2008 Woodie Awards
Going carbon neutral
Group works toward carbon neutral campus
Daliah Singer
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: Earth Day
Crimson and gold are the official colors of this campus, but many areas on campus are going green.
At the DU Bookstore, customers can take part in the "Borrow a Bag" program, which allows them to take a bag for all of their purchases and then return it on their next visit. Customers can also pay $2.99 to own a "DU Goes Green" bag. Recycled products are available for purchase, including paper, clipboards, notepads and binders.
Today, Earth Day, the Sustainability Council offered an update on its activities.
In celebration, the council is providing a number of activities and opportunities for the community to have its voice heard.
Outdoor yoga is being offered in the Humanities Garden, at 2 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m.; tree planting is being offered in the same garden from 1:30-4:30 p.m.; and the council, along with the DU Environmental Team, will have an information table for students to learn more about what it does.
"We want to hear what they (the community) have to say," said Fred Cheever, chair of the council and law professor.
In June 2007, Chancellor Robert Coombe signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). His signature pledged the university to meet certain environmental standards.
As a result of that commitment, Provost Greg Kvistad set up the Sustainability Council to work toward meeting the pledges set out in the ACUPCC.
"The University of Denver has always been a pioneer in environmental quality and sustainability," said Cheever. "We are an advisory council and our job is to get this (sustainability) process going."
Currently, the council is working on plans that will help the university achieve its ACUPCC requirements.
The ACUPCC requires three major commitments from the university: include sustainability in the curriculum, create a greenhouse gas inventory and keep it updated and create a plan to make DU "carbon neutral."
By the end of spring quarter 2009, the council is required to have a plan drafted as to how the university can meets its sustainability goal - becoming carbon neutral.
At the DU Bookstore, customers can take part in the "Borrow a Bag" program, which allows them to take a bag for all of their purchases and then return it on their next visit. Customers can also pay $2.99 to own a "DU Goes Green" bag. Recycled products are available for purchase, including paper, clipboards, notepads and binders.
Today, Earth Day, the Sustainability Council offered an update on its activities.
In celebration, the council is providing a number of activities and opportunities for the community to have its voice heard.
Outdoor yoga is being offered in the Humanities Garden, at 2 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m.; tree planting is being offered in the same garden from 1:30-4:30 p.m.; and the council, along with the DU Environmental Team, will have an information table for students to learn more about what it does.
"We want to hear what they (the community) have to say," said Fred Cheever, chair of the council and law professor.
In June 2007, Chancellor Robert Coombe signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). His signature pledged the university to meet certain environmental standards.
As a result of that commitment, Provost Greg Kvistad set up the Sustainability Council to work toward meeting the pledges set out in the ACUPCC.
"The University of Denver has always been a pioneer in environmental quality and sustainability," said Cheever. "We are an advisory council and our job is to get this (sustainability) process going."
Currently, the council is working on plans that will help the university achieve its ACUPCC requirements.
The ACUPCC requires three major commitments from the university: include sustainability in the curriculum, create a greenhouse gas inventory and keep it updated and create a plan to make DU "carbon neutral."
By the end of spring quarter 2009, the council is required to have a plan drafted as to how the university can meets its sustainability goal - becoming carbon neutral.
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