This week’s Quick Tip!Thursday, April 16, 2009, from 5:30-9:00 p.m. join the Community Fair sponsored by the Sierra Club.This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the First Unitarion Church of Rochester, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester, NY 14610. It is sponsored by the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club and the First Unitarian Church Environmental Task Force. This event is in conjunction with the Sierra Club’s 11th Environmental Forum: Local and Sustainable Food – Local Food Choices. Discover how every aspect of environmental well-being is touched by how we eat, and learn about local options for action. Many local food providers will be in attendance; there will be raffles, heirloom seed give-aways, speakers, and jazz music. For more information: Food Forum |
Fisher Goes Green Welcome to Fisher Goes Green, THE place to find out more about the environment, and what St. John Fisher College is doing to keep our campus – and our planet – clean, safe, and healthy. This site is maintained by the Recycling and Sustainability Committee. Monroe County law requires that everyone recycle certain materials, but we are about more than just recycling. We want to make sure that the Fisher Community does more than just Recycle the products we use and throw away; we also need to Reduce our waste, and Reuse things we are discarding in order to truly make a difference. St. John Fisher College, and all its members, must practice Sustainability. This term is used a great deal, but what does it really mean? It refers to processes, such as sustainable agriculture, that are capable of being continued indefinitely with minimal long-term effect on the environment. Sustainability meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Our Committee has sponsored an Earth Day cleanup and planting projects for many years, and we want to spread our work even farther. We have participated in the nationwide competition called RecycleMania for two years; we held our first Sustainability Fair in 2009, bringing to campus committed individuals from such varied groups as the Sierra Club, ABVI Goodwill, and GrowMonroe. We also hosted an electronics recycling collection with Sunnking Electronics Recycling. You may contact members of the Recycling and Sustainability Committee via email at: recycle@sjfc.edu with questions or comments. In addition to information about our ongoing Green activities, this site provides informational and educational links to websites to help you learn more about the environment, and what you personally can do to help:
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