Living Center Green

April 22nd, 2008

So I started a recycling program on 3rd floor to encourage residents to be nicer to the environment.  I set a goal and waited to see if anyone would do it.  Low and behold, they exceeded the goals!!  Here are the final totals:

Paper - 9 feet
Cardboard - 498 boxes
Plastic - 1143 containers/bottles
Metal - 94 cans
Glass - 109 bottles/jars
Batteries - 41

The laundry room basically exploded with recylables.

Sweet.

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Happy Earth Day!

April 22nd, 2008

Happy Earth Day everyone!!

Don’t just celebrate today, but celebrate every day!! We only have one Earth, and it looks like those Moon colonies aren’t happening anytime soon, so lets all try and sustain our planet.

How can you help today (and everyday)?

  • Recycle
  • Turn off lights you aren’t using
  • Unplug appliances you aren’t using
  • Shower for 5 minutes or less
  • Turn off the water when you brush your teeth
  • Walk instead of drive
  • Buy/eat organic foods
  • Don’t eat meat
  • Use reusable shopping bags
  • Go tray-less in your dining hall!
  • Try to purchase recyclable materials
  • Don’t eat fast food
  • Reduce your TV watching
  • Pick up litter
  • Enjoy the sunshine!
  • Whatever else you can come up with! The sky is the limit

Mother Earth will give you a great big hug.

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It’s Not Easy Being Green

April 18th, 2008

So, today I was perusing my local Barnes and Noble, and I realized that the Sustainability bandwagon had hit rock bottom, as an entire table display was devoted to being green.

Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style particularly caught my eye. Apparently, saving the Earth that sustains us and gives us continuing life is only important as long as we’re still staying fashionable.

Furthermore, even magazines have hopped on board, with questionable results.

What does this cover suggest to you? Apparently, it’s Vanity Fair’s Annual Green issue. Is Madonna an enviornmentalist? No, not really…but her story appears to be more important than being green. This magazine has one or two articles about being “green”, followed by 15 pages on Madonna and 80 pages of ads. Seems a little hypocritical to have all of that waste. A real green issue would have cut to a minimum of advertising and contain only actual article content. I realize they have to make money, but have you seen Vanity Fair? It’s pretty thick.

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