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Campus Recycling

Campus Recycling. You CAN get involved! By Colleen Fabritius. Recycling 101. -Plastic -Cardboard -Glass -Telephone books/Newspaper -Paper products -Paper towels -Books -Boxes -Aluminum - And much more!

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Campus Recycling

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  1. Campus Recycling You CAN get involved! By Colleen Fabritius

  2. Recycling 101 -Plastic -Cardboard -Glass -Telephone books/Newspaper -Paper products -Paper towels -Books -Boxes -Aluminum -And much more! Visit www.fredonia.edu/gogreen/recycling.asp for detailed list of recycling locations!

  3. Ways you can help! • Steps to go green: • Recycle • Conserve Electricity • Use human Energy • Reduce food waste • Walk/ride a bike • Carpool • Even take a class on sustainability! www.fredonia.edu/gogreen/ways.asp

  4. Campus Greening! Campus greening is reducing environmental footprints, saving money with efficiency, and showing that progress is possible! Campus greening -Generates interest about social values -Raises questions on how to meet human needs -As well as developing new technologies

  5. “Greening” • “Greening” : Having more care for the environment, while meeting the needs of present day without compromising future generations. Other campuses effort to go green! - Recycling - Turning off computer monitors/lights - Providing own plates at gatherings - Using recycled paper products - Promoting campus wide recycling - Spreading the word!

  6. Electric Vehicles • Locally grown organic food • Biodiesel buses • Solar thermal heating systems • Photovoltaic panels • Turning off power when unneeded Projects at other colleges include environmentally sensitivity, increased recycling, reduced fossil fuels, increased renewable energy, changed behaviors and building construction.

  7. Think Positive! -A Michigan State study suggest that people with pro-environmental attitudes engage more in pro-environmental behaviors and activities. -The more positive the attitude and the more focused, generally more pro-environmental actions came from this. So get out there and think positive!

  8. Do YOU want to get involved?!? Visit www.fredonia.edu/gogreen.ways.asp Or http://www.fredonia.edu/sa/environmentalclub/ You can do your part 

  9. Still not satisfied? • Get involved in your community! • Check with your local authorities for chances to get involved! • Little things make the biggest difference, so get out there! You can be the change!

  10. Bibliography http://www.fredonia.edu/gogreen/recycling.asp Recycling 101 | SUNY Fredonia Welcome | SUNY Fredonia http://www.fredonia.edu/gogreen/ways.asp Go Green! | SUNY Fredonia Welcome | SUNY Fredonia http://www.fredonia.edu/sa/environmentalclub Environmental Club | SUNY Fredonia Welcome | SUNY Fredonia Hansen, Lexine T. "Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors on A College Campus: Use of Qualitative Methodology in A Mixed-Methods Study." Journal of Ethonographic & Qualitative Research 2. (2008): 173-181. Web. 5 Apr 2010. Rappaport, Ann. "Campus Greening Behind the Headlines." Environment (2008): 6-16. Web. 5 Apr 2010. Le Ber, Jeanne Marie. "Becoming Green and Sustainable: A Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Case Study." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (2004): 266-268. Web. 5 Apr 2010.

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