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Eckerd College, the only national private
liberal arts college in Florida, has launched an informational
sustainability website. The website, www.eckerd.edu/green,
illustrates Eckerd's commitment to both minimizing its ecological
footprint and maximizing environmental awareness and green
practices.
"Many in the Eckerd community believe that
the most pressing social, economic, political and moral issues of
the 21st century have to do with the environment, and our
particular location here on the Gulf of Mexico especially enriches
that dimension of the College," said Dr. Donald R. Eastman III,
president of Eckerd College. Dr. Eastman is one of more than 400
college presidents to sign the American College & University
Presidents Climate Commitment.
Eckerd'ssustainable efforts include:
• the Presidents Climate Commitment
that addresses climate change;
• the hands-on, student-run recycling
program;
• the participatory Yellow Bike
program designed to increase bicycle use on campus and decrease
automobile traffic;
• the annual weeklong Visions of
Nature / Voices of Nature environmental film festival;
• Iota Complex, a residence hall for
which Eckerd is seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) certification;
• facilities vendor UNICCO's
GreenClean green products approach;
• food services vendor Bon Appetit
whose Circle of Responsibility and Eat Local Challenge aptly match
Eckerd's environmental ambitions; and,
• the popular Environmental Studies
major that explores relationships between humans and the natural
world.
Eckerd's sustainability site offers
in-depth explanations of its green endeavors. Information will be
updated regularly as campus initiatives emerge and are
implemented.
"Eckerd has had a longstanding commitment
to educate students about the environment and ecologically
thoughtful practices," said Allison Ormsby, assistant professor of
environmental studies.
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