Saluki Green Action Team
The Saluki Green Action team is made up of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of SIU who are committed to helping make our community more sustainable, starting with energy and water conservation. Our team members educate themselves and their peers by taking simple actions and developing habits that make a big difference.
Our overall goal is to increase awareness of individual and group collective campus actions and to measurably reduce SIU's carbon footprint, working toward the goal of zero impact.
Think you have what it takes? Sign up today!
Signing Up Options
Option 1
Signing up means that you'll receive a bi-weekly email, similar to what you see on our "Take Action!" page and our monthly Sustainable Salukis Newsletter.
Follow these steps to join the Saluki Green Action Team
(SUSTAINABILITY-L listserv):
- Send email to: LISTSERV@SIU.EDU
- The text of the email should contain the following command: SUB SUSTAINABILITY-L firstname lastname. For example:
To: listserv@siu.edu
From: John Doe <johndoe@siu.edu>
Subj: (Note: The subject line can be ignored when communicating with LISTSERV. )
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SUB SUSTAINABILITY-L John Doe
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You will receive a subscription confirmation and will be added to the Saluki Green Action Team.
Option 2
Sign up simply and quickly with this form. Our Sustainability team will add your name to the listserv for you.
Salukis Taking Action
SIU Volleyball player Gabriella Shepherd shows us how easy it is to take action when reporting a maintenance issue! Good save!
Resources
Light Switch Stickers
Light switch stickers are a great way to remember to "turn it off!" Stop by the Sustainability Hub today to get some for your space as a reminder to conserve energy and save money! See the images below as a guide to how the Sustainability Office and other Green Offices on campus have positioned these stickers on switches.
Energy Mythbusters
Myth: Halogen Lights are Super-Efficient
Busted:
- No, LED lights are super-efficient.
- Compact fluorescent lights are only a slight step behind.
- Halogen lights are just another type of incandescent bulb.
Myth: The higher you set your thermostat, the faster it will heat up a cold room.
Busted: Ideally, you wouldn't want to keep the thermostat off ong enough for a room to get cold. But, if you do, there is no way to "turbo charge" your heating system.
#SalukisConserve
Water Mythbusters
Myth: The globe is covered with water; we will never run out!
Busted: Yes, more than two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water. But, the water that is available for drinking is less than one percent and that one percent is threatened by pollution, overuse, and leakage.
Myth: Switching to a high-efficiency shower head will reduce water pressure and diminish the quality of my shower experience.
Busted: Today's high-efficiency showerheads are designed to maintain water pressure, with small tubules that carry water to each individual nozzle thus giving you a great shower experience while conserving water.
Water Mythbuster # 2: A leaking faucet will waste 200 gallons of water per month.
#SalukisConserve