Poverty is everywhere, in developing nations and in our own. Even here in Durango we can see the effects of poverty. Durango has a sizable homeless population but many people do not even know it exists. For most people, the words hunger and poverty bring up images of children in some foreign culture who need help. Rarely, if ever, do people think about the local issue of poverty and hunger.
The global aspect of poverty should not be forgotten, but it is also important to look to our own community. By fighting poverty in our own community, we can learn how to better fight it on a global scale. If we could end poverty here in Durango, then we would serve as a case study for how to fix the global problem.
Donations play a large role for any group trying to fight poverty. Each of these groups deserves donations. Donating to a large campaign, like One or the Make Poverty History Campaign, can help out a greater number of people, while donating locally will help the people on our own streets. Both are important and hold equal value. One benefit of donating locally to groups, such as Manna Soup Kitchen or to the Durango Family Center, is that you can directly observe the effect of the donation. Each person must decide for themselves who they would like to help.
So when you are looking to donate to a campaign to end poverty, look to the local groups as well as the global and remember that we have problems in our own community. Whether in our own country or in another, poverty is one of the most pervasive and important issues that we have to deal with. There are many ways to help people and many people to help so whether local or global please continue to support the fight against poverty.
Ben Rogers
Coordinator
Media Communications
Environmental Center
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Welcome back to FLC!
Welcome back to Fort Lewis College!
The Environmental Center is starting up our new year by bringing in lots of new faces and ideas. The Media Communication team has been working on updating our website after a long summer off. We will have our first editions of Making Waves and Deep Roots next week, and the first edition of Green Freedom will be appearing in October.
What's New at the Environmental Center
Over the summer the EC worked to transfer our VHS films onto DVDs. So if you want to check out some environmental documentaries swing by the EC. The EC also added several books to our library. If any FLC students have work study and are still looking for a job the EC could use some more helpful hands. If you do not have work study, no worries, we can always use volunteers.
Public Submissions for Green Freedom
The first edition of Green Freedom will be coming out in October and if you have any environmental or social justice writing that you would like to see published please submit it to the EC. We will also be accepting photos from any aspiring photographers. To submit to the EC please email your writing or photos to ec_communications@fortlewis.edu.
Ben Rogers
Coordinator, Communications Team
FLC Environmental Center
The Environmental Center is starting up our new year by bringing in lots of new faces and ideas. The Media Communication team has been working on updating our website after a long summer off. We will have our first editions of Making Waves and Deep Roots next week, and the first edition of Green Freedom will be appearing in October.
What's New at the Environmental Center
Over the summer the EC worked to transfer our VHS films onto DVDs. So if you want to check out some environmental documentaries swing by the EC. The EC also added several books to our library. If any FLC students have work study and are still looking for a job the EC could use some more helpful hands. If you do not have work study, no worries, we can always use volunteers.
Public Submissions for Green Freedom
The first edition of Green Freedom will be coming out in October and if you have any environmental or social justice writing that you would like to see published please submit it to the EC. We will also be accepting photos from any aspiring photographers. To submit to the EC please email your writing or photos to ec_communications@fortlewis.edu.
Ben Rogers
Coordinator, Communications Team
FLC Environmental Center
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Trayless Tuesdays
Fort Lewis College has been experimenting with a method of reducing our food waste, Trayless Tuesdays. The Environmental Center is always looking for ways to actively help lessen the college’s impact on the environment. That is why we have started Trayless Tuesdays. The goal behind Trayless Tuesdays is, quite simply, to lessen the amount of unused or uneaten food that is thrown away. The goal is not to lessen the amount of water that is lost due to cleaning trays, as many seem to think.
Schools across the United States have participated in Trayless Tuesdays, and many of them experienced similar complaints and difficulties as we are experiencing here. All of these schools, however, have shown reduction in their waste production.
One of greatest issues that seems to be against us in this endeavor is that many feel that the use of a tray is vital to the proper fueling of their bodies. We understand that you have all grown accustomed to using trays since you have come for Fort Lewis College. But, do you really need a tray to feed yourself? I can guarantee that most, if not all of you, did not use a tray while you were living with your family. Miraculously you survived for around 18 years without the use of a tray.
The point of going to College is to learn new skills and to be confronted with new ways of thinking so try to keep an open mind. We are trying to make a difference in the waste production of our campus and to do so there is a need for change.
If you would like to comment on this article or on Trayless Tuesdays in general you can do so at the Environmental Center’s Green Freedom Blog at ecgreenfreedom.blogspot.com.
Ben Rogers
Media Communications
Environmental Center
Schools across the United States have participated in Trayless Tuesdays, and many of them experienced similar complaints and difficulties as we are experiencing here. All of these schools, however, have shown reduction in their waste production.
One of greatest issues that seems to be against us in this endeavor is that many feel that the use of a tray is vital to the proper fueling of their bodies. We understand that you have all grown accustomed to using trays since you have come for Fort Lewis College. But, do you really need a tray to feed yourself? I can guarantee that most, if not all of you, did not use a tray while you were living with your family. Miraculously you survived for around 18 years without the use of a tray.
The point of going to College is to learn new skills and to be confronted with new ways of thinking so try to keep an open mind. We are trying to make a difference in the waste production of our campus and to do so there is a need for change.
If you would like to comment on this article or on Trayless Tuesdays in general you can do so at the Environmental Center’s Green Freedom Blog at ecgreenfreedom.blogspot.com.
Ben Rogers
Media Communications
Environmental Center
Friday, February 29, 2008
Check out the Youth Edition of Green Freedom
As of today the March edition of Green Freedom is up and running. Green Freedom this month is focused on Youth and the Environment. Keep checking back for new posts.
Ben Rogers
Ben Rogers
Friday, February 22, 2008
Why do we have a Blog?
We at Green Freedom have seen a need to have a place where people can comment on our writing, where we can include many pictures taken by the Staff at the Environmental Center and a place where the different teams can submit updates on what they are doing right now. We hope that this Blog becomes a source for information on the inner workings of the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center.
Ben Rogers
Ben Rogers
Thursday, February 21, 2008
It's easy being green
In the words of Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green."
Well Kermit I'm sorry to say but your wrong frog.
being green is acutally quite easy. To be green you don't have to be buy organic or spend hundreds of dollars to buy "green" goods. All you have to do is think before you do. Look for the energy star appliances, the enery efficient light bulbs, and try to carpool. These products cost about the same when you buy them and in the long run could save you hundreds. If you do little things like that you will make a difference in the world.
If everyone would just do what they can then the world would be a cleaner place.
Ben Rogers
Well Kermit I'm sorry to say but your wrong frog.
being green is acutally quite easy. To be green you don't have to be buy organic or spend hundreds of dollars to buy "green" goods. All you have to do is think before you do. Look for the energy star appliances, the enery efficient light bulbs, and try to carpool. These products cost about the same when you buy them and in the long run could save you hundreds. If you do little things like that you will make a difference in the world.
If everyone would just do what they can then the world would be a cleaner place.
Ben Rogers
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