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Greening the Campus
CART CELEBRATION 2004
Pamela Hayes-Bohanan
Ed Brush
James Hayes-Bohanan
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Brendan Burke
Why?
• Faculty, Staff and Administrators are in
a position to teach environmental
knowledge
• Colleges and Universities are
contributing to the waste problem
• We have the resources to conduct
research to help solve some of the
problems
• Colleges and Universities are visible
within their communities
• It is unlikely that students will get
Green Education anywhere else
Day After Tomorrow
greenribbonpledge.org
climatehotmap.org/
Human Impact
I = PCT
• Population grows 2%
• Consumption grows 2%
• P∙C could double every 18 years
• Can T improve 30-fold in the next
century?
What?
Environmental Education should
• teach how to change the way
we live
• teach understanding of our
relationship to the world and
our role in it
How?
• Cross-Disciplinary
• Practical
• Historic and local
perspective
Sustainability and the
Green Campus:
-A Chemist’s Perspective•“Sustainability” can be defined as
transforming our way of living to ensure that
we meet the educational, economic, and
community needs of the present society
without hurting the needs of future
generations.
•All aspects of the campus community must
be involved through education, research and
community outreach.
Critical Factors in Developing
a Green or Sustainable
Campus
• Utilize consumables derived from
renewable resources
• Utilize safer materials
• Cost
• Producing an Educated Workforce
• Role in Decision Making
What are we Currently
Doing?
• Undergraduate Education and Research:
“Green Pedagogy”
• BSC Undergraduate Environmental
Research Symposium
• OutReach and Service Learning
Undergraduate Education
and Research: “Green
Pedagogy”
• Does not apply to only chemistry, and
does not require new courses; incorporate
into existing courses
• Focus is on the lab component of current
courses
• Research projects involving
environmental analysis; “Green
Synthesis” from renewable materials
using less hazardous materials
• Honors projects that are based on Green
Chemistry alternatives
Potential applications
of Polylactic Acid
• Biodegradable polymer from corn
• Exhibits properties that are equivalent to or
better than many petroleum-based plastics.
A “Greener” Campus with
Polylactic Acid Products
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fibers for clothing
disposable eating utensils
disposable diapers
clear “plastic” food packaging
Potential applications of
Poly-Lactic Acid to a
“Greener” BSC Campus
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fibers for clothing
disposable eating utensils and plates
disposable diapers
clear “plastic” food packaging
Potential Applications
of “Biodiesel”
• Alternative fuel from
vegetable oil
• Can be blended with normal
petroleum diesel
• Can be used in normal
diesel engines with little or
no modifications.
• Can be used in normal diesel engines with
little or no modifications.
• Biodiesel is easy to use, nontoxic,
biodegradable and free of sulfur and
aromatics
Synthesis of “Biodiesel”
by Yui Nozaki
Combustion of Vegetable
Oil
Combustion of “Biodiesel”
from Vegetable Oils
Canola Oil
Vegetable Oil
Talloires
Talloires Agreement
www.ulsf.org
1. Increase Awareness of Environmentally Sustainable
Development
2. Create an Institutional Culture of Sustainability
3. Educate for Environmentally Responsible Citizenship
4. Foster Environmental Literacy For All
5. Practice Institutional Ecology
6. Involve All Stakeholders
7. Collaborate for Interdisciplinary Approaches
8. Enhance Capacity of Primary and Secondary Schools
9. Broaden Service and Outreach Nationally and
Internationally
10. Maintain the Movement
Where we have been ~~ Where we are going
What we do now
• Environmental coursework
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Philosophy
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Management
Earth Science
Geography
Literature
• Health and Safety Office
• Energy Bear
• Recycling Program
What We Could Do
• Ask “green campus”
questions in all campus
planning endeavors
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Information technology
Transportation
Parking
Building
Curriculum
Scheduling
Teaching materials
Food service
More We Can Do
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Foster shared purpose
Pedal Power
Service Learning & Outreach
“What Can I Do?” education
Infrastructure & Venues
•Green Campus Team
•Resource Center
•CART
•External funding
•Field Trips
•Internships
•Impact High School Curriculum
•New graduate programs
•New undergraduate concentrations
•Regional Conference
Going Forward?