Student projects aim for a greener Homewood
The project would cost no more than $15,000 to $20,000, most of which will be used for the boiler. The funds will be collected through the Hopkins Sustainability Initiative and the Maryland Department of Energy. In addition, Dean of Student Life Susan Boswell has pledged money to the effort.
"The project will essentially pay for itself within five years," Teran said.
An alumnus from Baltimore is also helping with the effort, and Teran hopes that the project begin by the end of the semester. "This is definitely happening. Once it is set up, it will be easy to expand to Gertrude's, which uses 1,200 gallons of vegetable oil a year," he added.
Recycled Paper Project
Freshman Becca Love started with a long list of ideas that gradually was narrowed down to a paper campaign proposal, which she thought would have the greatest impact.
Although the project was chosen last November, it is still in its initial planning stages, according to Love, but if everything goes according to plan, it should begin soon.
The recycled paper project is made up of two separate components: getting individual departments to sign a paper pledge, and kicking off an advertising campaign across campus.
The pledge holds departments to a number of requirements, including: using paper that has a high content of recycled paper in it, printing and copying everything using double-sided printing, using WebCT instead of making hard copies of assignments, and submitting papers and other assignments electronically.
"People don't consider that paper makes [about] one-third of the solid [material] that goes into landfills, and most of it could be recycled. The paper industry is one of the largest and people focus on the trees cut down, but the forestry industry manages that rather responsibly. Paper pollutes water and soil, pollutes the air and uses energy - if this were not thrown out needlessly, we could decrease the amount of pollution," Love said.
"The project will essentially pay for itself within five years," Teran said.
An alumnus from Baltimore is also helping with the effort, and Teran hopes that the project begin by the end of the semester. "This is definitely happening. Once it is set up, it will be easy to expand to Gertrude's, which uses 1,200 gallons of vegetable oil a year," he added.
Recycled Paper Project
Freshman Becca Love started with a long list of ideas that gradually was narrowed down to a paper campaign proposal, which she thought would have the greatest impact.
Although the project was chosen last November, it is still in its initial planning stages, according to Love, but if everything goes according to plan, it should begin soon.
The recycled paper project is made up of two separate components: getting individual departments to sign a paper pledge, and kicking off an advertising campaign across campus.
The pledge holds departments to a number of requirements, including: using paper that has a high content of recycled paper in it, printing and copying everything using double-sided printing, using WebCT instead of making hard copies of assignments, and submitting papers and other assignments electronically.
"People don't consider that paper makes [about] one-third of the solid [material] that goes into landfills, and most of it could be recycled. The paper industry is one of the largest and people focus on the trees cut down, but the forestry industry manages that rather responsibly. Paper pollutes water and soil, pollutes the air and uses energy - if this were not thrown out needlessly, we could decrease the amount of pollution," Love said.
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