Catchin' Up on the Green Conversation!

Conversation took a short breather as we began the new school year! Let's catch up!!!

#4: Not to be outdone in the freight game, Wal-Mart is providing funding to the biggest truck manufacturers -- ArvinMeritor, Eaton, International, and Peterbilt -- to develop the first heavy-duty diesel-hybrid 18-wheeler. Wal-Mart, which operates the second-largest truck fleet in the country, will test the prototypes next year.

#5: Austin-based concert promoter C3 Presents made news when it banned Styrofoam cups from the sixth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival this year. Beneath the quick-hit media pop was a deeper story: Following the model the company created for Lollapalooza, C3 took a holistic approach to greening nearly every aspect of ACL, from bamboo-based concert T-shirts to gel sanitizer in the bathrooms to bio-diesel power generators.

#6: It's not just hippies making the special-events world eco-friendly. The Philadelphia Eagles claim to be the greenest team in the NFL--and not just because of the color of its jerseys. Starting this season, the team's "Go Green" environmental campaign has its stadium cleaning crew making two full sweeps after each game--one to pick up recyclables and another for trash.

I probably said this before...but it takes small steps like the three listed above to help make a huge impact on this planet. All we have to do is change our habits just slightly to do our part on helping the environment. We're not asking you to go extreme and get all hippie on us...but let's just do our part. No more styrofoam products at chapter events!!! Carpooling as much as we possibly can!!! Recycling everything from paper to e-waste. And help make our friends and family aware of the small things we can do to make a difference. And hey, if you DO want to get big with this, get involved with the chapter's upcoming E-Waste project. Or give us more ideas on how we can contribute like getting the campus to also get rid of styrofoam at any of the food places on campus and more! Someone has to speak up and if we do it together, we can make it happen!

What are your thoughts and opinions? Keep the conversation going!


- Michelle Nakaji
Co-Internal Director of Leadership Development
michellenakaji@csufpbl.org


[from Fast Company: 50 Ways to Green Your Business http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/50-ways-to-green.html?page=1 ]