Keep campus ‘green’
In March, I was happy to read about the National Wildlife Federation commendation the University received for being a “green” campus in the recent issue of News and Views. I appreciate what the staff of Facilities Services has done regarding recycling, waste reduction and “green” landscaping practices.
I am an anthropology professor who works in Condon Hall. Over the past 11 years I’ve been on campus, I’ve seen the amount of litter people discard in parking lots, on the street and around our buildings steadily increase. Every morning when we walk across the parking lot, my husband and I pick up litter if we have a hand free.
While I heartily applaud the institutional approach to waste reduction, what can we do to get people, largely students, from littering campus? Why are people such slobs, when we are blessed with a beautiful campus? Where are the “green” student activists who might organize an anti-litter campaign? I am wondering if others on campus have thought about this issue and about what could be done.
While I am happy with our University progress on some environmental issues, there’s a tremendously long way to go. “It’s not easy being green.”

Madonna Moss

associate professor

anthropology