SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS: 
HIGHER ED. EDITION

 

January 2014  

  

  Yesterday is not today, neither is tomorrow. 

-Richard Menzies

 

 

    
 
 
                 
 
New Solar Picnic Tables at Austin Peay
 
The APSU News recently wrote the following story about some new picnic tables installed on campus.
  
Austin Peay State University is continuing its push to offer sustainable energy sources to the campus community with the recent installation of five solar picnic tables. The tables, located in the Morgan University Center plaza, use solar panels attached to an umbrella canopy to generate 235 watts of electricity. Students, faculty, staff or visitors can charge their devices, such as phones or laptops, by plugging them into the picnic tables.

   

The new tables, which were constructed from poly-recycled plastic materials, were purchased with money collected through the University's sustainable campus fee. The fee was developed in 2008 to fund green initiatives, such as recycling projects, energy and water conservation and the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles.

         

In recent years, APSU has also added solar panels at the APSU Environmental Education Center, installed Brita Hydration Stations to the residence halls and put in better irrigation systems for landscaping in certain areas of campus. Thanks to these efforts, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program certified APSU last year as a green member of the local community.

 

For more information on the new solar picnic tables or APSU's green efforts, contact Dr. Kristen Spicer, APSU environmental, health and safety manager, at spicerk@apsu.edu.

 

                    
  

 

 

                 

 

 

 The Tennessee Governor's Environmental Stewardship Awards are the most prestigious environmental and conservation awards in the state. For more than 25 years, the awards have been presented to individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the protection and improvement of our natural resources and wildlife.

 

 

 

The awards are designed to bring about a greater knowledge and awareness of effective practices and projects and to give proper recognition to those persons and organizations that make outstanding contributions to the natural resources of their community and the state.

 

 

 

Nominations will open January 1, 2014 and be accepted until March 31, 2014.

 

 

Click on the above logo for more information. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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