vending miser

hey, i'm not sure how much info everyone has about the vending miser, but i have this link to one site to give you all an idea of the impact it will have.

generally, it ranges between 150-200 dollars per unit, which is a small price to pay when it reduces energy consumption by nearly 50 percent.

Besides swapping out the plastic shopping bags for reusable bags in the bookstore as Maya suggested from the NYU sustainability plan, I think it would also be fairly easy to have the computer lab change the settings of the printers so that everything that is printed comes out double sided. And although it was very irritating in the summer to walk into a dimly lit Marshak, its actually worth it since there's not that many people that congregate on the street level, so dimming the lights there should become something that is regularly done during that time of the year.

City of Rockford Sustainability Plan

http://rockford.mi.us/pages/images/news/Sustainability-Publish.pdf

I found this article on rockford Sustainability Plan. It seems very interesting. Most importantly it seems like everything is clear and coherent for everyone to understand the main purpose of having a Sustainability Plan and ways to improve it to make a friendly environment.

NYU sustainability and CCNY sustainability.

When I saw the projects that NYU is overtaking for sustainability it made me feel like our sustainability plan is relatively minor. They have made plans such as the sustainability task force (which means 60 members of the campus) have volunteered to asses current practices. They are also getting grants from 14 new projects. It would be awesome if we can make a fund raiser and get some grants ourselves.

They have also included other organizations within the campus to help them such as their Green Club and Environmental Science majors.

If you look through their website they also have included small and simple steps to their sustainability such as the book store has stopped using plastic bags and have changed to recyclable paper bags. In our bookstore we are still using plastic bags. I think we should make a change to that.

Waste Stream Survey & Recycling Pilot Project

So CCNY sustainability project is working on a new plan which involves taking a survey of waste stream of different buildings. All the data will be collected on quantities nad types of materials wasted in each building. Therefore allowing proper placement of disposables and recycling containers. on campus.

Monsanto in India

There are not only long term health effects due to Monsanto...

"cost–benefit analysis of extensive vegetated roof systems"

I found this article directly related to our Rooftop garden project. The study talks about the benefits, costs, and resources that are needed to create a rooftop garden.