sustainability
Sustainable projects funding to appear on SU election ballot
A new green initiative called the Student Sustainability Fund is on the ballot for the upcoming Student Union elections. Ellie Cooper, Emily Averna and Rachel Zemke, three sophomores in the College of Arts & Sciences, are the sponsors of the initiative, which seeks to dole out $11,900 each year for the next two years to students seeking funding for their projects dedicated to inspiring sustainability on campus.
Guilt trips aren’t sustainable
I have been rather put off by the “sustainability” program that’s ramping up at Washington University. Before I get there, however, let me qualify that statement a bit. I’m a fan of the LEED certification that adorns some of the buildings.
Green plan a good start, but should go further
The long-awaited Strategic Plan for Environmentally Sustainable Operation was finally released, but we are less than overwhelmed with the substance within the plan. Green Action President Peter Murrey pretty much summed it up at Wednesday night’s Senate meeting when he called it “a good plan—but not outstanding.”
SU aims to boost sustainability
Student Union’s Special Executive Task Force for Sustainable Events is devising a system that would offer incentives to student groups for hosting environmentally sustainable events. The system, which is pending approval, would offer money or extra publicity to student groups that take measures to hold sustainable events.
Things we want to see accomplished at WU in 2010
As the Washington University community begins 2010, we have decided to once again submit our list of expectations for the new year. These are a combination of coming events that we think it important to highlight, general trends we wish to commend or decry and a prospective list of some of the issues we think should command the Wash. U. community’s attention over the upcoming semester.
A window into the why and what of water shortages
You may have heard people say, “Water is the new oil,” and in some very important ways this analogy is well drawn: Potable water is plentiful in some areas of the world and scarce in others. Additionally, water plays an integral role in our day-to-day lives, creates conflict, and is not a renewable resource (at least not with our current consumption and pollution patterns).
PaperCut system presses students to reduce printing waste
Students living in residential areas are all too familiar with the printing ritual on campus: Print, sort through discarded sheets of assorted chemistry slides and short stories, pick up printed paper.
Students ready to go W.I.L.D.
With the fall Walk In Lay Down concert just a day away, students across campus are gearing up for the music event of the semester. Students said they are familiar with this year’s Walk In Lay Down’s (W.I.L.D.) lead performers, Method Man and Redman, and though the artists are a throwback, the duo will still put on a great show on Saturday.
Sustainability groups question admissions office practices
The Washington University Office of Undergraduate Admissions said it is making great strides toward a more sustainable way of operating, but many sustainability groups on campus question this claim. Director of Admissions Julie Shimabukuro wrote in an e-mail to Student Life that the admissions office is continually finding “ways to ‘go green,’” in keeping with University-wide sustainability efforts.
ArtSci printing policy fosters sustainability, community
According to an e-mail circulated on April 28, 2009, by Marcia Mannen, associate director of client support of Arts & Sciences Computing, with this semester comes not only the South 40 House and the Class of 2013, but also a new printing policy.
The new policy can potentially make the campus a bit greener and the [...]
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