Student recycling efforts ramp up
Spotlight on SPEAR and Eco-Dores
John Chen
Issue date: 9/25/09 Section: News/Features
Possible themes include water and energy conservation, recycling, consumption, carbon footprint and climate change, sustainable food, transportation, and green building.
Abkowitz cited similar environmental peer education programs at Tufts, Duke, and Harvard. The success of these programs helped spur the administration to create Eco-Dores at Vanderbilt.
Find SEMO online at:
www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu
It will be interesting to see if these two environmental organizations will collaborate on any efforts this year. Although SPEAR has the advantage of being a long-established organization, Eco-Dores has direct ties to the administration.
Aside from LEED certification of the Commons, Vanderbilt also received a 2005 Tennessee Green Schools Award from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Hopefully, environmental awareness will continue to be an important issue on campus, and Vanderbilt will become increasingly recognized as a green school.
Abkowitz cited similar environmental peer education programs at Tufts, Duke, and Harvard. The success of these programs helped spur the administration to create Eco-Dores at Vanderbilt.
Find SEMO online at:
www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu
It will be interesting to see if these two environmental organizations will collaborate on any efforts this year. Although SPEAR has the advantage of being a long-established organization, Eco-Dores has direct ties to the administration.
Aside from LEED certification of the Commons, Vanderbilt also received a 2005 Tennessee Green Schools Award from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Hopefully, environmental awareness will continue to be an important issue on campus, and Vanderbilt will become increasingly recognized as a green school.
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