CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Indoor air quality ...is notoriously poor. Installing air cleaners may be just too expensive when trying to do the rest of this, especially considering the near-equal benefit of periodically opening windows, using HEPA-filtration vacuums on carpets, and getting plants … Continue reading CU/Green on good air and energy
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Superfund multimedia extravaganza!
Or at least, that's what I call my textual-visual-auditory, multi-platform news story about the nearest Superfund site to me, Lammers Barrel Factory. In case you didn't get to see the TV news package a couple weeks ago, here it is again. (If the video's still squished, pardon me. The fix is on the way.) But … Continue reading Superfund multimedia extravaganza!
CU/Green on water use and landscaping
CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Water supply quality Commission the engineering departments to do a study on the Village water quality. I hear some professors are wary of the water around here. The state EPA guidelines do allow for variation in quality. Water filtration … Continue reading CU/Green on water use and landscaping
Christians leading masses to Earth-love
Now, I certainly don't mean Earth-worship. Just Earth-love, good for you and good for me. That's what this blog is about. Hmm... I can't think of a way to frame this link, I just have to show it to you: Activist Fail. This is when you know you've gone too far. ...Then again, I dunno. … Continue reading Christians leading masses to Earth-love
CU/Green on building upkeep, construction
CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Regular building maintenance Get ideas from LEED and other certification standards when purchasing new parts for buildings. (Read on for alternatives to LEED) Commission the engineering department to do a study on "green roofs." Can our roof strctures support … Continue reading CU/Green on building upkeep, construction
The College Sustainability Report Card
As you have been reading the past few days, I've been making suggestions specific to our school. They've stemmed merely from my eco-research over the years intersecting with life at this school. But today I found a rather objective treatment of college eco-valuation. The College Sustainability Report Card rates the 300 schools in the U.S. and Canada … Continue reading The College Sustainability Report Card
CU/Green on clothing and consumer goods
CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Clothing Encourage the CU community to buy second-hand. Not only will we reduce new-item consumption and decrease clothing in landfills, but we will decrease the demand for sweatshop labor and possibly stop caring as much about the latest "fashions." … Continue reading CU/Green on clothing and consumer goods
CU/Green on food
CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Food To start, Chuck's (our cafeteria) should buy food from local farms. There's Orion Organics in Yellow Springs, but they're probably not big enough to serve all our needs. Eventually we could start our own farm for our own … Continue reading CU/Green on food
CU/Green on transporation
CU/Green: Things Cedarville University should consider doing in order to be good stewards of the Earth. Transportation and travel Partner with the village municipality to develop more options for shopping here locally, so everyone won't have to constantly go to Xenia and Fairfield Commons. Open a university bicycle shop so that biking around the campus, … Continue reading CU/Green on transporation
Start of a series: CU/Green
I'm among the founders of a new environmental organization at my University, which will largely be developed over the summer. I had been thinking, we ought to have some thoughts about what institutional changes the University should strive for. So I started a list. It spans several blog posts and comes in the form of … Continue reading Start of a series: CU/Green
Happy Earth Day!
Today I went out to plant trees with some other eco-minded students, but our coordinator had heard weather authorities call for frost round these parts. So we picked up trash instead. I wish I had remembered to stuff my camera in my back pocket. Had I done that I would have had some pictures for … Continue reading Happy Earth Day!
TV news pollution report
I produced this TV news package for a newswriting class this semester. I'm currently working on a full-blown cross-platform version of this story. That'll include a web (text) version as well as three radio stories, a slideshow, SMS updates, PDF copies of official documents, extended "directors cut" interviews and more. Sadly, until I can render … Continue reading TV news pollution report
Obligatory first post
Greetings. This site will chronicle my work (whether I'm getting paid for it or not), so in that sense it'll be a running resume. Shortly here you'll be able to find "blog posts," more traditional or investigative journalism, photojournalism, or other various writing and multimedia... all available in a functional, beautiful web environment. If you're … Continue reading Obligatory first post
Article likely administration mouthpiece
Sub-head with three lines. Design, sometimes content, works ..doubles as haiku By Brandon Smith Note: This is a tirade masquerading as a front-page news article of this publication, supposedly one of the best college newspapers in America. If it truly is among the best in the country, the author guesses the American media will... remain … Continue reading Article likely administration mouthpiece
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