The Larson Institute’s Green Team, the Gregarious Green Lions, is the institute’s focal point for identifying and implementing sustainability practices that save money for the Larson Institute and reduce its resources user footprint. The institute is currently operating at Level Three of the Penn State Green Paws program. Work toward achieving Level Four is in progress.

The team has moved quickly to implement and extend sustainability practices. These include:

• Reduced energy usage to a minimum (lights, computers, printers, appliances)
• Recycling of materials in addition to the University-wide collection (#1 through #7 plastics and lids, candy bar wrappers, chip bags, coffee bags, CDs)
• Composting

For more information on how you can get involved, contact team leader Lisa O’Hara at lao3@psu.edu and 865-1893.