Global warming has been a controversial issue for decades. Many researchers have created theories about its effects. But the issue is how to get everyday citizens to help in the efforts to prevent global warming from causing further damage to the earth, than it already has. In “An Inconvenient Truth” a documents series filmed by former Vice President Al Gore, has shed light to the issue of environmental sustainability. According to Abraham Parker the United nations has designated 2005-2014 as the “Decade of education for Sustainable Development” with an overall goal “to integrate the principles, laws and practices of sustainable development in all aspects of education and learning…[and to]…encourage changes in economic behavior that will create a more sustainable future in terms of environmental integrity, economic vitality, and a just society for the present and future generations.”
Institutions around the United States have decided to get on board with these issues. College campuses not only posses the brain power but also the resources to assist the government in combating environmental sustainability and global warming issues. Yale University established an Office of Sustainability in 2005 in order to understand ecology and it’s importance. The office focuses of how the university can exercise environmental sustainability through the use of on-campus transportation, energy use and waste management, while always keeping the campus up to date. Yale’s Office of Sustainability has joined forces with multiple organizations on campus in order to push the “green” initiatives being implemented on campus.
These efforts have made a big impact on Yale’s campus. This journal article is tied directly into what we are trying to do on Florida A and M Universities campus because, Yale has successfully launched a campaign that has student and faculty interested in learning about the impact that everyday life has on our environment. A commitment from faculty and students is what we need in order to make FAMU’s campus more “green” centered!
Bibliographic Information
Creating a “Green” Campus
ABRAHAM PARKER
BioScience
Vol. 57, No. 4 (April 2007) (p. 321)
Author Information
ABRAHAM PARKERAbraham Parker (e-mail: aparker@aibs.org) is AIBS’s education and outreach program associate.
© 2007 American Institute of Biological Sciences.
I wonder what it would take for all cities in all of the states to understand the significance of energy conservation. Will it be after our resources are gone or bought out by foreign countries? Or will it be when the climate gets unbearable for the human body? I enjoyed reading your blog because it allows people to understand that a variety of people support furthering knowledge on topics such as sustainability and energy efficiency. It allows people to know that caring about the actions toward the environment goes beyond recycling.
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