turning on the lights.
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As California takes strides toward reducing its carbon footprint, jobs in the green sector are rapidly increasing. From 1995 to 2008, core green economy employment in California grew 36 percent. This is almost triple California’s total employment growth over the same period, only 13 percent.
Did you know that 25 percent of the water that goes into growing food is wasted? Or that it takes 37 gallons of water to make a cup of coffee, 634 gallons of water to make a hamburger and 1,800 gallons of water to make a pair of jeans? Or that one day of electricity at home uses about five gallons of water? There is an incredible amount of hidden water used to produce the food we eat and the items we consume. Consequently, about 2.7 billion people are affected by global water shortages each year.
Salad bars are no longer the only way students can get their daily dose of green in their dorm experience. Dining halls around CSU campuses are turning into healthy, fresh and eco-friendly hubs of sustainable eating and green education.
