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Ozone Depletion

110ccreyes — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:06:26 CDT

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Transportation

phdant — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:31:26 CDT

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Transportation issues:

Community Impact Assessment in Transportation, www.ciatrans.net

Recycling

110Trazy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:49:08 CDT

University of South Florida: Off-Campus Housing Recycling Issue

The University of South Florida has 40,000 students enrolled. Of the 40,000 at least 25% live on-campus or in off-campus affiliated housing, but recycling is only easily available to those that live on-campus. I have lived on-campus and is currently living off-campus. In the complex that I live in now has six buildings and each can has twelve apartments. Each of the apartments can hold about three to four people. So all in all, if i do my math correctly, give or take, 288 students live in my complex alone, and yet recycling is not available to us. In fact I have been to other off-campus complexes because I have friends who live there and they have the same issue, recycling is non-existent.

These are pictures of one of the off-campus housing buildings where on each floor it looks the same. Trash-cans available outside the door, but there are no recycle bins.

One might ask why RECYCLING IS EVEN IMPORTANT:

Prevents Air Pollution: Factories produce a lot of the products, and they produce toxics that are let out into the air, but by recycling less toxics are released into the air.
Conservation of Water: Unfortunately, if water is contaminated with oil or toxins it can kill marine life, and/or not be used to consumed by humans, therefore make sure to recycle not only plastics, but oil and electronics.
Global Warming: By re-using materials we can stop water and air pollution which directly affects the climate.
Recycling effects many environmental issues which is why it should be easily accessible to students in apartments.
All of these issues are problems our generation will have to deal with, therefore we should start acknowledging them from now.

I have what may seem like a common sense solution, but if it is so simple and easy why isn't it being done?

Solution: yes, put a recycle bin next to the garbage can. It can be that simple and yet at the same time so complicated because the questions arise:

Are the Garbage Collectors going to pick it up?
Does the Complex have to pay another company to come pick up the recycling bins like they do the Garbage Company?
Will this raise the rent?
What can be recycled?

1.The Garbage Company will pick up what is in there garbage cans, end of story. This is what they are paid to do, and it is not just one apartment building, but a few.
2.Yes, the complex would have to pay someone to collect the recycling from each door individually.
3.This might in-fact as I have discovered might raise the rent.
4. ITEMS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED:

Paper
Plastic
Tin/Steel Cans
Aluminum Cans
Electronics

I thought this was a interesting and funny youtube video on Recycling. It also shows how students go out of there way to recycle, but atleast they had recycle bins to go to, which was also on campus.

For more Information please visit:

Sources:
-The pictures were taken by Tracey Persaud (me)
-Andy Hix "Loving Recycling" Youtube Video
-Jaclyn DeVore's "How is USF Green?" (2008)

Sustainability Categories

110Trazy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:21:06 CDT

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Recycling

Car Emission Pollution

110tbellinni — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:55:03 CDT

The Future of Our Nation and Alternatives to Consider

Overview:
1. Internal Combustion Engines run on fossil fueling which burns undesired gases that cause pollution

The undesired gases produce harmful effects such as ozone gases and acid rain
The harmful effects on the environment produce health problems in humans.

Some Health Issues Caused by Pollution:

A. Bronchitis

B. Asthma

C. Lung-related : Emphysema, Loss of Lung Capacity.

Oil Depletion

2.Greener Cars

what is a green car?
examples of green cars
picture of hybrid car

3. Alternative Fuels

what are alternative fuels?
examples of alternative fuels
picture of how hydrogen fuel works

4. Other alternatives

bicycling, walking?
picture of bicyclist
youtube video on greener cars

Fossil Fuels and The Negative Effects:

When internal combustion engines burn fossil fuels, they produce undesired gases such as nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions. The unintended products are significant because they trigger in forming ozone gas and acid rain. Excessive inhalation of ozone gas and particulate emissions can also lead to a variety of medical problems, including asthma and bronchitis. Furthermore, the Ozone gas created is harmful to us because it is the leading product of smog. Smog can cause long term effects not only in visibility, but also in lung -related health issues. Burning fossil fuels also emit carbon dioxide in the air and this gas is the main "Greenhouse Gas" that scientists say causes Global Warming. Fortunately, Fossil Fueling will eventually come to a halt due to the constant demands of oil. Oil is a definite resource and sooner than later it will run out. Oil depletion will start and there will be a petroleum supply gap in which will call for other alternatives in fueling and transportation.

Greener Cars & Alternative Fueling:
Greener cars are automobiles that are essentially produced and considered to be more "environmentally friendly" because it reduces the use of petroleum consumption and takes into account renewable energy sources. These green vehicles are more cost efficient and reduce the amount of pollution that is exerted from a normal internal combustion automobile.

Some Types of Greener Cars:
1. Hybrid: is a vehicle which combines a conventional propulsion system with an on-board rechargeable energy storage system. It's small gas engine serves only to keep the lithium-ion battery pack charged.

2. Partial Zero Emission Vehicles: powered by a gasoline engine but control exhaust gases with sophisticated engine controls and advanced catalytic converters.

3. Fuel Cells: doesn't burn anything but converts hydrogen to electricity and its tailpipe emission is water vapor.

Alternative fueling is a use of fuel that is not petroleum. These fuels can be used as a source of energy for households as well as transportation. Will eliminate the gases produced by burning fossil fuels.

Some Types of Alternative Fuels:
1. Diesel
2. Ethanol
3. Fuel Cell
4. Electricity

Other Alternatives To Reduce Car Pollution:

1. Walk
2. Ride your bicycle
3. Carpool
4. Buy a fuel efficient and smaller car
5. Buy a motorcycle

When regarding automobiles we're exposed to toxic fumes and nitric acids that the exhaust exerts into the air, by using other alternatives it decreases our exposure to car pollution. Nearly half of all trips in the United States are three miles or less; more than a quarter are less than a mile, so society should take into account that these trips can be easily bikable or walkable. Carpooling, buying smaller and more effcieint cars or motorcycles, still releases the undesired gases but less gas is consumed and burned by these alternatives and therefore lessens the amount of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulates that filter our air.

Video on Greener Cars :

Alternative Fuels

110apuccine — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:32:44 CDT

Everyone now-a-days is worried about the dwindling oil supply and the bad state of the environment. People want to be able to afford to fuel their cars and they want to be able to breathe healthy clean air. Well luckily, there are solutions that are being developed to solve the oil and environmental problems. There is a new revolutionary way for people to fuel their cars, and that is with alternative fuels. These solutions have the backing of politicians, which will hopefully bring more funding and recognition to these solutions.

Why use gas when there is:

New or used cooking oils
Biodiesels
Ethanol

New or Used Cooking Oil

How to get it:

You can get new cooking oil from the grocery store for about $2 a gallon
Used cooking oil can be obtained from local restaurants, fast food chains, or any place that fries up their food. Most of these places will give you their used oil for free. And who doesn't love getting free things!

Benefits:

People will no longer have to pay big bucks for gas if they can get it for free from restaurants
Running your car on cooking oil, new or used, will produce less carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide than regular gasoline
Using used cooking oil will recycle that oil that would normally have no other use

Other Facts on Cooking Oil:

To run your car on cooking oil you will have to buy a conversion kit to install in you car. The kits average around $800 and take a few hours to install.
Only diesel engines will run off of cooking oil
Before you put the cooking oil in your car you have to filter the oil to get rid of anything left over from cooking

Biodiesels

How to get it:

You will have to go to a biodiesel fueling station to obtain biodiesels for your car. The number of these stations are increasing in the past few years.

Benefits:

Using biodiesels will produce no fossil carbon emissions and it will produce 90% less carbon monoxide than regular gasoline. This will help to make the air cleaner and reduce air pollutants.
Biodiesels are also cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline. And with gas prices continuing to rise this is a nice break on your wallet.
Since biodiesels are made in the United States, your money won't be going over seas, they will be staying here in your country

Other Facts on Biodiesels:

Biodiesels are generally made of vegetable oil and animal fats
Only diesel engines can run off of biodiesel
75 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in the United States in 2005. Hopefully this number will continue to grow as more and more people are demanding biodiesel using cars.

Ethanol

How to get it:

E85, the popular ethanol fuel, is available at over 850 gas stations across the United States. This number is going to increase as more and more ethanol plants are springing up throughout the country. And with this many stations there is bound to be one in your area.

Benefits:

This product is also produced in the United States, which will keep the money within our borders
4.5 billion gallons of ethanol are produced a year in the 128 United States plants. These plants are found in 21 different states, which will make ethanol more available across the whole country. The amount being produced also shows how widely available this fuel is.
Ethanol is a clean burning fuel, producing no carbon dioxide emissions
Ethanol is also cheaper than regular unleaded gas, which is what most of people fuel their cars with, so of course you will be saving money

Other Facts on Ethanol:

You need to have a specially engineered car for it to run on ethanol, but luckily automakers are going to double the production of these cars by the year 2010, which is in the very near future.
Ethanol is made from corn

Sources:
Adriel Bettelheim's "Biofuels Boom" (2006)
George P. Blumberg's "Got Grease? Then Fill it Up!" (2004)
Elizabeth Armstrong"s "Tired of Premium? These Cars Tank Up on Vegetable Oil" (2004)
Daniel Dasey's "Cooking Oil on the menu as STA buses try green route" (2006)

Going Green Tampa Bay Resources Home

kstedman — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:14:45 CDT

Welcome to the Community Resources wiki! In partnership with Going Green Tampa Bay, we designed this space for community members to learn about practical ways to practice sustainable living. Our hope is that this will be a constantly evolving space as you add more information.

Getting involved is easy!

Click "Join this wiki" in the upper-right hand corner and walk through the simple sign-up process.
Browse the site, keeping an eye open for areas that you might have have an idea or a link that would be useful to others.
On any page, click the "EasyEdit" (only visible when signed in) or "start a new thread" links to change the page or start a discussion about that page.

NEW!We now have a Shared Resources page, where community members are encouraged to upload and download digital files designed to be shared in other contexts. Maybe you wish you had a brochure with up-to-date statistics on recyclicing water bottles--maybe you'll find one there! (What pages do you think should be added?)

Shared Resources

kstedman — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:11:43 CDT

Use this area to share resources that can be used by anyone, with attribution of the author/creator. Maybe you have a PowerPoint presentation,a digital brochure,a fact sheet, or something else that you think might be useful in a number of contexts. Post it here so others can use it too!

Uploading tips: Attachments must be smaller than 2MB. To add attachments to this page, be sure you're signed in and click "More tools" and then "Add attachment." Be sure to give your attachment a great description so people will know if they want to download it or not! The attachment will appear at the bottom of this page.

Natural Food

Keonna — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:55:23 CDT

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Links

Keonna — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:37:54 CDT

Please add any links to helpful sites with resources for sustainable living. NOTE: If a link is specific to a certain topic (transportation, etc.), it would be more helpful to add that link to the applicable page for that category (see "Sustainability Categories" in the left-hand menu). Let's use this as a space for links to wide-ranging, big-picture, idea-generating sites!

(To add more lines to the table, just right-click it when you're in EasyEdit mode.)

Site Name	Description	URL
Low Impact Living	Includes a handy "impact calculator" to help you determine your home's environmental impact. Also some nice articles and links.	http://www.lowimpactliving.com/
Engineers for a Sustainable World - USF	This page has links to many other sites that address sustainability related to water, energy, make-up etc.	http://www.eswusf.org/links/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	A wealth of information, including a list of topics at the top of their home page.	http://www.epa.gov/
"Sustainability" at Open Directory	An organized directory of web pages; handy for browsing when looking for ideas on sustainability issues.	http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Environment/Sustainability/
Earth Easy	A number of ideas for sustainable living; nice site design; trying to sell some products, though	http://eartheasy.com/homepage.htm
Urban Farming	An organization dedicated to ending hunger in urban areas, beautifying the inner city, and utilizing alternative energy	http://www.urbanfarming.org/

Drinking Water

bottleless — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:36:15 CDT

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Education

kstedman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:53:05 CDT

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Education issues:

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Politics

kstedman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:52:35 CDT

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Diet

kstedman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:51:58 CDT

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Diet issues:

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Housing

kstedman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:51:25 CDT

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Housing issues:

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Going Green Tampa Bay Resources - Recently Updated Pages

Ozone Depletion

Transportation

Recycling

Sustainability Categories

Car Emission Pollution

Some Health Issues Caused by Pollution:

A. Bronchitis

B. Asthma

C. Lung-related : Emphysema, Loss of Lung Capacity.

Oil Depletion

Fossil Fuels and The Negative Effects:

Some Types of Greener Cars:

2. Partial Zero Emission Vehicles: powered by a gasoline engine but control exhaust gases with sophisticated engine controls and advanced catalytic converters.

Some Types of Alternative Fuels:

Video on Greener Cars :

Alternative Fuels

Why use gas when there is:

New or Used Cooking Oil

How to get it:

Benefits:

Other Facts on Cooking Oil:

Biodiesels

How to get it:

Benefits:

Other Facts on Biodiesels:

Ethanol

How to get it:

Benefits:

Other Facts on Ethanol:

Going Green Tampa Bay Resources Home

Shared Resources

Natural Food

Links

Drinking Water

Education

Politics

Diet

Housing