Housing and Dining

Your 2012-2013 Green Team Recycling Schedule

• Monday: 10am-12noon - Katie & Zoe
• Tuesday 12-4pm - Maddy 12-2pm -
  Greg 2-4pm - Katie & Zoe

• Thursday 11am-1pm Aaron, Adrianne, & Greg
• Friday - 11am-1pm Aaron & Adrianne

• Collect recycling in centralized areas within the residence halls.


• Put on educational programs.


• Keep Office Hours.
  our office hours will be posted here for Spring term.


• Promote Sustainability

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Madelyn Twain

• Year in School: 3rd year
• Major: Mathematics

• Why are you on the Green Team: I’m on Green Team because it helps me stay involved on campus and I get the added bonus of  helping keep our campus clean and earth friendly

• What does being Sustainable mean to you: Sustainability means using all of the resources that I have been given to their fullest extent.

• How do you live the Green Dream: Turn off the lights when I leave a room, don’t leave the water running, use reusable bags when I go grocery shopping, and most importantly I recycle

Greg Meza

• Year in school: Senior
• Major: Criminal Justice

• Why are you on Green Team: It is important to be responsible for what is recycled on campus and keeping our campus sustainable.

• What does sustainability mean to you: Sustainability is important on our WOU campus due to our involvement with recycling and composting for our environment.

• How do you live the Green Dream: I live the green dream by doing my part in recycling on campus as well as my own at home within our community.

Zoë H. Zellers

• Year in School: Junior
• Major: Communications

• Why are you on Green Team: I wanted some way to be on a bigger scale, more involved with on-campus recycling and green initiatives. I wanted to help

• What does being sustainable mean to you: Things as simple as turning off the lights or not letting the water run while brushing your teeth, but also on a larger scale like making multiple stops when I go out not driving back and forth to places. Plus reducing my carbon footprint.

• How do you live the Green Dream: I’m a vegetarian; I have been for all of my life. I recycle EVERYTHING I can and try to pre-cycle by not buying individually packaged items. I don’t forget to turn off the lights.

Schuyler Asman

• Year in School: Graduated
• Major: Higher Ed

• Why are you on Green Team: I came to WOU from PSU, which has a big sustainability initiative, I was also looking for a work place that values sustainability and the housing department here has that passing with me.

• What does being Sustainable mean to you: It’s about being smart and thinking ahead. It’s more than just recycling, it’s thinking about how your actions will affect the future.

• How do you live the Green Dream: Sustainability is a huge part of my life. I integrate it into my life style, the decisions I make, the products I buy, and the activities I do.

Aaron Corcoran

• Year in school: Junior
• Major: Computer Science

• Why are you on Green Team: I am on green team so I can help educate students on how to recycle properly

• What does being sustainable mean to you: To me sustainability means recycling materials that can be recycled, reusing materials that can be reused, and finding a more efficient source of energy.

• How do you live the green dream:I live the green dream by recycling, cutting down my energy use, educating others about recycling, and trying to buy products locally.

Adrianne Schneider

• Year in School: Junior
• Major: Psychology

• Why are you on Green Team: Because I live the Green Dream

• What does being Sustainable Mean to You: It means being careful about Recycling

• How do you live the Green Dream: by recycling