Housing & Food Services

This list is intended as an informational resource for residents of the Sustainability House at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

Organic Food/Consumerism

• Food......Tips and smart shopping guide for buying food for good environmental and personal health.
• Consumer Checklist......A website dedicated to providing consumers with the knowledge to make conscious choices in the marketplace.
• Agriculture......Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture, including terms and principles.
• Understanding Labels......A guide to understanding food labels, including information on meats, antibiotics, and organic, non-GMO, vegetarian, and vegan foods..
• CSAs......Introduction to Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs), how they are organized and how you can benefit from them.
• Co-ops......Introduction to Food Cooperatives (Co-ops), the principles and uses.

Communal Shopping and Cooking

• How to Plan......Step-by-step guide to planning communal cooking events, including what to do on first and second meetings and how to manage money & shopping.
• Checklist......More detailed guide and checklist of what to do on your first meeting.
• Groceries.......Sample grocery list, complete with financial planning and recipe ingredients.
• Sample chores sheet

Activism Groups and Resources on Campus, main page:

Environmental Resource Center (ERC) 867-6784 Space 3

• We are working to directly preserve the land, water, air and life in our local bioregion. We strive to protect the right to universal life by impacting the local and thus the global world.

Greener Futures 867-6555 Space 11

• Our primary long-term goal is to establish and maintain an educational center for sustainability on Evergreen campus that will function as a meeting/discussion/activity place and as a general community resource. For more information, go to their website.
• Very good links page, topics include technology, public policy, ecological design, sustainable living, environmental health, & green energy.

Students at Evergreen for Ecological Design (SEED) 867-6493 Space 18

• We are working to unite nature, culture, and technology; to reintegrate the needs of human society within the balance of nature. We encourage learning the environmental impacts of construction practices and using this information to determine ecologically sound solutions. For more information, go to their website

Development of Ecological Projects for the Evergreen Organic Farm (DEAP) 867-6493 Space 18

• We are a collaborative organization intended to serve a community interested in permaculture and ecological agriculture. We provide conceptual and hands-on educational experiences and resources.

Recycling Information and Locations

• Recycling handout from Evergreen Facilities
• Recycling information from the City of Olympia. Including what to do with old computers and cell phones. General information.
• Recycling Cell Phones and Batteries in Olympia, locations
  • Batteries Plus 2905 Capitol Mall Dr SW
  • Cingular Wireless 1001 Cooper Point Rd SW
  • Good Guys 1530 Black Lake Blvd SW
  • Hardel Do It Best Builders Ctr 2321 Harrison Ave NW
  • RadioShack 625 Black Lake Blvd SW
  • Staples 1200 Cooper Point Rd SW Ste 518
  • Target 2925 Harrison Ave NW