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Congratuations to Jessica Sleeper, Landscape Horticulture major
for winning the Cayuga Kayak

Generously donated by Johnson Outdoors/ Old Town Canoe

 

Earth Day 2009
Suggestions for a "Greener UMaine"
submitted by Earth Day participants

• “Vertical Gardens” inside and out – if applied inside it provides air purification and natural humidifier – if applied outside of building it provides insulation

• Motion sensitive lights in bathrooms, etc.

• Low flow toilets, faucets, shower heads

• New windows in older buildings

• Energy from methane of compost that school is proposing

• Coin-operated showers to reduce amount of time people spend in the shower

• Build York Eco-Village for green student housing

• Pay students to grow food in greenhouse for commons

• Grey water treatment in rooftop greenhouses

• Waterless toilets

• Edible landscapes, fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, instead of grass

• Re-use grey water instead of creating more “sewage” use for gardens

• Recycling receptacles right next to the trash

• More advertising for blue bikes

• Powerstrips in Graduate Student’s Offices

• Promote recycling more with containers available

• Solar on all the roofs

• Actively support no coal legislation

• Get rid of parking lots – or at least for freshman

• Less cars – there must be a way to do that

• Human-powered energy from gym

• Student run gardens for eating

• Have a Permaculture major on campus

• Permaculture jobs

• Grow food in 4-seasons greenhouse similar to Gliot Coleman

• Green job opportunities

• Recycle plastic in food court

• More solar power everywhere on campus

• More recycling bins around campus

• Clean-up days other than on Maine Day

• Carpooling System

• “Green Fee” built into tuition

• No freshman parking

• Prizes / incentives fro NOT driving to campus every day

• Green endowment

• Community Shuttle Bus

• More incentives for offices to go green – perhaps audits for each office

• Recycling receptacles right next to trash cans

• More advertising for blue bikes

• More veggies from local growers and farmers in cafeteria

• Replace coverings on greenhouses so they have better insulation (4-layer polycarb not glass)

• More systems for student carpools

• A place to rent out green bikes to use for getting around campus and off campus.  Must register the bike so it doesn’t get lost

• Have composting buckets in dining facilities

• Have more recycling (i.e., for soup cans, yogurt containers, etc.)

• Automatic 10 -15 shower heads that stop after that amount of time

• Bio-diesel vehicles and more hybrids in motor pool

• Stop heating the buildings once it’s warm enough

• Get rid of the parking lots

• Carpool systems

• More dorm programming to promote green initiatives

• More public transportation

• Growing of produce

• Tobacco Free Campus

• More trees, flowers, etc.

• Gray water reuse in residences

• Espalier fruit trees on residences

• Green roofs where possible

• Solar panels on buildings

• More bike racks – they’re too crowded

• Less administrative paper use – use email more

• Milk bottle recycling bins in the dining halls

• Compost pulpers in all 4 dining commons, not just Hilltop

•  Recycle plastic – food court

• Compost – food court