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Childish things, and the putting away thereof
Today is, as we've all been informed ad nauseum, the 200th anniversary of the births of both Abraham Lincoln and...
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The second best idea for campus recycling
Greenback U has a lot of recycling containers on campus. Many are for paper only, some are for paper and...
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The best idea yet for improving campus recycling
As the economy has gone into the crapper, so has the market for most recyclable materials. It just doesn't pay...
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Blowing cold air
One of the tactics Greenback would like to use to decrease our carbon footprint in the short term is to...
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Counting (on) chickens
Like every other college and university in the country -- probably the world -- Greenback is pinching pennies. Hard. Discretionary...
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Taking stock
It's now a year since I started this series of miscellaneous ramblings. At such times the mind reflects, and may...
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The best idea yet for greening campus IT
When I do a sustainability audit for departments on campus, one of the things I look for is "converters" or...
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No cold feet
Back when he was in seventh grade, my son undertook a science fair project. For 60 days he monitored the...