It’s not easy going green but the Office of Campus Life is committed to getting there any way. Through the program created by the student-run group Eco-Sense, the office is determined to have a minimum of 75% of its departments Eco-Certified by June 2009.

The Eco-Certification process includes an hour-long training by Eco-Sense members. This training goes over many of the basic actions deemed necessary to be considered a green office at AU. A list of 44 items is then distributed (via email, of course, so as not to waste paper) for offices to use as a guideline to creating an eco-friendly working environment. Only 24 of these items need to be checked off in order to receive the Eco-Certified Office title that comes with an attractive sticker that has offices racing to finish the list. 

“It’s exciting to see the entire department come together like it has to meet this goal,” said Halley Ofner, the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of OCL. “I’m proud to say that our office is officially Eco-Certified-we have the stickers to prove it!”  

The Office of the Vice President of Campus Life is one of the first offices to obtain this title (others include New Student Programs and Judicial Affairs and Mediation Services), completing 40 actions and making the entire office extremely proud of their newly formed eco-habits.