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Green Dorm Rooms: From the Archives
Dig deeper into these articles about green dorm rooms from the Planet Green and TreeHugger archives.
Creating Green Dorm Rooms
- Follow these tips to create a greener dorm room.
- UVM student Ross Nizle shows the steps to going solar in his dorm room.
- Get inspired by NYU's green move-out day event.
- And, if nothing else, consider hanging on to your dorm room purchases for as long as you can to reduce waste.
- Check out these tips on compact fluorescent light bulbs.
- Rest your head on a greener, healthier pillow with these eight options, including natural latex pillows.
- If you're looking to get a good deal on compact fluorescent light bulbs, Walmart may be a low-cost place to look.
- For those of you who need help in the dark, these are some great eco-nightlights.
- Cardboard lamps can go a long way to reducing your dorm "stuff load" -- whether you buy these, or make some yourself.
- Organic cotton sheets, like these at Bed Bath & Beyond, or others at Target are a good first step toward and eco-friendly dorm.
- Loop also makes organic cotton linens.
- Bamboo also makes great eco-sheets.
- Fair Trade is also an important consideration for the things you buy in a dorm room - particularly decorations and kitchen fixins like plates and bowls.
- If you want to go really all-out, and your bed isn't provided, consider a cardboard platform futon like this one from It Designs.
- USC was one of the first to open a green dorm back in 2004.
- Check out Pitzer College (in Souther California), who built a new dorm to LEED Gold standards.
- Students will be monitoring their way to better energy efficiency with the University of Richmond's slick new energy monitoring system.
- Concordia College is going green with both its buildings and curriculum with das BioHaus.
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