This in from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (http://www.aashe.org/)"Michigan State University has opened its new Surplus Store and Recycling Center. The $13 million facility will accommodate three times the amount of materials as the former MSU recycling facility. A comprehensive recycling program, coupled with the facility, will allow the University to expand recycling collection in 553 buildings on campus. The five target materials are white paper, mixed office paper, newspaper, cardboard, and plastics. The 74,000-square-foot Center, which is registered for LEED Silver certification, features rainwater collection tanks, rooftop solar array panels that produce 10 percent of the electricity for the building, broad use of daylighting, and low-flow fixtures in restrooms."
Read the details at: http://news.msu.edu/story/6812/ then ask yourself, "What the hell is my campus waiting for to be sustainable!" We are educators to goodness sake, we are teachers for goodness sake, we are supposed to be shaping a positive future for our students for goodness sake!" "Am I a role model for students?" Then take action!
If indeed you, your students, or your campus are blazing a sustainable trail please send press releases, e-mails, etc., to me at mlalopa@fooded.org and I will be happy to post and celebrate your efforts!
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