Princeton University
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

The Office of Sustainability newsletter goes out to a list of 5,100 students, faculty and staff on the last Tuesday of every month and features job and volunteer opportunities, sustainability news, and report outs on Sustainability Action Plan goals.

The Office of Sustainability also maintains Instagram (3000+ followers) and YouTube accounts. These accounts focuses on sustainability as it relates to Princeton and often highlights global and local initiatives and topics. Additionally, the Office uses the accounts to publicize any related campus events and to highlight student initiatives and University sustainability progress. Princeton Sustainability's Youtube page has over 120,000 views and houses videos created by the Office of Sustainability’s award-winning documentarian. Videos range from updates on the Sustainability Action Plan, sustainability features on campus, sustainable living and more.

Princeton BUILDS campaign includes signage to highlight sustainability practices in construction projects, Frist Campus Center includes signage and timeline painted on the main staircase illustrating the Sustainability Action Plan goals and progress, centralized trash/recycling bins with instructional signage distributed across campus.

The Office of Sustainability provides sustainability-themed campus tours for departmental staff and student groups. The tour includes a presentation about the Sustainability Action Plan, starts at Frist Campus Center to explain Princeton BUILDS signage on sustainable construction materials, and a walk to various construction sites to highlight sustainable technologies like geoexchange, mass timber, bird safe glass, etc.

The Office of Sustainability offers a Green Your Dorm guide with tips on how to incorporate sustainability into the everyday student residential living experience. The guide is distributed to all first-year students during Orientation and the EcoReps refer to the guide during sustainability study breaks.