Do you regularly de-ice your freezers, turn off equipment overnight, or inventory your samples? You have already earned points! Get credit for your activities by signing up now!

Thank you to all who joined us for our inaugural Green Labs Vendor Fair! Over 200 attendees visited with 22 organizations who came to share their sustainable lab products and services with JHU faculty, researchers, and students. As a reward for visiting multiple booths, attendees were able to receive a free lunch and a plant cutting in upcycled lab glass, as well as being entered into a raffle for an upcycled bioreactor terrarium.

This is a soft-launch of this event and is open to faculty, staff, fellows and students in:

- Division of Infectious Diseases

- MMI

- Clinical Pharmacology

- Pathology

- Microbiology Labs

- Epidemiology and Neurology

Examples of supplies we are accepting: 

- Clean and Usable General Consumable Lab Supplies

- Unused and Unexpired Biospecimen Collection Supplies and test kits

- Clean and Usable Biospecimen Processing Supplies

- Biospecimen Shipping Materials     

- Field Supplies

For more information or questions, please email Diane Lanham (dlanham1@jhmi.edu) or Ryan Weeks (rweeks3@jhu.edu)

Sponsored by Diane Lanham (JH SOM ID Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases)

Co-sponsored by JH Office of Climate & Sustainability

JHU will begin using My Green Lab's Certification 2.0. This updated certification enhances rigor, impact, and scalability enabling labs of all types to make measurable and lasting improvements in sustainability. Read more here! 

Does your lab turn off equipment after use, have automatic lights, utilize outlet timers, or have high efficiency freezers? You likely are already eligible for a Green Labs certification!

Contact sustainability@jh.edu with questions or to start the process. 

Learn more here!

Check out Green Labs Ambassador Training* to learn more and start your lab off with more sustainable practices safe and beneficial to your experiments and work!

*you must be logged into myLearning in order to access this site

Equipment plug load accounts for approximately half of a research building's electricity use. 

For general best practices, recycle: 

- turn off equipment when not in use

- Use outlet timers to automatically power on and off equipment

- Share equipment with other labs or core facilities

As always, speak with your building management colleagues for additional details or help!