Techno Trash Recycling
Antoinette Powell of the library sends word that she is sending off 25 pounds of techno trash (broken CDs, DVDs, jewel cases, etc.) collected by the library staff to be recycled. As she said in her...
View ArticleIs There Room for Sustainability in Every Classroom?
From today’s National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Blog: Faculty are finding new ways to incorporate issues of ecology, natural resources, social justice and human behavior into their classes,...
View ArticleHow to Save 1.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide
Most folks these days are energy conscious. Not only because of the economy, but because of the big run up in energy prices last year. The Energy Information Association estimates that for each degree...
View ArticleEnvironmental History Students and the Fox River
The students in my American Environmental History course are working on research projects about the lower Fox River. Their work will be used by Friends of the Fox and the East Central Wisconsin...
View ArticleNew Dining Services Will Feature Sustainable Food Choices
Readers of The Lawrentian will have already seen this story about our new food service vendor, Bon Appetit, but if you’re an alum or friend of Lawrence, you may not have caught it. This is an exciting...
View ArticleGarbage in the Gallery
If you were in the Warch campus center during the first week of March, you might have noticed a pretty trashy display in the third floor gallery…or should I say, “recyclable-y” display. The giant...
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