Last week, more than 2,000 students at Coastal Carolina University moved out of the residence halls for the summer. They finished up finals, cleaned out their rooms (sort of) and stuffed their cars with as much of their junk as possible. However, many of them didn’t have enough room to haul all of their junk back home. It was quite [...]

I once was told that recycling isn’t all there is to sustainability. Okay, while I agree, I have learned that recycling is a vital component to the success of sustainability, especially on a college campus. In February 2011, I started working back at my alma mater as their second sustainability coordinator. My background includes seven years of experience working at [...]

 The phrase “Go Green” has been one that most people have heard frequently, especially in today’s times. But what does going green actually mean? For the matter, what does sustainability really mean? Most people can give you the broad answer, having to do with protecting our environment. But why?  The education process pertaining to the environment and sustainability has been [...]