4+Current+Negative+Actions

=Current Negative Actions =

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 * == Activity Name == || == Group or Department Involved == || == Description of Action == ||
 * Planning for run off impact || Facilities || What are the potential risks of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers used on the manicured landscapes on campus? Not just to our students, but consider also our storm water runoff... are there holding ponds or does it go straight into the river? Could we build rain gardens to hold and clean the water collected on our impervious surfaces?

Could we reduce their use by having more "natural" landscapes? This would also provide ideal outdoor learning environments. || water bottles provided at all meetings || Eurest and school divisions who order them || We provide individual water bottles at all meetings. Stop providing the bottles. Encourage people to bring their own cups/reusable bottles and only have the big dispensers available. || turning off lights/computers, a.c. etc... || teachers, staff and ayis || many electrical devices are left on when noone is in the room and/or overnight when shutting them off would save electricity.
 * Lamination || all school || Scientists reckon that laminated paper placed in a typical landfill will take up to 2,000 (!) years to decompose. Lamination is an expensive way to add even more plastic to a world full of it already.If we can't eliminate it altogether, perhaps we can reduce it significantly through educating people and encouragng them to make greener choices. ||
 * unnecessary flushing of toilets || ayis(?) || some ayis cleaning bathrooms regularly flush all toilets even if it's not necessary -- seems wasteful of water ||
 * paper Bulletins || Publications || many, many of these go directly to the recycling bin in my classroom as too many are delivered, students don't care about them, etc. Would love to see these as electronic-only publications. ||
 * poor-quality paper cups || Eurest || Paper cups provided for complimentary tea/coffee in faculty room are of poor quality, and when they leak, people are "forced" to use more than 1. Maybe just assume people should provide their own cups? ||
 * water bottles || Eurest || we have safe, potable drinking water in the fountains, and no one should really //need// to buy water in school. However, Eurest sometimes has "lunch specials" which include water. If you substitute a different drink, you must pay for the entire drink (& receive no 'credit' for the water you don't buy)--we feel we're forced to support plastic one-use water bottles if we order the special. ||
 * disposable chopsticks, bowls, cups || Eurest || would like to see all of these replaced with reusable ||


 * A note about bathroom lighting**: these lights are on 24/7 because keeping them off would damage the light bulbs and cause them to burn out twice as fast. The lightbulbs are designed to be kept on at all times. ||
 * unnecessary usage of electricity || ISB Builiding || They keep the lights on over the night where there is not many peoepl in the building. ||
 * Voters Guide || Communications || High quality paper, color - this could be delivered electronically. Unfortunately, this document is not of interest to everyone in the community who receives it. ||