Hopkins goes green with week of events promoting sustainability
This past week was Green Week at Hopkins, and the University hosted many events to promote sustainability and environmental awareness.
As part of this year's Green Week, the Green Idea Generator was a forum for students to present their proposals to make the school more ecologically friendly.
Held by the Sustainability Initiative along with Students for Environmental Awareness (SEA), the third annual Green Idea Generator had eight students and student groups showcase their ideas.
After the presentation and a question-and-answer session, leaders of the Sustainability Initiative along with leaders of student environmental groups such as SEA and Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program (SHIP) developed work teams to work on these projects with the goal of implementing them by the end of the academic year.
The eight ideas presented ranged from an increase in the energy efficiency of electronics to the provision of solar-powered trash cans to composting on campus. Each proposal needed to be supported by facts about the current state of consumption in the University and estimates of the cost of implementation.
Several of these projects were modeled from structures already instituted in other universities.
In addition to individual students, two student groups also presented their ideas that are already in place for execution.
A project run by Engineers Without Borders is under way to set up a rainwater harvest system with a solar-powered pump in Ames Hall courtyard, along with building a green roof on Ames Hall.
This set-up can be used to modify the designs of the similar water collection device that is an EWB project in South Africa.
The freshmen EcoReps group also presented their "Reusable Container Initiative," where instead of throwing away the take-out boxes at the FFC, a system of reusable check-out containers will be implemented into the dining program.
EcoReps is expected to present this initiative to the Dining Services soon.
As part of this year's Green Week, the Green Idea Generator was a forum for students to present their proposals to make the school more ecologically friendly.
Held by the Sustainability Initiative along with Students for Environmental Awareness (SEA), the third annual Green Idea Generator had eight students and student groups showcase their ideas.
After the presentation and a question-and-answer session, leaders of the Sustainability Initiative along with leaders of student environmental groups such as SEA and Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program (SHIP) developed work teams to work on these projects with the goal of implementing them by the end of the academic year.
The eight ideas presented ranged from an increase in the energy efficiency of electronics to the provision of solar-powered trash cans to composting on campus. Each proposal needed to be supported by facts about the current state of consumption in the University and estimates of the cost of implementation.
Several of these projects were modeled from structures already instituted in other universities.
In addition to individual students, two student groups also presented their ideas that are already in place for execution.
A project run by Engineers Without Borders is under way to set up a rainwater harvest system with a solar-powered pump in Ames Hall courtyard, along with building a green roof on Ames Hall.
This set-up can be used to modify the designs of the similar water collection device that is an EWB project in South Africa.
The freshmen EcoReps group also presented their "Reusable Container Initiative," where instead of throwing away the take-out boxes at the FFC, a system of reusable check-out containers will be implemented into the dining program.
EcoReps is expected to present this initiative to the Dining Services soon.
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