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WDT is "Going Green"

Green Campus Mission
Western Dakota Tech Green Campus Committee is committed to supporting and sustaining the development of an environmentally responsible student body, faculty, staff, and campus.
 
Green Campus Vision Statement:
As an educational institution, we have the opportunity to be a leader in promoting recycling and the sustainable use of resources.  Our Green Campus Committee strives to learn about, and understand, sustainable environmental practices, making their benefits apparent to students, faculty, staff, and our community.  We seek to encourage the study of environmental issues in courses throughout the curriculum and graduate responsible global citizens prepared to work in the new and evolving sustainable energy market.

Green Campus Meeting Minutes 

 

 
Committees:
Earth Day Committees:
  • Exhibitors/participant outreach 
  • Speakers/Video
  • Poster Contest ~ download form 
  • Automobiles
  • Technology
  • Marketing
  • Transportation

 

 

Great Links
    www.groovygreen.com 
    www.DakotaLocalFoodNetwork.com
    www.ebay.com/greenteam
    www.waterbobble.com
    www.crayonrocks.net
    www.greenpot.com
   

    
 
 
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Earth Day
April 22, 2010
Western Dakota Tech is the location for Rapid City's Earth Day 2010 event. Want to get involved in planning or participating,
please contact Rae Getz 718-2418
or Curt Lauinger 718-2438.
 
   Earth Day logo 2010
 
  

 

Our Community & Sustainability
Think Globally ~ Act Locally
Western Dakota Tech and the Mayor’s Ad Hoc Task Force on Green Cities invite you to participate in Earth Day 2010. WDT is delighted to host this city and campus effort and welcomes Rapid City and surrounding communities to Earth Day 2010.
Scheduled events include:
  • Program
  • Speakers
  • Videos
  • Exhibitor/Participants (11am-6pm)
  • “Green” Automobiles (11am-6pm)
  • Symposium (6pm-8pm)
  • Video Contest & Poster Contest winners announced.
  • Blog
  • Media
Please join us. Exhibitors/Participants Register here.
Earth Day Committee contacts:
  • Exhibitors/Participant outreach - Rae Getz, Richard Rasmussen, Nancy Hilding
  • Speakers/Videos/Special Events - Eirik Heikes, Nancy Hilding, Mary Jo Farrington 
  • Poster Contest -
  • Automobiles - Richard Rasmussen, Dr. Kim Morey 
  • Technology
  • Marketing - Cheryl Jarding 
  • Transportation - Curt Lauinger 
  • Symposium - Aaron Saunders, Nancy Hilding
Earth Day Planning Power Point 
Earth Day Planning Meeting Mins. (WDT & RC Mayor's Ad Hoc Task Force on Green Cities) 
 
Recycling Hints
 
Drag the bag. Reduce the number of plastic bags you use. Recycle them. Use reusable bags when shopping.
 
Fact:  the average number of plastic bags an individual uses per year - 500! Try to reduce that by half.
 
If every household in the US replaced just one box of 48oz petroleum based powder laundry detergent with a vegetable based one, we save 96,000 barrels of oil. This is enough to heat 5,500 homes a year!
 
For every 10 gallons of gas you put in your car, 6 come from overseas. Plastics are petroleum products. Recycling plastic = saving petroleum= less dependency on foreign oil
 
Start with just one purchase-choose sustainable, environmentally friendly coffee, jeans, soap, light bulbs, chocolate.
 
Lug the jug. Start using a reusable water bottle. Lug the mug. Start using a reusable coffee mug
 
Buy and use CFL bulbs. Look for the energy star label. Don’t fall for the mercury hazard myth. They contain less mercury than a watch battery and off set the mercury released in energy production to light a typical bulb.
 
“hints” are brought to you by:
Donna S Robinson
RCAS Recycling Facilitator
(aka Dumpster Diva or Garbage Gal – thanks for all you do Donna)