Doing Good, Going Green
From beginning to end,
the environment was considered in the production of the printed materials you received in the mail for the
Doing Good, Going Green recent grad challenge.
The environmental benefits of producing this paper, which uses windpower, 100% postconsumer recycled and carbon neutral fibers have:
preserved 2 trees for the future
eliminated 7 lbs. of water-borne waste
saved 1,020 gallons of wastewater flow
prevented 222 lbs. of net greenhouse gases
saved 1,700,000 BTUs of energy
preserved 2,289 cubic feet of natural gas
and is equivalent to:
planting 19 trees
Think of how your efforts could benefit LVC’s environment!
We want to hear the ways you’re reducing your carbon footprint! Do you
carpool to work? Run errands on your bike? Have your own compost pile?
Any small step makes a big impact. Email Shaylene Scheib ’07 at
scheib@lvc.edu and let us know!
Tyler Frantz ’07: To live more self-sustainably, I recently put in a vegetable garden and I’m also growing grapes and blueberries in my yard. The vegetables and fruit will complement the venison and wild turkey meat I froze from this past fall. Additionally, I compost all my leaf and yard trimmings.
Courtney Grimm ’09: As a teacher, I’ve used cardboard boxes to tape pictures on for the students to match or sort or work on numbers and shapes. Last year, for Earth Day, my students and I made a 5 foot long rainbow with recyclables that we saved. We also had a fashion show with recyclables and the kids got to make clothes and model them to their parents.
Dan Rau ’03: We were the first laundromat (D & B Laundromat in Palmyra) in Central Pennsylvania to install a solar thermal system that heats our water using the power of the sun. This is a cost-saving measure that is simple, uses a free renewable resource, and also helps to minimize the use of natural gas.