This week we are talking about Majors Making a Difference,
focusing much of our content on how universities across the
globe are remodeling not only their campuses but also their
curricula. Students everywhere are taking the knowledge they're
learning in the classroom and putting it into action on their
campuses and off. This article from The New York Times reviews a
number of great examples of students taking action to decrease
the size of their campus' carbon footprints and to increase
awareness about the growing problem of climate change, pollution
and waste. In the past year, students at California State
University voted to lower the thermostats in the winter and
raise them in the summer, saving the school $150,000 annually
and reducing their collective carbon footprint by 1,100 tons.
And students over at M.I.T. simply posted signs to encourage
their classmates to use the revolving doors instead. If these
signs continue to help change behaviors, it could end up saving
$7,000 and 15 tons of CO2 annually. F