The Lifestyle Project at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
This five-week project asks students to examine the
environmental outcomes of their lifestyle choices, to
investigate and try out more sustainable choices, and to write
about their experiences so that other students can learn from
them. Students are asked to - Examine their 'business as usual'
resource consumption and waste generation by paying attention to
their daily activities; - Systematically characterize their
activities during a baseline period using quantitative measures;
- Recognize the environmental and health implications of their
activities (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions); - Investigate and
try out new, more sustainable lifestyle choices, and compare the
outcomes to their 'business as usual' results; - Reflect on
their project outcomes and write compact summaries for the
University's Environmental Council website to tell other
students what they learned from the project. Context for Use
West Chester University is a public, comprehen