UC-SD Green Gone Wild

Campus Report ^ | September 16, 2009 | Deborah Lambert

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UC-SD Green Gone Wild

by: Deborah Lambert, September 16, 2009

Do students entering U.C. San Diego this year have any idea what awaits them? Those who read Pat Jacoby’s article in UCSD News will learn how the green movement has transformed the school into a “next generation array of green innovations ranging from Econauts and drought tolerant bio-swale landscaping to organic foods and ‘hydration stations’ that eliminate the need for disposable water bottles.”

“UC San Diego is a living laboratory for climate change solutions,” said Mark Cunningham, the school’s director of Housing, Dining and Hospitality, adding that “if we show these citizens of tomorrow they can live without plastic, air conditioning and other unnecessary amenities during their life on campus, they’ll take these good consumer habits out into their future world.”

Furthermore, Krista Mays, sustainability manager for Housing, Dining and Hospitality, reports that UCSD “dining halls and markets will offer cage-free eggs; fair trade coffee, tea and sugar; organic food, and locally grown fruits and vegetables.” Next spring, one of the dining halls will be re-born as an organic bistro.

In case anyone is wondering what an “Econaut” is, seven of them have been hired to educate their fellow students about “ways to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce “water consumption by 20 percent and achieve zero waste by 2012.”

Each student will receive a personal electricity bill to build “awareness of the cost of energy for activities such as all-night gaming, and use of plasma TV, stereo and play stations.”

Here’s something else to look forward to: ...

[jessduntno]

In case anyone is wondering what an “Econaut” is, seven of them have been hired to educate their fellow students about “ways to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce “water consumption by 20 percent and achieve zero waste by 2012.”

The jokes about zero waste are too limitless...

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Longhair_and_Leather]

"...‘hydration stations’ that eliminate the need for disposable water bottles."

They're called water fountains.

[DuncanWaring]

In the civilized world, anyway.

[wbill]

In case anyone is wondering what an “Econaut” is, seven of them have been hired to educate their fellow students

At my school, these idiots would have been voted "Most Likely to Get Their Ass Kicked".

[AndyJackson]

UC San Diego is a living laboratory for climate change solutions

No sell. I have seen La Jolla, which is the quintessential of how the SoCal auto based strip-mall culture can turn any previously nice place into semi urban blight. Sorry. Clean up your own locale before preaching to the rest of the country.

[vpintheak]

Folks, most of what these people are talking about really isn't “green”. It's CONSERVATIVE! They do have plenty of other wacky idea's but most of what people call “green” today is simply being frugal, or thrifty.