Made up of faculty, staff, and students, the HMSC Green Team helps advance environmentally sustainable practices at Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Environmental Sustainability at HMSC
Discover some of the resources available at HMSC that can help your unit, personnel, and students have a lighter impact on our coast and the planet.
Green Team virtual meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. Join online using this Zoom link.
Join us at the July 5th Cleanup
June Eco Challenge - Plant it Forward
- Repurpose containers for your seedlings and plants
- Make/use organic compost
- Grow local = Eat Local
- Greenscape your workspace
Are you growing your own food? Greenscaping your workplace? Using creative repurposed containers to start your seedlings?
Share these or other green practices on social media with a photo and #HatfieldEcoChallenge during the month of June so we can get great ideas from each other! Here are some ideas for this month.
Past Meeting Notes
- June 4, 2024
- May 7, 2024
- April 2, 2024
- More meeting Notes
Articles of Interest
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Zero Waste Island. Nice News, October 27, 2023
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Exploding lithium batteries are causing fires in Oregon's landfills. OPB, October 21, 2023
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Oregon's Bottle Bill Reaches a Huge Milestone. OPB, April 7, 2023
Become a Green Gremlin
(the good kind)
Want to know how to be involved in the HMSC Green Team but can't make the monthly meetings? Consider signing up to volunteer for a simple task!
Opportunity
- Green Gremlins needed to transport plastic film - The Green Team is currently looking for people who will volunteer to take the plastic film that accumulates in labeled bin in the Gladys Valley MSB mailroom over to the NexTrex bin at Fred Meyer or Safeway. Learn more and sign up to help
News You Can Use
Article: Understanding Oregon's New Shopping Bag Law. Newport News Time, Nov 16, 2023.
Science Daily News Feed: Recycling and Waste
Article: If you want to fix your own clothes, try this easy style of mending. NPR, June 3, 2023.
Article: The dirty secret of alternative plastics. Time, November 28, 2023.
Article: Can plastic recycling ever really work? New York Times, September 1, 2023.