On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day in order to promote environmental awareness and protection. Since then, Earth Day has been celebrated around the world annually. This year, you can do your part to honor the earth and promote environmental awareness and sustainable practices in your own home, workplace and community. The MCC Sustainability Group is proud to provide you with the following tips and resources to make it easier for you to “Go Green.”
Hopefully, you have considered some of our previous Green Tips and have changed the way you consume bottled water, drink coffee, use paper at work, compost in your yard, or perhaps even your commute to work. If not, today is the day to start!
If you would like to review our previous green tips, they are available on the MCC Sustainability Group’s web site:
https://mccgreengroup.wordpress.com/
Please consider attending some of the Earth Day events on campus this week:
1- Go Green Lecture (April 23, 12-1pm, Campus Center Atrium)
2- Sociology Film Series Presents: Who Killed the Electric Car? (April 24, 6pm, 5-100)
The following document from the Sierra Club provides 10 ways that you can “Go Green” at work. Simple and practical changes that you can make today can make a big difference. https://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2007/03/10_ways_to_go_g.html
Recycling at work with the blue bins is easy, but do you recycle at home as well? Do you know all of the items that can be recycled in your town or city? If your blue bin at home isn’t full every week, you can probably do more. Follow this link to the City of Rochester’s list of recyclable items to make sure that you are doing the most you can to recycle your everyday, household waste.
https://www.cityofrochester.gov/des/index.cfm?id=269
If you are not a resident of the city, you can check with the department of environmental services in your town for their complete list of accepted items.
Finally, get outside! Enjoy the weather, take a walk, plant something in your yard or garden, and pick up trash in your neighborhood. Make a commitment to practice sustainability in your life every day.
Bethany Gizzi
Sociology
04/23/2008 |