August 2010
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Green Western - by Adrianna Silver
Did you know that, according to the EPA, about 71.5% of the electricity in the U.S. is generated from non-renewable resources such as oil, gas, and coal?
What can be done to change this? There are obvious things such as turning off lights when not using a room, turning down the heat in the winter, not using electricity as often, etc. But what about as a college student at Western? As students at...
June 2010
2 posts
Why Should We "Go Organic"? -Adrianna Silver,...
Everywhere you go you hear this term “organic” being thrown around… what are they talking about? What is organic, and why does it matter?
The recent craze for organic food is more than just a social phase like dream diets that promise a healthy heart and a leaner body. Studies have shown that eating organic foods certainly will help prevent heart disease, cancer, and other health issues commonly...
post from Alumni Seth Cude
It is amazing to see the progress WKU has made towards becoming sustainable in its facilities and practices as well as in teaching the values of sustainability to its students, faculty, and staff. Such a push is being made towards ‘going green’ in the media now that the popular buzz word can be tagged to almost anything to make it seem more environmentally friendly, sometimes...
May 2010
1 post
Gulf Coast Heartbreak
Since first hearing the news of the BP oil spill on Earth Day, my heart has had a big ol’ hole in it. Recognizing that I am living in a state of grief, my mother sent me a St. Francis medal to wear around my neck, believing that this could give me strength and that it would help me pray for the wildlife affected by the disaster. The medal has helped a little bit, but as the days pass and the...
March 2010
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Eco-Job Hunting
So, graduation is 47 days away. As a graduating senior, the heat is on to find that first real-world job. I want to obtain a career in the environmental services industry, but where would one even begin to look? Since Christmas I have been online job hunting and I can already tell you that even with a ton of experience, its still hard to land that first job. I know I am not the only senior out...
Celebrate spring with great April events!
Finally Spring! Just when the gray skies and cold mornings are getting too much to bear, daffodils bloom, birds are singing, and it is even light for a few hours after work! Its time to shake off the winter blues and emerge from hibernation and April is full of ways to celebrate the season.
April 16th-18th the annual Campus Community Partnerships for Sustainability Conference is being hosted by...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - in that order.
As a graduate student at WKU, I worked for the campus recycling program for three semesters. There is nothing like handling waste to learn about the activities and practices of an institution… or household… or society. After all, it is historic waste that archeologists are digging through, right? I’ve heard people say that future generations will refer to us as the “plastic...
February 2010
1 post
Go Red, Live Green
Welcome to the WKU Sustainability Blog, now featured on the sustainability website! Our blog will feature news, events and commentary on campus sustainability topics as well as guest blogs by students, faculty and staff. If you would like to be a guest blogger for the WKU Sustainability Blog, please contact me at: christian.ryan-downing@wku.edu
August 2009
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July 2009
1 post
Welcome to my blog!
I’m so excited that I now have another way to brag on the sustainability accomplishments at WKU. I’ll be using my blog to keep everyone updated on all things green on The Hill. Tomorrow, for example, the WKU Sustainability Committee will meet and our Energy Manager, Dale Dyer will report on how we’ve conserved tons of energy this past year.
Stay tuned for details on this and...