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What we have discovered:

Upon several weeks of research group three has came to many conclusions that Virginia

State University could become more sustainable. We have noticed that the students are unaware

of the situations happening in their everyday environment. Grades K-12 and Higher learning

institutions should now make it their goal to teach students the responsibility of saving the earth.

“Saving the earth” seems like something that is out of our hands, but actually we possess the

solution. We are concerned that if we do not start now we will make no achievements in life let

alone achievements with the environment. The earth is our first home and without the earth we

have nothing. A college is a home away from home so we need to learn to take care of the place

in which we’ve chose to reside. We have several ideas how to incorporate a healthy campus life

with Virginia State University. Here are a few plans, actions, and possible solutions. We have

developed several ideas that could be turned into a project for VSU. We figure that we should

use the resources that we already have, instead of venturing out and trying to developed

nonrealistic ideas. It’s a simple task with major results.



Scared and Scarred:

In the time of change

This change is not only going to take administrative change but a change in the way the

university is run as a whole. Staff, students, visitors, and the tri-city community can contribute.

1. Staff - Staff is defined as the teachers and others individuals that work at Virginia

State University. They are the people that get paid to contribute to the student’s

education in some type of way.

2. Students –We are the body that pays to go gain and maintain an education at this

institution. We are the ones who spend the most time on this campus. Since we

are the actual ones that live here from August to the month of May we should be

the most concerned. We spend at least ten months out of the year on this campus,

and since we do, we can hinder and help the situation.

3. Visitors- They are possibly the prospective students, workers and possible alumni

of the university. They are the individuals that care the most about the looks of the

school. So if we include them in this process they can contribute by caring about

the onlookers points and views .Visitors mean and should mean the most to the

university because they give the most opinions and there first perception can

make or break Virginia State University.



4. Community- since Virginia State University sits on four different counties we

can gain a lot of support from all of the surrounding areas. These Virginia

residents are the people that help keep our institution up and running. They pay

taxes and make lots of contributions to the school. The community is both far and

near for Virginia State so they can and will tell us what we are missing because

they are here for 12 months out of 365 days of the year.

Why change now:

We need this change because people are not aware of their surroundings. We feel that if

they were able to see the actual cause and affects of this problem, they too might start to think of

solution. People say all the time the world is in need of a change but never step up and take

charge. We don’t exactly know if it is because people are scared or if they don’t know what to

exactly do. Sometimes people can be at a loss of words with environmental issues because it can

sometimes take a scientific perspective. What they fail to realize is that science can be fun and if

place in the right hands it can start a new evolution. The world is changing, not for the good, but

for the worse!



Awareness with Royalty

We will use Virginia State Universities Royal court. Our awareness program will focus

on some of these factors. We will use Virginia State University’s royal court to help implement

these plans. We felt that it would be easy to get someone that is close to SGA to start an annual

tradition for VSU students. Information could be spread through forums and flyers. On every

college campus there are people that can easily get points across. Since people in the royal court

were voted into their position it will be easier to gain the attention of our fellow classmates. We

could also make this an annual competition between freshman, sophomore, juniors, and seniors.

We will bring all of the student body together .We have never communicated as one so this is a

way to start.



How to implement:

Flyers



Text messages (broad texter)

Broadtexter is a website that if users sign up they will receive alerts of daily activities to

perform. Group three has made an account and if users sign up we will be sending messages to

their cell phone. We will remind them of simple task to perform in order to make the earth a

better place.

Some examples:

“Don’t forget to turn your lights off”

“Did you turn your television off when you left the room?”

“Don’t run the water in the shower to long today 4 minutes is enough”

“Walk to class today it is such a nice day”

This is how you sign up:

1. Go to www.broadtexter.com/cleanitup

2. Enter your name and cell phone number

3. Your account is ready to receive alerts

The first and 15th person to sign up with us will receive a prize from us.

http://www.broadtexter.com/cleanitup




Have a competition to see which

organization can recycle the

most….



Forum

Forum

When: April 19, 2011

Where Foster Hall

Time 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Who: Virginia’s States Royal Court

Why: We need to practice better living habits for the earth.

Break Down of Forum:

Door will open at 6 pm on this date

Ice Breaker:

What was the last thing that you recycled, or the last thing that you did to help the earth?

Introductions

Each speaker will introduce themselves and tell their reason why they are inspired to be a better

person and help the earth.



Topics:

Recycling Bins

• Recycle everything, especially paper

Limit the use of disposable cups and plates & paper napkins

• Ask students to bring washable dishes to school instead of disposables

Change the bulb

• Use compact fluorescent light bulbs

Planting

• More trees and other plant life should be planted on campus. We should not hire people

to come in to do this. We should have students to get involved on campus and take part in

this. This could save the university money and this is a way for organization Greek and

non-Greek, and clubs to complete community service projects. This is also a way

students can come together on campus.

Carpooling

• We could try to encourage ride with your friend day. If you are a student coming on

campus we could implant something like the HOV lane. If you don’t have two or more

people in your car in your car you cannot get on campus during that school day.



The reuse of notebooks

• This is a simple way to save waste. Whenever the semester is done you can take out your

notes, staple and save, then use the binder for the next semester. If you really want to

take an extra step to make your campus greener, use your laptop to take notes at class.

Purchase used clothing

•Usually thought of as something to do to save money, it is also good for the environment!

Recycling clothes minimizes the use of resources to make clothing and puts a dent in the

problem of worldwide sweatshops.

1. There are places such as the good will and Plato’s closet close to

campus. At Plato’s closet you can turn in clothes you don’t want

for money.

Feedback session:

We will ask questions of how they will change what they will do to change



Broadtexter:

We will ask everyone to sign up for this by going to

www.broadtexter.com/cleanitup

and entering their name and phone number so they can receive alerts about the earth, and

how they can help out that day.

Virginia State needs to Go Green before Going Extinct.



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