By LAUREN HALLIGAN
Features Editor
1.   Wait until your hamper is full. Not only does this save how much water and energy you use, but also your detergent, which is expensive!
2.   No lollygagging in the shower. Each second you are in there wastes more water. Do what you need to do and get out into the real world!
3.   Notes Are Not Trash. The end of the semester is upon us, and there are a few things you can do with your old notebooks: save them for future reference, let them sit around never to be looked at again, or recycle them! That’s a lot of paper. Also, if you did not fill up the entire notebook, use it again next semester!
4.   A textbook is a terrible thing to waste. If you are going to read it again, hang onto it. However, in most cases, you are not. Sell them back, put them online, or lend them to a friend. Someone else will appreciate it.
5.   Use public transportation. It’s free! The CDTA buses run all day and have a ton of convenient routes.
6.   Or just walk/bike/skateboard. Spring has sprung and Albany is a pedestrian-friendly city, get some fresh air!
7.   Clean your plate. Why are entire burgers and sandwiches going down the conveyor belt in the dining hall? Think about what you are taking, and make sure you have got room for it!
8.   Reusable bags are your friend. And there are constantly companies tabling in the EAC giving them away as freebies. They come in handy when you are moving out of your dorm at the end of the year.
9.   Take a lesson from Macklemore. Check out a thrift shop; there are plenty of locals, including Plato’s Closet on Central Avenue. You will be amazed at the fashionable finds you discover!
10.   Less paper, less problems. Ask your professor if that 10 page final paper can be submitted by e-mail. If they are opposed to this, print it on both sides of the paper.
