From No Impact Man

The end of cheap oil as an opportunity

An article about green curriculum from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

A Green Curriculum Involves Everyone on Campus

• If offices throughout the country increased the rate of two-sided photocopying from the 1991 figure of 20% to 60%, they could save the equivalent of about 15 million trees.” (from Choose to Reuse by Nikki & David Goldbeck, 1995).

http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=energy/EnergyFacts.html

Don’t forget Earth week is going on this week!  Make plans to attend an event.  Tomorrow night is a live Web cast, “National Wildlife Campus Chill-Out,” beginning at 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 16 in Porter Hall room 130 (Science and Mathematics Building).  Attendance is free and open to the public.  For a complete listing of all the events going on, check here.

Also, I found a great post here,  about the real reasons we should change our whole system of living.  Brave New Leaf is a great read!

Katie

We all know about turning off lights that aren’t in use but that cell phone charger you always have plugged in, that VCR/DVD player that is always on - green light glowing in the night - even the TV! And that computer you never shut down…they are all culprits in the nonstop energy use and drain on your bank account.

Unplug! Get a surge protector strip with an on/off switch, and turn it off when you leave your home or office.

A National Geographic article about plastic bags.

Plastic bag bans.

The American West

Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 PM, environmentally conscious people will be turning off all non-essential lighting and appliances for one hour.

For more info, see the following article in the Denver Post and show your support for action on climate change.
Earth Hour 

What a great chance to reconnect with you family, have some quiet time, even go for a walk.

Katie

Watch this.