Kresge College Water Conservation Month is March 2009

Pledge your efforts to reduce and reuse water in your household and office, and receive a free toolkit, including kresge suds, tips, and other resources. On March 1, go to the Kresge Water Savings page for more information, http://kresge.ucsc.edu/water

MAKE YOUR PLEDGE RIGHT HERE!

Everything & Anything You Do Will Helps - Reduce Your Use

Turn off the water when you brush your teeth, soaping your hands, shaving, washing dishes, etc.

Shorten your Showers by 20% by turning off the water when shampoo or lather. Or just take shorter showers.

Don’t let dishes sit out. Fill a sink and soak them to keep food from hardening onto pots, pans, silverware, plates, etc.

Talk to your housemates about a flushing and cleaning protocol for your toilet.

Only run full loads in your laundry or dishwashing machine.

Report any plumbing or fixture leaks via fixit.ucsc.edu

Don’t Contaminate the Water You Use - Allow for Re-use

Use reused dishwater to water plants, indoor or outdoor.

For more tips and tools to reduce your water consumption, go to kresge.ucsc.edu/water

Don’t dump your unused medicines, cleaning solvents, paints, dyes, detergents, lotions, down the drain. Find a depot.* You can have your hazardous materials picked up through fixit.ucsc.edu. You can drop off old medications, ointments, creams, etc. at the UCSC Health Center.

Use only phosphate-free, dye-free, biodegradable cleaners.

Vinegar, Baking Soda, Calcium Carbonate, and Castille Soap are all you need for 99% of household cleaning.

Don’t use commercial drain or oven cleaners, they are unneccesary, toxic, and usually won’t work at Kresge.

Think BEFORE you buy a hazardous chemical or product. There are always alternatives.

Commercial meat manufacturing is one of the largest consumers of water. If you eat meat, eat less, eat local.

*For more tips and tools to reduce your water consumption, go to kresge.ucsc.edu/water

Join the college in pledging your conservation efforts at kresge.ucsc.edu/water or join us at our kick-off event on Thursday, February 26 at 4pm in front of R11.

Every gallon is saved or reclaimed is a gallon earned for the future.