• Green transport
Many campuses operate cycle hire or loan schemes. At Duke University in the US, for example, students can borrow bikes free of charge, using their student cards, and also bring in their own bikes for free repairs. At the University of Oslo, Norway, staff and students can use recharging stations for electric cars without charge, to promote this greener mode of travel.
• Awareness-raising events
P&P says 65% of UK universities now hold some kind of Environment or ‘Go Green’ week. Inter-university collaborations and competitions are also growing in popularity; in North America, universities compete in challenges such as ‘RecycleMania’ and ‘Do it in the Dark’, to recycle the most or save the most energy in a set period of time.