Spring Break
Lunch Promotes Greener Living
Kate King
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: News
Students interested in learning how to make their lives a little bit "greener" are invited to bring their lunches to the Student Union tomorrow to meet with members of the Office of Environmental Policy (OEP) and discuss environmental conservation.
The event, "Green Bag Lunch: The Truth Behind Environmental Issues," is sponsored by the OEP and will inform students and faculty of various small steps they can take every day to help the environment, according to Heather Heenehan, a 6th-semester environmental science major and the event's main coordinator.
"It's going to be pretty informal," Heenehan said. "Just bring your lunch and hopefully learn something."
Heenehan will kick off the event with a presentation designed to get the audience thinking about different environmental issues. Her talk will include information from a recently released survey that finds Americans are increasingly receptive to the environmental movement.
The survey, conducted by Insight Research Group in partnership with the Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV) and the Natural Resources Defense Council, found that out of 1,000 Americans, 40 percent said they are more aware of environmental issues than they were in 2006 and 84 percent believe that caring for the environmental is a "moral obligation."
Despite this increased awareness regarding the environment, many people do not realize that they can participate in "green" activities without having to live a 100 percent green lifestyle, according to Heenehan.
"You don't have to be completely green all the time, because no one can, that's way too hard," Heenehan said. "It's more about green activities and little things you can do."
Thursday's lunch will provide students and faculty with several simple tips for living greener, according to Dan Britton, sustainability coordinator for OEP. Examples of green activities include replacing normal light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs to save energy or using reusable bags to reduce waste.
The event, "Green Bag Lunch: The Truth Behind Environmental Issues," is sponsored by the OEP and will inform students and faculty of various small steps they can take every day to help the environment, according to Heather Heenehan, a 6th-semester environmental science major and the event's main coordinator.
"It's going to be pretty informal," Heenehan said. "Just bring your lunch and hopefully learn something."
Heenehan will kick off the event with a presentation designed to get the audience thinking about different environmental issues. Her talk will include information from a recently released survey that finds Americans are increasingly receptive to the environmental movement.
The survey, conducted by Insight Research Group in partnership with the Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV) and the Natural Resources Defense Council, found that out of 1,000 Americans, 40 percent said they are more aware of environmental issues than they were in 2006 and 84 percent believe that caring for the environmental is a "moral obligation."
Despite this increased awareness regarding the environment, many people do not realize that they can participate in "green" activities without having to live a 100 percent green lifestyle, according to Heenehan.
"You don't have to be completely green all the time, because no one can, that's way too hard," Heenehan said. "It's more about green activities and little things you can do."
Thursday's lunch will provide students and faculty with several simple tips for living greener, according to Dan Britton, sustainability coordinator for OEP. Examples of green activities include replacing normal light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs to save energy or using reusable bags to reduce waste.
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