Primetime Goes Green
April 1 forum to discuss sustainable living at work and home
Friday, March 21, 2008
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Durham, NC -- Last fall, students, staff and faculty submitted more than 200 ideas in two days on how to conserve water at Duke.
Since then, Duke has distributed free low-flow showerheads, disabled the automatic flush in many campus bathrooms and installed 200 new water-efficient washing machines in residence halls, among other efforts.
The persistent drought is one striking example of the impact our environment has on the lives, work and studies of Duke community members. In the future, how Duke manages water, transportation, power and heat may look much different and require changes in how we work and live.
In July 2007, Duke took a bold step to make such changes with the signing of the American College University Presidents Climate Commitment. The commitment requires Duke to develop a plan over time to eliminate campus greenhouse gas emissions – gases produced to generate electricity, create steam to heat buildings and clean hospital instruments and transport thousands of people.
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More than 1,500 Duke faculty, staff and students have signed the sustainability pledge, making a commitment to consider the environmental, social and economic impact of my daily decisions. To sign the pledge, click here.
Late last year, Duke established a committee co-chaired by Executive Vice President Tallman Trask and Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, to develop the plan to achieve this ambitious endeavor.
On April 1, during the Primetime quarterly forum, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to hear from Trask and Chameides about the climate commitment, other Duke efforts to address environmental issues and how faculty and staff can make a difference.
Primetime begins at noon in the Bryan Center’s Griffith Film Theater. All attendees will be entered in a raffle to win a free rain barrel.
