The ecological quizzes asked about individual behaviors relating to transportation, energy, food, recycling, pollution, and possessions. Essentially, all behaviors mentioned in the quizzes have some sort of impact on the environment. Both quizzes asked about what type of transportation was most frequently used and also about solar energy. In addition, the quizzes focused on how much you eat and what you eat. These certain behaviors are featured in the quizzes because they have the potential to contribute to a carbon, or ecological footprint. This “footprint” is one’s impact on the environment. One’s impact on the environment is made up of small decisions--either positive or negative--over his or her lifetime. These decisions can include: choosing
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) has a gorgeous, nature filled campus. While visiting SFA, students are able to see why lumberjacks are so proud of their campus. Unfortunately, there is one place on campus that is just so grotesque that many avoid it entirely, the Ag pond. The Ag pond has the potential to be a beautiful spectacle to not only students but prospective students. The solution is simple. Create a group of students and faculty under campus sustainability to maintain the Ag pond. To limit the pollution of the Ag pond, the campus sustainability could dredge and clean, then in return make the pond beautiful again.
The pursuit of knowledge helped me love books and which brought me to Creighton University. Since my childhood I was eager to learn as much as possible, specifically the environment. I was fascinated about wildlife and how beautiful it looked. Being a native from Nairobi, Kenya; I was able to go to the safaris and learn about the different animals. These are the memories which I vividly remember and keep close to me. When I went back many years later, I was disappointed to see how my city has changed. This was disheartening because the city didn’t change for the best. This caused me to go for a minor in Sustainable Energy. The Energy department at Creighton is being cut back on and is limiting our class options to learn. Northeastern University
“The Campus Beautiful” is a phrase coined to describe the plan that has been implemented to sustain Eastern’s campus, community, and classrooms. Goals set within the plan impact students learning and living atmosphere and can be greatly influenced by their decisions. The initiative lead by University President Michael Benson ensures environmental prosperity and sustainability. Eastern Kentucky University’s campus is changing, and students are witnessing their school shift in real time.
Oberlin college is ranked as the 4th greenest college in America by popularmechanics.com, and it makes sense. It incorporates sustainability into its curriculum, but it also uses brand new technologies, such as solar panels and electric cars. Campuses that are more sustainable seem to have two main characteristics. The first is they are often in more rural settings, and usually use this setting to their advantage, by having big farms and creating nature reserves. The second is that they invest in more environmentally friendly technology before other colleges. Most colleges in the United States are attempting to become more sustainable, but many are taking the wrong approach to doing so. For example, USC is making efforts towards becoming more sustainable, and while some of these efforts are valid, many merely appear to be so that USC market itself as more sustainable. Colleges that put an emphasis on using new, more sustainable technologies tend to be more sustainable than those that simply try to spread the ideas of sustainability. While creating an environmentally conscious student body is important, it may not be achievable everywhere.
I am particularly interested in attending Rutgers because it has a rich history of educating students in the field of Environmental Science. In addition, the Center for Environmental Prediction is an organization that shares my concern and commitment to the environment. I am hoping to become involved with the CEP and conduct research and lobbying in conjunction with them. I am also attracted to Rutgers because it has the best of both worlds from a campus standpoint. I can enjoy the more rural Cook/Douglass campuses and truly experience nature at places like the Bamboo garden and the log cabin hiking trails. Yet, just a bus ride away is the hustle and bustle of George Street and the College Avenue campus. I believe that by attending Rutgers, I can learn in a professional, experienced environment with access to knowledgeable faculty and leading edge technology and research. More importantly, I believe that the Rutgers Curriculum can allow me to develop the skillset I need to actually make a difference. Classes on solar energy and environmental tax policy serve as the environmentalist’s weapons in the fight for our planet. I want to use Rutgers as a resource to help not only myself, but the entire planet. When I think about the term “world-changing”, I think free clean energy for a nation, zero dependence on fossil fuels, and stopping the extinction of several keystone species. The world is in a delicate balance now more than ever. With the geopolitical scale shifting the way it is, environmentalists will face the greatest challenge yet to protect and preserve. Now it is my time to step up and do my part, all I need are those willing to teach me
I stand under the Washington Square Park arch onlooking the fountain as I watch my mother lean backward in attempts to fit both me and the arch in a photo. It was a chilly spring day, one of those where the sun was out but you still needed a light jacket to keep warm. Cars zoomed by. Groups of students Looking around, this untraditional campus was my first impression of what college is like. I imagined how the park would look in the fall with the leaves each a different shade of red and yellow; revealing their last burst of beauty before falling on the ground to make a satisfying crunch underneath my feet. It has been 5 years since my first visit but the treasures of NYU remain timeless.
1.1 When going into a call the first thing that should be done is to get all the materials that you need together in order to provide care. For example, if someone is bed ridden and you are changing their pad then you will need to get the clean pad, carrier bag, toilet roll, baby wipes, towel, cream if applicable and usually the slide sheet ready. By not having everything ready you will have to stop what you are doing and go and get things. The individual during this time is rolled on their side and no doubt in some discomfort and delaying the proceedings to go and get things only increases this discomfort. After providing care all materials
Becoming a responsible member of the City College environment should not be looked as a burden, but as a privilege as being an individual you is worthy enough to serve on such a capacity. A responsible member of the City College environment to me means that individual should be able to fulfill all of his or her duties. That individual should do what's best for the City College environment. I think that every student should be a responsible member of the City College environment. The City College environment can be viewed as a positively structured society that relies on its responsible members. In order for a society like this to function it needs its members to be responsible and work diligently together. If all students are able to do so
Penn State University offers various ways for members of its community to live environmentally consciously and sustainably. The Sustainability Institute at Penn State boasts a gold rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), a green rating from The Princeton Review, and a ranking of 48 out of 173 on Sierra Club’s list of the most sustainable colleges (“Track our Progress”). Despite these awards and recognitions demonstrating Penn State’s commitment to the environment, the university still produced and directed 14,950 tons of solid waste to landfill sites in 2015 (“Recycling and Waste Management”). Penn State Food services can reduce the amount of waste the university produces by expanding the existing
Washington itself exudes an unexplainable feeling that draws people back to their roots, whenever I am there my relationship with nature strengthens. Furthermore, the area directly surrounding WWU will aid me in my interest in the environmental sciences; from mount baker (which I have tattooed on my side) and glaciers of the northern cascades (which I backpack through annually), to the marshy Lost Lake and the calm waters of Puget sound, Bellingham has a such a fantastical range of natural settings that my heart soars and my soul sings a heavenly song. This location indubitably harbors an environmentalist-minded community, so I feel that I’ll be able to make connections with others who share the same passions, as well as be able to actively participate in volunteering projects (and get some good vegan grub). Ultimately, my career goal will be realized in a place such as this, while feeling very comfortable and at peace with my immediate
We have become so diverse due to our ability to adapt to our surrounding environment. Our physical characteristics have gone from a singular region with fewer variables, to regions across the world where we were forced to adapt in order to survive. When the tribes commenced dispersion to different parts of the world, our biology shifted to suit the varying degrees of need for absorption of sunlight. While this is not the only cause of diversity, it played a major role in how we gather and process food, the climate of the location, and how our bodies change from differing jobs and activities that must be accomplished. We eventually developed mutations that would allow us to thrive all over the world.
As a highly involved and environmentally conscious student, Shamae Burrell was always present at bake sales, rallies and cooperative events on campus involving sustainability and environmental justice. She had many friends who were also environmental and social justice activists, whom she highly supported. Shamae begun her freshman year elected to her dorm’s hall counsel representing her floor. She then became involved in an on campus fraternity named Alpha Phi Omega which allowed her to exhibit her innate interests in community service and fellowship with her fellow brothers in the organization. During her summers, she worked for environmental justice organizations organizing for local campaigns such as ceasing natural gas pipeline leaks
A large overhanging canopy extends above the main glass structure to further conjure the image and feeling of a pavilion, and provide shade and protection from rain, snow, and ice. The roof is equipped with a louver system, enabling staff to adjust fan blades to allow more or less natural sunlight to penetrate through the ceiling, depending on the preferred temperature and time of year, much like the roof of the Verizon Center. Given the incredible amount of precipitation dumped on the Metro area last winter, engineers were forced to tweak the angle of the roof to make sure accumulated snow and ice loads could slide safely off. Thick, insulated, high performance glass
Steve Hansen was an instructor who informed many students in Wisconsin about the importance of renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and earth stewardship. His creativity, energy, and compassion inspired many to become better people. The Steve Hansen Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established to honor his spirit and memory, and to help the next generation carry on his important work. He lived the “Earth Steward” philosophy of making ways of global change from a local-to-global scales to improve ecosystem strength and individual well being. His belief in this global reasoning inspired other students and adults around him to strive to live by this philosophy and make the world a better place. He endured to teach others about the