The Benefits of Building a Green House on Western's La Crosse Campus

To conclude, our current way of agricultural life is not sustainable. The article “What’s for supper” has made me realize that if I hope for a better future for generations to come I should support a locally sourced lifestyle. This article is an eye opener to me and proved to me the importance of supporting locally grown produce. Locally grown produce supports the environment as well as jobs for people in the community. The current system takes a toll on every species on the planet. Humans are overproducing on a massive scale and are wasting close to half of our supplies and

Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) has a gorgeous, nature filled campus. While visiting SFA, students are able to see why lumberjacks are so proud of their campus. Unfortunately, there is one place on campus that is just so grotesque that many avoid it entirely, the Ag pond. The Ag pond has the potential to be a beautiful spectacle to not only students but prospective students. The solution is simple. Create a group of students and faculty under campus sustainability to maintain the Ag pond. To limit the pollution of the Ag pond, the campus sustainability could dredge and clean, then in return make the pond beautiful again.

Kaila McGee Lindsy Krauser World Literature 30 November 2015 Points of Pride and History One central motif of The Crucible is the importance of a good name. The meaning of a good name is different for everyone in the play. John Proctor valued his good name, however he valued his name differently than Reverend Hale. All characters take pride in theirselves and their reputation. Everyone seeks to remain to keep their good name.

I have attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for the last two years. I will be entering my junior year pursuing a Bachelor Degree of Science with a major in Environmental Studies. My career interests entail green energy and natural resource management. I was a young child when I started attending a summer camp program that emphasized nature and environmental conservation—ever since I have made outdoor activities into hobbies and continued interest in environmental sustainability. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh focuses on sustainability through green building, alternative and solar energy, and curbing pollution.

Mirroring the strategies being developed in the state of Israel, CYJ Texas has begun making strides to incorporate new conservation techniques and infrastructures that will stimulate environmental wellness, reduce our dependence on energy and water resources, and decrease overall waste production. At this time, CYJ Texas has already implemented a recycling program and recently finished the construction of our new Experiential Learning Center (ELC). This facility operates using a number of sustainable technologies; including solar panels to offset energy use, a butterfly rain-catchment roof system, and rainwater collection cisterns that provide water for the ELC’s living roof to help insulate the building.

While part of these school’s successes in the realm of sustainability can be attributed to their location, they also take advantage of new technologies they have invested in.

Looking around Columbia State Community College with the stunning zinnia gardens throughout the grounds, with ample land space and seeing recycling bins placed around the campus, and non smoking signs on the doors, CSCC is on the right path toward being a green campus; we can do more with a starting a community college garden. Imagine a community garden at CSCC where the students, faculty and the community show off with pride, not only because of its beauty, but because it enables a new set of learning experiences for students and our neighbors. CSCC should be willing to fight for a healthier campus. With CSCC deciding to make a conscious effort to encourage, a healthier way of eating by having a community college garden that will encourage students to make the right food choice.

My proposal to make Blue Valley West a more environmentally conscious school is to end the use of paper towers in the bathrooms and fully replace them hand dryers. This measure would help the environment through helping to reduce paper waste, reduce the germs in bathrooms, as well as saving the school money in the process.

The drought in the western United States is a nationwide concern that directly affects every person in California. It is every person’s responsibility to use water sustainably and no college, including the University of Southern California, is an exception. Rather than lagging behind sustainable water usage, USC should be at the forefront of it. On the surface of USC’s environmental sustainability campaign, it seems as if they are making sweeping changes; however directly under the first layer of facts there are holes in their plan. If USC made small changes to both their resident hall and landscaping water use, they could not only save money but also better USC’s environmentally friendly status. Regardless of whether or not California is in a drought, USC should still strive to be a model for water sustainability because it would not only better the school’s reputation of being a green university, but it would also save money.

Net zero buildings essentially produce more energy than they use and would contribute to the sustainability goals in a positive way. For operations and maintenance, all trimmings need to be kept to be composted. There needs to be a schedule set in place of what maintenance is conducted and when so there is a clear system to keep the campus clean and working as efficiently as possible. Also, when it comes to maintenance both time and money should be dedicated to repairing items on campus rather than just buying something new as to reduce waste. All of the methods above will directly increase energy efficiency and decrease waste which will get ASU closer to its sustainability

Global warming, pollution, and dwindling fossil fuels will always be the conservational problems if nobody starts to buy local grown foods. Katherine Spriggs, author of the essay, “On Buying Local,” explains how having a large variety of foods at all times of the year is not worth the negative effects in the communities and their economies (Spriggs 92). As a community, many environmental challenges are being faced; Buying local will help bring advantages to not only the environment, but also the small towns and the

Current trends of making houses sustainable and use zero-net energy will take time and research to be implemented most effectively and used on a large scale, but it is the drastic change that is needed to solve the issue. There are many different combinations and approaches to a sustainable zero energy building. In order to describe the current trends I will look at two different buildings, the ZOE building located at Discovery Park and America’s most efficient home built in Salt Lake City, Utah. I will also explain LEED certification, HERS and ENERGY STAR in order to explain how the efficiency of sustainable buildings and appliance are nationally measured.

Green buildings could become one of the main factors to preserve our rapidly decaying environment. There is no easy way to define a green building, but a green building is essentially a structure that amplifies the positives and mitigates the negatives throughout the entire life cycle of the building (Kriss, 2014). There are many definitions for a green building, but all of them include the planning, designing, constructing, and operating of the building while taking into huge considerations of the energy use, water use, indoor air environment, materials used and the effect it has on the site the green building is being built on. The first green buildings dates back to as far as the 1970’s, when solar panels went from experiments to reality. Green buildings were not as popular as they are today due to their extremely high pricing. With technology rapidly growing, solar panels are becoming cheaper and cheaper, making the transition to creating green buildings more affordable. This is the primary reason for the increased growth of green buildings today. A modern company that is paving the way to the growth of green buildings named LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, focuses primarily on new and effective ideas for environmentally friendly buildings projects. With more than 60,000 commercial projects worldwide and 1.7 million square feet being certified every day, LEED is one of the leading groups for promoting green buildings. LEED has popularized the entire

Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a comprehensive treatise on the cultural origins of modern capitalism. Through observations of occupational statistics by country, Weber uncovers a surprising phenomenon: individuals from a higher socioeconomic status, namely owners of capital, are largely Protestant (Weber [1905] 2011: p. 67). Consequently, his intent is to establish a relationship between religion and the modern economy, which is centered on work and material success. In this book, Weber traces the ethos of capitalism to ascetic Protestantism. Defined by Kalberg (2011a), the “spirit of capitalism” is a reference to the “methodical orientation toward profit and competition, work ‘as an absolute end in itself,’

In order to save money and have control over one’s own food, it would be in one’s best interest to start a garden. Not only is the gardener in control of their garden but they also are in control of their diet. With the produce that was made with hard work so it’s used in order to not go to waste, whether that’s from eating it or sharing it with others.