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GREEN INITIATIVES SHOWCASED ON DISPLAY BOARDS AROUND CAMPUS

Good �green� deeds are not going unnoticed at service locations throughout the campus. The Green UH student marketing team collaborated with its auxiliary partners to create Green Showcase boards. Each board will be proudly displayed within the location to demonstrate its green practices and products for all to see.

Since April 2011, the Green UH student team visited auxiliary locations around the campus to perform a �green audit� and discover the efforts being made by each business. Both dining halls on campus along with the C-stores, McAlister�s Deli, Chinese Star, Tealicious, UH Bookstore, Cougar Card and the University Copy Center took part in the green project.

�From this project, we wanted to present to our students the efforts already being made within our university services so they would be more aware of the steps UH is taking to become more green,� said Suong Le, student supervisor for the Green UH student marketing team. �We hope to increase the participation in our sustainability actions and for students to use these practices throughout the campus.�

The Green Showcase boards will serve as a visual reminder to patrons to go green and do their part in making our campus more sustainable. It also allows the businesses to pat themselves on the back for their efforts and examine ways to further their green initiative.

The boards may also teach students ways they can participate in the green practices and point out certain products that they can purchase to support sustainability. For example, the UH Bookstore sells reusable tote bags or the plastic cups and utensils used at McAlister�s Deli can be recycled. UH Dining Services is hopeful the boards in its facilities will inform students of lesser-known efforts it is making to go green as well.

�We�re very excited to have the boards going up,� said Amber Arguijo, marketing coordinator for UH Dining Services. �The reusable to-go program is pretty well known but many of the other green initiatives listed on our boards are not. It�s a great way to show what we are doing and to hopefully inspire others to join in on the movement.�

With the help of the Green Showcase boards, Green UH hopes to further educate the University of Houston campus about going green. For more information on what you can do to get involved, visit www.uh.edu/green.