Clean Up Your Act!

It's about time that the Atenean finally does what he can.
It's about time that the Atenean clean up his act!

Continuing their vision of an ecologically sustainable campus nurtured by an environmentally responsible community, the Ateneo Environmental Management Coalition begins the new semester with a committed line of projects yet again. With three premier projects, The Ateneo student body is encouraged to involve themselves and take measure into their own hands. After all, it is these hands that carry the weight of the very planet we live in.

In these efforts, listed below are the following concrete initiatives that the Atenean may take for each AEMC project:


PROJECT: Vemicomposting Seminar

A lesser known effort currently being employed in the campus is vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a waste-to-resource procedure that converts biodegradable wastes, produced in the campus, into soil conditioners. To support this activity, a facility was recently built near Faura Hall early this year. To this day, the facility is fully operational.

YOU CAN:

1. Learn more about this green technology, its processes and impacts on waste reduction, on November 18 (Wednesday), 4:30 to 6:00 pm at SEC Lec C.
2. Visit the vermicomposting site yourself and see its wonders!
3. Make sure you throw your biodegradable wastes in the right bin so it directly goes to the vermicompositng facility.

PROJECT: e-Bee Army

Something is buzzing this November, and that is the call for Ateneans to be part of the e-Bee Army. The e-Bee Army (Environmentally Responsible Bee) is a team who will advocate for environmental consciousness and action among students in the community.

YOU CAN:

1. Watch out for them at JSEC, Gonzaga Cafeteria and Manang's on the second week of November and learn about how to be a volunteer for the e-Bee Army.
2. Volunteer for the e-Bee Army.
3. Invite your friends to join!

PROJECT: Paper Drive

Around 16% of the total solid waste of the LS is paper, 9% of which is wet because it gets mixed up with liquids and grease from food and drinks when not thrown in the right bin! Wet paper is rendered useless for sale to recyclers.

*Statistics from AEMC Waste Audit Report last June 2008

YOU CAN:

1. Make sure you throw your paper waste in the correct bin so it doesn't get wet!
2. This semester, don't let you scratch papers go to waste. Collect not only used white papers but also old school readings, newspapers, flyers, cardboard boxes, etc.
3. Bring them over to the AEMC Paper Drive on November 21 (Saturday) at SEC C Foyer and turn your trash to cash!
4. OR! You can even reuse old scratch papers and photocopied readings as notepads, etc. if you don't want to give them away.