ucm green campus december 2011 newsletter

8/3/2019 UCM Green Campus December 2011 Newsletter

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DEC 2011 A L L I A N C E T O S A V E E N E R G Y S G R E E N C A M P U S P R O G R A M FREE

BOBCAT GREEN C AMPUS TIMES

On Wednesday December 30, 2011, The Green Campus Program at UC Merced organized aCareer Panel where students were introduced to different green careers in our campus. Theentire panelists were UC Merced Employees working for Facilities, LEED Certification, WaterStakeholder, Energy and other departments. UC Merced is one of the greenest universitycampuses having all of its buildings LEED Certified and growing from the grown up with thefocus of sustainable design. Different green clubs on campus were invited to the event, for anopportunity to showcase their efforts on campus in making our university more sustainable.There were several projects that stood out including UC Merceds Water Battle,Weatherization Projects in the City of Merced, Sola Powered Tractor and CompostingProjects. The event took place in the Dinning Commons where students were attracted tothe event while passing to grab lunch. The Green Campus team hopes to expand this projectfor next semester and invite several other green professionals from the Central Valley andNorthern California, and hopes to collaborate with UC Merced Careers Services to create a

Green Job Fair.

Green Careers PanelBy: Martin Figueroa

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6 WAYS TO HAVE A

GREENER

CHRISTMAS

1. BUY LESS - Not allgifts have to be store-brought.

2. BUY SMART- Buylocally made gifts! Buygifts made of recycledsources. Give batteryfree gifts. Re-gifting isokay!

3. BUY GREENERLIGHTS- Save energy

by reducing the sizeof light displays. UseLED Christmas lights!Turn off your treelighting and outsidelighting when you goto bed!

4. MAKE YOUR OWNCHRISTMASCARDS!

5. USE GREENER

WRAPPING PAPER-Use environmentallyfriendly wrappingpaper. Avoid using foilor metallic wrappingpaper. Reduce theamount of tape used.

6. REUSE/RECYLE-Reuse or Recycle giftpackaging materials!

Theadvancementoftechnologyhaspusheddeveloping

na5onsfurtheraheadinproduc5vityaswellasstandardofliving.

BiggerTVsandsoundsystemsforleisurearebeingbroughtintoeveryroominthehousehold,increasingenergyconsump5onper

person,perhousehold,peryear.Thisalarmingrisehasbroughtthe

energyconsump5onperpersononaverage12kWperpersoninthe

UnitedStates.Thisenergyconsump5onincludes:livingandoffice

space,food,electricity,autotravel,airtravel,publictransporta5on,

andpublicinfrastructure.

TheprojectoriginatedattheSwissFederalIns5tuteof

TechnologyinZurich.Thegoaloftheprojectistoreducethe

countriesaverageenergyconsump5onto2000waKswithout

reducingthestandardofliving.The2000standardwerederived

fromtheglobalaverageenergyuse,meaningthatwhiletheUnited

Statesisat12000,othercountriesarewellbelow1000.Comparing

countries,WesternEuropeuses6,000,Chinauses100,and

Switzerlanduses,000.

Toachievethe2000standard,itisupthecountrytoreinvest

itsassets.Implemen5ngalowenergybuildingstandardand

improvingtheefficiencyofroad,avia5on,andnau5cal

transporta5onwillhelpmeetthestandard.Useofrenewable

energiesanddistricthea5ngwouldalsoimproveenergy

conserva5on.ShouldeverycountryaKempttoreachthisgoal,it

wouldrelievefearsofclimatechangeandgivetheworldenergy

security.

AConserva5velyGreenFuture?

By:JosephOr5z

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TheGreenFes5valcametoSanFranciscoonNovember17th2011,displayingsomeofthenewestGreenTechnologyandProducts.Thereweremanygreenbusinessesthatshowedleadershipin

socialandenvironmentalresponsibilityandfocusedonbusinessasatoolforposi5vechange.Outofthesebusinesses,oneofthemthatstoodouttoGreenCampusInter,DaoVangwasabusinessthat

createdtrashbagsoutofcompostorcornmaterial.Thebagswereverydurableandbiodegradable!This

isamagnificentproduct.Being100%biodegradable,thiswillbringusalongwayinkeepingthe

environmentsustainableandmaybethefutureofplas5cbags.Thiswouldbeagreataddi5ontoour

campus!Therewereotherbiodegradableproductsdemonstrated.Itwasimpressivehowmostofour

dailyusedproductsthatcanbeeitherreusedoraremadeofbiodegradablematerialscanreplaceused

items.

Therewerealsomanyspeakerswithagreatamountofknowledgeinsustainabilityandbeing

green.LeonardAdler,theCEOofGreenJobsNetwork,wasaninspiringspeaker.Hetalkedaboutthe

importanceofagreenjobandgave5pstojobseekerswhoareinterestedinenvironmentalorsocial

responsibilitytofindjobs,explorecareers,andbuildprofessionalnetworks.Asheencouragedpeopletoseekagreenjob,healsoencouragedtheGreenCampusteamtosetupasuccessfulGreenCareerPanel.

TheGreenCampusInternsatUCMercedpar5cipatedinvariousworkshopslearningpoten5al

sustainabilityprac5ces,whichtheycanadoptfortheUCMercedCampus.Wealsovolunteeredduring

Green Festival San FranciscoBy: Dao Vang

Whywaitforpollu5ontoprovidetheexternalpressureforchange?Ifenvironmentalbehavioris

promotedintheclassroom,societywillgrowtobehavedifferently.TheAlliancetoSaveEnergyis

dedicatedtoempoweringtomorrow'senergyefficiencyleaders,andonFriday,November18tha

GreenCampusinternhadtoopportunitytomo5vateanen5rehallfulloftomorrowspoten5al

leaders.CoreFridayisarequiredseriesoftalksandpresenta5onsforaclasscalledCore:TheWorldat

Home.TheclassexposesincomingfreshmentoavastarrayoftopicsinanaKempttocontextualize

humankind'splaceintheuniverse.JohnEllioKallowedMaKHirotaandinternDmitriMedvedkoto

dividedhiscoreFridaypresenta5onintothreeparts:John'stechnicaltalkaboutthehealthofthe

environmentandwhatUCMercedisdoingtominimizeimpact,MaK'stalkaboutwastemanagement

andUCMerced'sefforttobezerowaste,andDmitritalkedaboutviewingthesurroundingbuilt

environmentfromtheperspec5veoftheenvironment.OnehundredandfiystudentsaKendedthe

talkandpar5cipatedby"liking"therecyclingpageonFacebook.Theywereencouragedtotakethe

sustainabilitypledgeontheGreenCampuswebsite.JohninvitedMaKandDmitribacknextsemester.

Hopefully,November18thbeganagreattrendofacademicinfusionforGreenCampusinterns.

Academic InfusionBy: Dmitri Medvedko

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CONTACT THE TEAM

Martin Figueroa [email protected] Manager/ Project Coordinator / Metrics

Joseph Ortiz |[email protected]/ Project Coordinator

Dao Vang | [email protected]

Project Coordinator

Dmitri Medvedko | [email protected] Coordinator/ Metrics Coordinator

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