Install a programmable thermostat that allows you to reduce the energy used heating the home when residents are asleep our away, or have a policy of keeping the setting on the thermostat at 65 degrees or lower. (10)
Reduce your carbon footprint – the current slogan for fighting global climate change, up close and personal. But which carbon footprint? We humans participate at two levels in adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, now in carbon dioxide “overload”: one universal (and natural) to all life on earth, the second distinctively human.
This page aims to provide the Wittenberg community with lucid and reliable explanations of some of the complicated issues that confront anyone trying to become more environmentally aware. The inception of such a page owes much to the efforts of Dr. Lou Laux, emeritus professor of Biology at Wittenberg and author of the first article on this site.
To have your occasion qualify as a Green Event, make your plans using the following list of options and then submit those plans to the Recycling Coordinator using the application form on this website. Applicants will receive an email response either approving the proposal or providing recommendations for additional green measures.
