Micro Post: Campus sustainability iniatives from around North America.
This is just a bunch of photos I gathered that I was going to use for a Green and Gray matters post that was took a different direction.
Older versions of the UBC boothsSFUUC Santa CruzLondon School of EconomicsUC Berkeley
University of UtahIndiana University
2 thoughts on “Micro Post: Campus sustainability iniatives from around North America.”
Hey! Interesting post on trash bins on campus, I remember last year the sustainability club on campus did a trash clean out of all the trash bins here on campus and they sorted out a lot of garbage that shouldn’t be in bins. Do you think that the presence of garbage bins are enough or should there be more education tied in, and when should that be? I did a blog post on my blog about the trash system in japan and it is quite interesting how many categories they have. Do you think this would be something that we should do here?!
I like choices, but when we have too many subcategories, it simply gets invasive and overwhelming. Having such garbage cans that divide up the different types of garbage force people to take second thoughts before putting what they have in the hand into the can, which in turn, fosters the need to learn about classifying the garbage. Sometimes, I still find myself being quite lost when looking at the labels and the graphics. I have to admit that when I was rushing, I tend to throw everything into the “safest choice” – the garbage garbage bin. When my apartment implemented the rule to separate compostable garbage from everything else, it was reacted with complaints and dissatisfaction. The Prado council was forced to enforce the rule through monetary punishment and other disciplinary actions; however, there were still times where things would fall through the cracks. Is it necessary to make everyone separate their garbage? Or would it be more effective to leave this in the hands of the professionally trained individuals? Does involving everyone in this action indeed decrease the workload of the people working to process this garbage? I think all of these answers lie in the grey area, where arguments could go both ways. Therefore, it may be interesting to further investigate the need or needlessness of having such separations.
Hey! Interesting post on trash bins on campus, I remember last year the sustainability club on campus did a trash clean out of all the trash bins here on campus and they sorted out a lot of garbage that shouldn’t be in bins. Do you think that the presence of garbage bins are enough or should there be more education tied in, and when should that be? I did a blog post on my blog about the trash system in japan and it is quite interesting how many categories they have. Do you think this would be something that we should do here?!
I like choices, but when we have too many subcategories, it simply gets invasive and overwhelming. Having such garbage cans that divide up the different types of garbage force people to take second thoughts before putting what they have in the hand into the can, which in turn, fosters the need to learn about classifying the garbage. Sometimes, I still find myself being quite lost when looking at the labels and the graphics. I have to admit that when I was rushing, I tend to throw everything into the “safest choice” – the garbage garbage bin. When my apartment implemented the rule to separate compostable garbage from everything else, it was reacted with complaints and dissatisfaction. The Prado council was forced to enforce the rule through monetary punishment and other disciplinary actions; however, there were still times where things would fall through the cracks. Is it necessary to make everyone separate their garbage? Or would it be more effective to leave this in the hands of the professionally trained individuals? Does involving everyone in this action indeed decrease the workload of the people working to process this garbage? I think all of these answers lie in the grey area, where arguments could go both ways. Therefore, it may be interesting to further investigate the need or needlessness of having such separations.