Environmentally-Friendly Practices at Marist College A century
ago the world population numbered 1.6 billion. Today, the world
population is 6.6 billion people. This rapid population growth
has forced us to reassess our use of the earth's resources and
to institute environmentally friendly services in campus
operations. "Sustainability is an economic state where the
demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can
be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to
provide for future generations." - Paul Hawken, "The Ecology of
Commerce", 1993 Efforts towards campus sustainability include
recycling, purchasing environmentally sound products, energy and
water conservation, alternative fuel vehicles and the greening
of residence facilities. What Marist is already doing Positive
Impact on the Local Environment - The College has cleaned up
more than five large, contaminated industrial sites near campus
and has turned them into attractive properties. - The College
purchased a 13-acre preserve