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CHANGING CAMPUS CULTURE: A GREENPRINT FOR SJSU

CHANGING CAMPUS CULTURE: A GREENPRINT FOR SJSU. Anne Fountain (Faculty advisor ) Jessica Bruns (Hospitality Management ) Onder Kustu (Finance, Business) Alvin Lee (Electrical Engineering,Engineering) Daisuke Seto (Meteorology, Science). Climate change affects everyone

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CHANGING CAMPUS CULTURE: A GREENPRINT FOR SJSU

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  1. CHANGING CAMPUS CULTURE: A GREENPRINT FOR SJSU Anne Fountain (Faculty advisor ) Jessica Bruns (Hospitality Management )Onder Kustu (Finance, Business)Alvin Lee (Electrical Engineering,Engineering) Daisuke Seto (Meteorology, Science)

  2. Climate change affects everyone We all must do our share to solve the problem

  3. Greenprint for what SJSU can do: Make CSI course permanent Boost Sustainability Week Campaign for cultural change Gardens for graduating classes Community participation Use drama to educate Eliminate PLASTIC BOTTLES from campus

  4. Defining the problem • Plastic material (PET) is derived from petroleum or natural gas. • 17 Million barrels of oil is required annually to produce the PET bottles (Pacific Institute,2007). • 17 Million barrels of oil could fuel 1 Million cars per year (RPN,2008). • Americans consume 80 million bottles of water every day. • 80% of the bottles are not recycled and litter the environment (treehugger.com). Source: http://blog.case.edu/james.chang/2007/06/index

  5. U.S. bottled water consumption: STILL GROWING! 2007 U.S. bottled water consumption change:7.8% Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation,2006

  6. Whose problem is it?

  7. Bottled water market Ship water +5,000 miles Southern CA →Northern CA? France Source: www.globalpackagegallery.com Fiji Source: www.threesacrowdevents.com

  8. Marketing of Bottled Water: • Claim that it is safer than tap water • Sell fantasy (e.g. Fiji water) • Create images of pure, healthy water

  9. Public responsibility Understand quality of our drinking water Bay Area  From Hetch Hetchy Reservoir high quality drinking water Source: tripcart.typepad.com/tripcart_the_blog/2007/06

  10. Is bottled water purer, safer, and healthier than tap water? Tap water Regulated by EPA Quality and safety monitored by EPA Bottled water • Regulated by FDA using EPA standards • 40% of bottled water is “bottled tap water” Source: RPN,2008

  11. What could happen if the problem is not remedied?

  12. Potential impact Environmental impact ─Oil consumption ─GHG emissions ─Pollution (~1000yrs) Other impact ─Wasted Water ─Wasted Energy http://i-eclectica.org/2007/11/14/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

  13. Obligations of those involved Cost Education Action Student Sami Monsur at the Humanities and Arts Holiday luncheon http://flickr.com/photos/99464159@N00/612408772

  14. Proposed solution • Eliminate bottled water from campus • Provide reusable bottles to students • Install filter & faucet units to drinking fountains • Discourage sale of bottled water on campus • Encourage sale of reusable bottles on campus

  15. Can we make drinking from a fountain easier?

  16. Missing ingredients ► Filter and faucet units Fountains ─ installed in many buildings Faucets ─ easy to refill water bottle ─ ~$250 per unit to install? Filters ─ reduce odor ─ remove chemicals etc. Source: Drinking Fountain Doctor.com

  17. Missing ingredients ►Reusable water bottles • Lower life-cycle cost • plastic or metal • logos • Designers & sponsors

  18. Support and Involvement Frank Schiavo, MODERN-DAY THOREAU -- a messiah of the environment who infused a generation of students with his passion for using as little of planet Earth's resources as possible -- is retiring.He leaves behind a legacy of environmental consciousness that makes him an icon for those he taught at local high schools and, most recently, San Jose State University. Consider Schiavo's life: He lives in a solar-powered house. He recycles everything that doesn't make it to his Published on June 16, 2003, San Jose Mercury News (CA) Sarah Bronstein, Director of Community & Environmental Affairs --Shared vision between the mission of Associated Students and the Vision of the Climate Solutions Initiatives from the UNVS196D…. →Comments of support

  19. These people have started….. Dr. Mark Novak, Dean of International and Extended Studies

  20. NO to one-use bottles YES to refillables! MOSAIC Director, Hyon Chu Yi-Baker Assistant Director, Sadika Sulaiman Hara

  21. YES to reusable water bottles! Ryan Wu, President, Global Studies Club.

  22. What a couple of weeks of bottled water use leaves behind. Onder Kustu of the CSI course

  23. When will you?

  24. Special Thanks to Rita Foster!

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