Comments on: University’s sustainability not enough http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/09/university%e2%80%99s-sustainability-not-enough/ The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/09/university%e2%80%99s-sustainability-not-enough/#comment-567 Eric Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=3646#comment-567 Yes, we banned bottled water and started selling bottled vitamin water in its place, and I live in a ResLife-managed apartment building in U. City that has no recycling bins whatsoever. But the DUC has a couple showers in it so the school gets to put up big, shiny "LEED-certified" plaques everywhere, and that's what really matters. Yes, we banned bottled water and started selling bottled vitamin water in its place, and I live in a ResLife-managed apartment building in U. City that has no recycling bins whatsoever. But the DUC has a couple showers in it so the school gets to put up big, shiny “LEED-certified” plaques everywhere, and that’s what really matters.

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]]> By: Steve http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/09/university%e2%80%99s-sustainability-not-enough/#comment-564 Steve Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:17:19 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=3646#comment-564 Feed two birds with one hand. If Washington University were to sign the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) it would immediately have an established goal of neutralizing its greenhouse gas emissions, it would have a framework to support the implementation of the commitment and it would join a network of over 650 other institutions working towards the same goal. And by signing the ACUPCC, it would increase WU's Green Report Card grade significantly. Oh, plus Cornell has already signed the ACUPCC and Brown has not...so you would have one up on Brown. http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/ Feed two birds with one hand. If Washington University were to sign the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) it would immediately have an established goal of neutralizing its greenhouse gas emissions, it would have a framework to support the implementation of the commitment and it would join a network of over 650 other institutions working towards the same goal. And by signing the ACUPCC, it would increase WU’s Green Report Card grade significantly. Oh, plus Cornell has already signed the ACUPCC and Brown has not…so you would have one up on Brown. http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/

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