School of Business Green Team

About the Green Team

In 2009 the School of Business nominated Mark Strand, Assistant to the Associate Dean, to serve as the school's ambassador to the university's Center for Sustainability. Mark quickly realized the scale of this responsibility and rallied a team of staff and faculty volunteers to form the Green Team. The Green Team works to education and engage the students, staff and faculty of Summerfield Hall on three key initiatives:

1. To increase recycling rates in Summerfield Hall.
2. To strengthen individual commitments to resource conservation by encouraging students, staff and faculty to turn off lights and computers when not in use, conserve office supplies and use less paper.
3. To promote a shift toward more sustainable methods of personal transportation such as walking, biking or using public transportation.

• Webpage for Green Team information and efforts
• Slogans for School of Business recycling and for sustainability program
• Communication with students, faculty, and staff
• Signage for directions to recycle locations in Summerfield Hall
• University Green Office program participation
• Student involvement and Earth Day participation

• Office and classroom recycling of newspaper, bottles/cans, and paper
• Recycle e-waste, batteries, calculators, and toner cartridges
• Recycle or reuse discarded printer/copier paper
• Reuse or recycle donated faculty books

• Turn off lights, appliances, computers, and printers when not in use

• Purchase paper made with percentage of recycled content
• Reduce paper by using electronic documents and duplex copying and printing
• Conserve office supplies by reusing those that can be reused
• Use furniture from KU Surplus Furniture Program whenever possible
• Reduce use of break area consumable items

• Encourage using buses or ride sharing for commuting to campus

Ambassadors to the Ku Center for Sustainability