Today was the first day of Environmental Problem Solving-- a two unit course dedicated to finding solutions to environmental issues on campus. Some of the ideas are obvious. For example, we could stop watering the cement on campus...One of the on-going projects we will work on is drafting a letter to the new president about the shame associated with having a C- ranking on sustainability issues.
Luckily, Oxy recently created the Sustainability Fund-- a fund that students can donate $20 to every semester specifically for environmental projects on campus. F.E.A.S.T is looking to apply for money from the fund. The main draw-back is that students have to go on the Oxy website and find the form themselves to donate every semester and only 25% of students took the initiative last semester.
Let's make the form more obvious to students so that we can improve our ranking and make Oxy's green policies reflect how green Oxy students want the campus to be.
POSTED BY ELISSA CHANDLER
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