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...thus far students have been more interested in airing their dining grievances. After a survey in the HUDS 2008 Sustainability Report noted that students lack fundamental knowledge about environmental sustainability, the representative positions were created as part of the HUDS food literacy project to help create programs based on students?? environmental interests. But some student representatives say they have been fielding a lot of complaints unrelated to sustainability. “One of the reasons I got involved is because there is a disconnect,” said Cassie B. Snow ’10, Kirkland House?...
...Currently, 17 students??one or two in each upperclass house and three in the Yard—spread REP’s message to the 6500-person student body. An ecoREP’s tasks include informing our peers about the environmental impacts of heating, laundry, food, lighting, and every other part of student life. REP would benefit from an increase in size, especially given the diluted value of internet-based communication with students who feel their lives are a never-ending stream of emailed tasks...
...College could also reward its students?? ingenuity when it comes to conserving resources and saving money. Presently, six eco-projects per year are awarded small ($150 and less) sums. By rewarding more students with greater prizes for truly valuable green acts—perhaps even on a sliding scale relative to their impact—the College would show students that it’s push for sustainability is not all smoke and mirrors...
...Power Vote maintains. Still, if technology improves in the future, allowing us to store or dispose of nuclear waste in a safe and responsible manner, nuclear energy should be developed and utilized as a clean source of power. While the EAC’s efforts towards Power Vote demonstrate students?? commitment to environmental activism on campus, University Hall should also be congratulated for holding Sustainability Week in the first place. University President Drew G. Faust especially deserves praise for placing the weight of her presidency behind such a worthwhile goal. The celebration promises to bring concentrated, campus-wide...
...Cambridge Kids’ Council—which studies youth issues in order to make policy recommendations—announced last night that it would examine the link between students?? home and school environments and their mental health at a meeting of city officials and community members. Karen A. Hacker, executive director of the Institute for Community Health and a professor at Harvard Medical School, presented findings from the most recent mental health surveys conducted at the city’s middle and high schools. The results, which were broken down by race and language spoken at home...