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Environmental sustainability is the rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion. In business, environmental sustainability is about making responsible decisions that will reduce your business' negative impact on the environment. Wingate University is an example of environmental sustainability because Wingate is joining the sustainability movement on all three campuses by embracing the “triple bottom line,” intergenerational responsibility, and a participatory process. When going to the library to watch a PowerPoint presentation, I learned how Wingate University contributes to the sustainability movement. One of the main things that interested me the most was learning about the three aspects …show more content…

For example, each student in my business class needs to collect a minimum of 65 pairs of shoes to reach our class goal of 2,000 pairs for our Soles4Souls project. In the presentation, I really enjoyed the quote by Dr. Seuss stating, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not!” This quote made me reflect and realize that you really do need to care because if you don’t, nothing will be accomplished. To start making a difference you can start by thinking ecologically about the campuses. Wingate University has lots of green, LEED certified buildings, energy efficient lights, ‘green’ carpet, energy efficient boilers and recycling on campus. The university also has their own bike share program which minimizes driving and makes the environment and people healthier. I thought it was very interesting learning that the Wingate community also has a garden that grew 520 pounds of produce this past summer. Finally, I would love to join Wingate’s BIGG (Bulldogs into Going Green) program which is a sustainability student group that partners with other groups to promote the three aspects of

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