With Earth Day coming soon, many wonder how they can alter their lifestyles in order to go green. Fortunately, Harding has already made steps to becoming an environmentally friendly campus.<\/p>\n
According to James Noble, Aramark Facilities service director and front line manager, Harding\u2019s service director in 2000 made an effort to make Harding a more eco-friendly university.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the service master took over the custodial contract, the director was big on recycling, so he did a lot of pushing for a bigger recycle program,\u201d Noble said.<\/p>\n
Since then, Harding has set recycling bins around campus, installed more bike racks to encourage riding bikes to class as opposed to driving, and, just last year, installed a water bottle station in the Student Center as a part of the Student Association\u2019s (SA) recycling promotion.<\/p>\n
Senior Daniel Evans, SA vice president, explained that the association has the goal of trying to get students to recycle more and make Harding more eco\u00ad\u2014friendly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recycle lots of paper, plastic, aluminum cans and cardboard,\u201d Evans said. \u201cAs far as that goes, it\u2019s possible for us to recycle; it\u2019s just that not a lot of students do.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Noble, when Harding entered Recyclemania (a contest among schools nationwide that weighs each university\u2019s recycling) two years ago, its numbers did not even make the running to be in the competition.<\/p>\n
Evans suspected the low numbers aren\u2019t because of the university\u2019s attempts, but because of student participation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went in to make sure Harding is recycling and what we realized is that Harding is doing a lot \u2014 it\u2019s just us who aren\u2019t recycling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harding has had a sustainability committee in the past that met twice per semester, but Noble said they have not met since the beginning of the 2016 school year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about things when we had the meetings, about some things with Dr. Collins, like being in a skit in chapel to get students more active and involved in recycling,\u201d Noble said. \u201cNothing ever came of that. I honestly don\u2019t know. You can\u2019t force somebody to recycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Becoming eco\u2014friendly goes beyond recycling. Part of being a more green campus includes health and safety checks and requiring that students unplug all electronics and adjust thermostats to conserve energy before breaks.<\/p>\n
Evans pointed out that even picking up trash is an easy way to keep Harding\u2019s campus clean, and Noble added that the university has begun recycling ink and toner cartridges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is important is that [recycling and going green] is made accessible, available and easy,\u201d Evans said. \u201cBut is there more stuff we can do to be green? Always.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information on Harding\u2019s Go Green movement, visit harding.edu\/gogreen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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