Brown set to go green
Cindy Dinh
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: News
In a push for more sustainable living, students will now have another, less scandalous reason to turn off their lights. The Green Dorm Initiative, which launched Wednesday, is a way for students to rate their dorm and receive incentives based on their levels of environmental friendliness.
The Green Dorm Initiative committee, part of the Environmental Club, is working in conjunction with EcoReps and the Rice Student Green Building Initiative to encourage students to assess their current behavior and reward them for adopting more environmentally friendly practices, GDI committee leader Nicole Kwan said.
"The concept is to recognize individual green efforts and give an incentive for people to change their lifestyle to be more environmentally friendly," Kwan, a Baker College EcoRep, said.
The pilot program launched Wednesday for students at Brown College lasts until Thanksgiving Break. If successful, the program will expand to other colleges next semester, Environmental Club co-President Becca Sagastegui said. Sagastegui, a Sid Richardson College EcoRep, said Brown was chosen based on diversity of room type, which includes doubles and quads, and general interest from the student body.
Brown EcoRep Denver Greene said he is looking forward to motivating more students to take up this initiative.
"I want the students of Brown to make an attempt to be more environmentally friendly," Greene, a Brown senior, said. "I personally talk to people about easy things they can do around campus, like making sure to use reusable dishes and cups in the servery and to throw waste in a recycling bin where applicable, rather than the trash."
Students who sign up for the program will rate their dorm room by filling out an online form at www.ruf.rice.edu/~enviclub/gdi.html that assesses their current use of electricity, recycling, disposable materials, laundry practices, air conditioning controls, water usage and types of appliances in the room. Within each area, students are awarded points for green activities, such as taking shorter showers or washing only full loads of laundry, Kwan said.
The Green Dorm Initiative committee, part of the Environmental Club, is working in conjunction with EcoReps and the Rice Student Green Building Initiative to encourage students to assess their current behavior and reward them for adopting more environmentally friendly practices, GDI committee leader Nicole Kwan said.
"The concept is to recognize individual green efforts and give an incentive for people to change their lifestyle to be more environmentally friendly," Kwan, a Baker College EcoRep, said.
The pilot program launched Wednesday for students at Brown College lasts until Thanksgiving Break. If successful, the program will expand to other colleges next semester, Environmental Club co-President Becca Sagastegui said. Sagastegui, a Sid Richardson College EcoRep, said Brown was chosen based on diversity of room type, which includes doubles and quads, and general interest from the student body.
Brown EcoRep Denver Greene said he is looking forward to motivating more students to take up this initiative.
"I want the students of Brown to make an attempt to be more environmentally friendly," Greene, a Brown senior, said. "I personally talk to people about easy things they can do around campus, like making sure to use reusable dishes and cups in the servery and to throw waste in a recycling bin where applicable, rather than the trash."
Students who sign up for the program will rate their dorm room by filling out an online form at www.ruf.rice.edu/~enviclub/gdi.html that assesses their current use of electricity, recycling, disposable materials, laundry practices, air conditioning controls, water usage and types of appliances in the room. Within each area, students are awarded points for green activities, such as taking shorter showers or washing only full loads of laundry, Kwan said.
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posted 12/20/09 @ 10:27 AM CST
The Green Dorm Initiative was a good event to show student`s environmental frienhsip.
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