Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sustainable Carolina


While there are many different aspects that go into sustainability on campus, I am very pleased with how Sustainable Carolina has grown. I have been familiar with the program for a few years and have seen its impacts on campus. In fact, I was accepted for an internship with it last year, but I had to turn it down due to my class load. I hope that maybe next fall I am able to work with them again and become a part of the great team that they have.
I know a little about each project team and what it is that they do on campus. My favorite would be the Built team or Greening the Mind. One of my interests is sustainable design, building, and infrastructure. I know which buildings on campus are LEED and the requirements that are needed to be a sustainable design. While there are numerous on campus, with an evergrowing student body and demand, it is important to maintain these requirements and planning aspects. Our campus is not necessarily sustainably built or mapped and I would love to work with the Built Team on these aspects.
Another favorite of mine is the Greening the Mind team. I feel that this connects the educational to personal beliefs. One large challenge with sustainability is getting others to understand and believe that climate change is happening. I would love to work with this team to integrate this more. It also helps that they provide extra activities, such as yoga and mediation, to help maintain a balance. I am interested in what Baldwin and this team's project is for this semester. 
A few questions that I have is how can we use our resources from AASHE and projects that other schools have done to help improve our campus? I feel that, while there has been great progress made with Sustainable Carolina, our school is still far behind. Lets figure out what we can do to help! 

1 comment:

  1. Hi Tory- thanks for contributing and good luck with your project team!

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