Going Green
May 31, 2008 · No Comments
The following are some of the questions that I asked Steve Cook:
1) What is your title and how long have you been teaching at OSU?
2) What is your passion in life?
3) Can you tell me about your home water system?
4) What is global warming?
5) What would you say to people who don’t believe in global warming?
6) Are you aware of any particular ways that OSU is aiming to combat global warming?
7) Do you know much about the solar vehicle team? What do you think? 
What are some of the ways that we can conserve energy and the environment?
9) What are your thoughts on the future?
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Going Green
May 28, 2008 · No Comments
I met with Steve Cook this morning for about an hour. I asked him a number of questions regarding global warming and his opinion towards sustainability. It was interesting speaking to him however it was much more difficult than I had expected. He spoke quite quickly and used a number of technical terms that I had not heard of. I think I will have to read through my notes and follow up on anything that is unclear. He did mention Nicholas Drapellar and mentioned that he has little knowledge about global warming and simply speaks his opinion, rather than looking at the evidence. This will be interesting to compare to what Jake finds when he speaks to Drapellar himself.
I’m not exactly sure whether this should be presented as a profile story or simply an article about global warming and what some people are doing to combat it. I guess this way I could include some of the information provided in The New York Times article about students and the environment. I also think it would be great to include the ‘how to’ piece somewhere on our blog, so I might do some extra research on that.
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Going Green
May 27, 2008 · No Comments
I read an interesting article today in the New York Times about college students who are implementing ways to be eco-friendly. I thought it was a great idea if everyone is willing to participate. As a way of combatting global warming, students are limiting the length of their showers, turning off the lights when they are not needed and are even turning off the refrigerator and using it as a form of storage for certain foods. College students across the country are jumping onto this ‘going green’ bandwagon, which is interesting and great to hear. Perhaps we could start something at OSU because there is a large number of students living in dorms and houses around the campus who probably don’t realize how much energy they are wasting.
This article could be helpful for our possible ‘how to’ piece as it lists a number of steps people could and should take to overcome global warming. It might be useful for us to use as a guide along with Steve Cook’s advice.
