The Green Team is a coalition of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to fostering sustainability at Smith. We work to educate and support the campus community and the college's sustainability committee in the efficient use of finite natural resources. Our work touches many areas of Smith's operations, including construction, transportation, purchasing, materials use, energy use, and waste management. We also coordinate with those who determine the college's curriculum and investment practices to increase awareness of the relationship between Smith policies and environmental concerns. Through incremental changes in everyday activities, we seek to transform the college's practices so we can achieve the greatest possible efficiencies in preventing pollution and using natural resources.
Image courtesy of conner395 via flickr Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd be hard-pressed to miss the continuous stream of news stories describing the threat posed by the world's dwindling reserves of freshwater. With some talking up the potential for water becoming the next "oil," it has become imperative for international NGOs and governments to focus their energy on forestalling a global crisis that could devastate developing countries. Fortunately, the WWF and Nature Conservancy have developed a handy new resource...
The number of grants to people fitting green energy systems in their homes has halved, the BBC has learned.
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