Everyday Sustainability (2024)

Here are a few simple steps you can take in everyday life. This list is by no meansexhaustive, and it will change - so send us your own ideas! For more information,click on the tabs to the left.

1. Turn off the lights

   When you leave the room. During the day, use natural light!

2. Use the recycle bins whenever possible.

   Waste Management provides CLU's single stream recycling services.

   See Also

   Goal 17: Partnerships for the GoalsBenefits of international partnershipsThe Sustainable Development AgendaBackground on the goals

3. Use reusable containers for snacks, water, and other drinks.

   Bring your own lunch instead of driving off campus, or eat in the campus dining facilities.

4. Turn off your air conditioning.

   Or at least turn it down.

5. Drink tap water!

   Click here to learn about the beautiful, wonderful water in Thousand Oaks.

   See Also

   Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development — SDG Indicators

6. Plant a garden.

   Or a window box. Just grow something and then eat it.

7. Take shorter showers

   Do fuller loads of laundry.

8. Bike, walk, and skateboard

   Often as you can.

9. Buy locally grown produce

   Make it Fair Trade and/or organic whenever possible.

10. Unplug

    Chargers, coffee pots, and other items that draw phantom power.