tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87870857748375577952024-02-19T02:05:23.487-08:00earthlovehsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-1168142568954561402012-04-18T20:55:00.001-07:002012-04-18T20:59:41.214-07:00EARTH DAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!Just in case you didn't know, EARTH DAY is this Sunday, April 22, 2012! Don't forget to give the earth some extra love that day!<br />
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In celebration of Earth Day, the Greenteam is hosting a few events on campus on April 24 and April 25!</div>
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On Tuesday, April 24, we are having our Plant Giveaway event in the Basement of Moody at NOON (12:00 PM). Come to the Basement to paint some plant pots! We also give you guys a free plant once you paint your pot! Channel your inner artist and get ready to paint!</div>
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On Wednesday, April 25, we are celebrating ONE DAY WITHOUT WASTE!!! ODWW is a day where you don't produce any waste. This means you don't throw any trash in the trash can. You can still recycle that day, but make sure what you recycle is actually recyclable! This is a REAL CHALLENGE. Think differently on how you can reduce/eliminate waste that day. Instead of paper towels, use an automated hand dryer. If you don't have one near you to use, find a different way to dry your hands (perhaps, wipe them on your pants?). Instead of buying fast food (where you end up with greasy food containers that you will end up throwing away), maybe grab some friends the night before, cook some food, store your leftovers in the fridge in a reusable plastic container (like a Glad container), and warm your food up on One Day Without Waste! </div>
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On One Day Without Waste, we are also having a picnic on Anderson Lawn at NOON (12:00 PM). Come bring some lunch and eat with us! Don't forget to make sure that the lunch you bring won't create waste!<br />
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ALSO, we are looking for new Greenteam members! If you are interested in being a part of the Greenteam, find us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hsugreen">Facebook</a> and write on our wall if you want to join! Include your email address with your wall post!</div>
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As a side note, congratulations to all of you Harry Potter fans because <a href="http://www.pottermore.com/">Pottermore</a> finally opened to the public earlier this week! </div>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-12546643246248358202012-03-22T10:46:00.001-07:002012-03-22T10:46:23.216-07:00WORLD WATER DAY!!!<br />
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Have a great day everyone!</div>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-21423064820417755852012-02-18T19:41:00.000-08:002012-02-18T19:41:54.495-08:00OPEN FORUMHey friends! The Greenteam is having an Open Forum on Wednesday, February 29 from 12-1 PM in the BASEMENT of Moody Center! Get pumped about this because we are inviting everyone (aka the HSU public) to come talk to us and give some feedback on what you think of HSU Green and what ideas you have. It's going to be pretty chill!<br />
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We will also be selling $1 baby Nalgenes, and we will have some awesome FREE stickers to hand out to you all. We also have another surprise to give you!<br />
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We will be introducing you to something exciting called Acts of Sharing! You can check it out here: <a href="http://actsofsharing.com/">http://actsofsharing.com/</a>. We also are open to talk about partnership ideas, changes you want to see around the HSU campus that relate to being green, and just about anything else you would like to talk about!<br />
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So brown bag some lunch that day and come meet us in the Basement!<br />
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<br />hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-88420628558640956322012-02-05T19:03:00.000-08:002012-02-05T19:03:32.495-08:00Water4WaterHello friends!<br />
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We haven't blogged in a while, but we have some exciting news! If you haven't noticed, there is a Brita water station (THE HYDRATION STATION) in Moody center right in front of the cafeteria. Just so y'all know, it's FREE! Just go to the refill station, and enjoy some free, filtered water. Also at the Brita water station is a scanner for your HSU ID/Cowboy card. You can donate 25 cents each time you swipe your card. This 25 cent donation goes toward an organization called Charity Water. Charity Water builds water wells for people who don't have access to water.<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; line-height: 20px;">If each student at HSU donates $2 (8 card swipes) over the course of a school year, we can provide funds to build one water well for over 250 people who desperately need it. For more information, check out the website: </span></span><a href="http://www.hsutx.edu/green/water4water">http://www.hsutx.edu/green/water4water</a>.<br />
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-The Greenteamhsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-22869605813370305542011-11-21T11:10:00.001-08:002011-11-30T19:36:04.538-08:00BuyGoodStuffHSUGreen is officially kickin' off the 2011 Buy Good Stuff Event tomorrow! Find us at the Cowboy Christmas party tomorrow starting at 6:30 PM on Anderson lawn for the campus lighting! The Greenteam will be handing out fliers that have a Buy Good Stuff Guide that will help you in your holiday shopping.<br />
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Remember the lady who came to talk at chapel during Global Awareness Week? She talked about "fair trade" and "Good News Goods" (check them out at <a href="http://goodnewsgoods.com/">http://goodnewsgoods.com/</a>). HSUGreen decided to create a shopping guide to encourage you to buy goods that promote sustainability and that work toward the creation of better trading conditions. Here is the 2011 Buy Good Stuff Guide:<br />
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Here are some short descriptions of the items in the guide and where you can get them:<br />
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Classic Baggu is $8. Check it out at <span style="color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.baggubag.com/">www.baggubag.com</a>.</span> Give
that someone special the coolest reusable bag on the block. Made of
100% rip-stop material and can hold 50lbs. This bag is rad.</span></div>
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your grandma asks you what you want for Christmas, you need to tell her, "The
100% recyclable wallet that is virtually indestructible please!" Plus that
flannel brings out your eyes.</span></div>
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Jacket sells for $129. Check it out at </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.patagonia.com/">www.patagonia.com</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yeah, it might be a bit pricey, but you totally get more than what you pay for. DWR
coating = water resistant. 90% recycled polyester insulation = sweating
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all agree around here that handmade gifts are the best things ever. The awesome
folks at Wool and the Gang hook you up with this knit kit that has everything you need to make not just one, but TWO wool headbands. The kit includes: 2
balls of wool yarn that are made in Peru just for WATG, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10MM Wooden
Needles, easy-to-follow patterns, a knitter's sewing needle,
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after you ask them to get that checked out by a doctor, you should give them
the Organic Herb Garden Trio. OliveBarn allows you to pick 3 herbs from their
list and they'll send you everything you need to start growing. </span></div>
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Bottle</b> - The Alex 32oz (black/fresh) is $29.95 on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.alexbottle.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">www.alexbottle.com</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This
is like no other bottle on the market right now. You can take the Alex apart in
the middle so you can turn your 32oz in to a 26oz and you can swap color combinations.
The Alex is made of 50% recycled material, is 100% recyclable, and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">There will be FREE ice-cream, and an opportunity to win some freaking cool prizes! All you have to do to be eligible (and to get ice-cream.. so I guess it's not completely free), is bring a reusable bowl, cup, pot, mug, you get the trend here. Bring something, that you wont be throwing away when your done using it, to eat your ice cream out of! So do that and we'll give you a number or something. And then we'll draw and you'll win. Its easy peasy. ps- you totally might not win, but its worth a shot right?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Okay don't lie to me. I know that you loved Dr. Seuss when you were little too. Its ok to still like the Doc as a more mature college student too, I mean we like him so much we're showing his movie... but we're not like obsessed or anything... we're totally cool...I promise.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">So you should totally come and chill in the lovely weather, eat some fattening ice-cream, and try your best shot at winning a copy of the movie that we will be watching and the book its based on!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Everyone is going to be there. Be there or be a Once-ler!(only true D-Seuss fans will get that reference, and we tip out hats to you) But don't forget your reusable container, because that would be sad for you. </span><br />
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hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-11653307511917339222011-09-08T15:13:00.000-07:002011-09-08T15:13:14.924-07:00Welcome back! Love the earth!Welcome back to HSU all you earth lovers! And if you're new to HSU, the Greenteam would like to give you a HUGE welcome! I hope all of you had an AWESOME summer! Back in college...ready for fun...maybe not so excited about classes...but college is cool though right...?<br />
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I hope we made our mark during NSOlodeon! The Greenteam put out water stations near the dorms during move-in day JUST FOR YOU. So you should feel special. Consider it as an early birthday present for you freshmen and transfers (and everyone else) who grabbed a cup of water from our stations. PLUS we partnered with The Arborday Foundation and donated 450 trees to be planted over the course of the next year! So, you're welcome for that. Oh and we gave away these awesome whinsheild shade things you put in your car to keep the sun out. If you'd like one (for FREE) just send us an email of you begging for one and we'll hook you up big time.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">There's a free HSU Camelback/Nalgene competition still going</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> on! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Email a picture of the Earth being loved to hsugreen@gmail.com by 2pm on Friday</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">9/9/11 and we'll pick a winner!!! It could possibly be YOU! </span><br />
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I was picking up my mail from the post office, and as usual, all I had were some advertisements for events around school. So I decided to recycle them in a not-so-far-away paper recycling bin placed strategically near the post office. And still, I saw people throwing away their paper mail in the trash. Friendly reminder, PLEASE RECYCLE! It's honestly not that hard to do. The earth will love you for it.<br />
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I did a recent search in "green" news and found an article about a city not too far from here: DALLAS (shoutout!). Here's the article: <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dallas-becomes-first-major-texas-city-to-launch-carton-recycling-2011-09-08">CLICK HERE</a>. Basically, the article was talking about how Dallas just became the first major city in Texas to launch carton recycling! How cool is that?! So go back to the days of elementary school and remember lunch time and how you had that small carton of milk. And just think, NOW YOU CAN RECYCLE IT!!! Here's a statistic from the article: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">In 2008, only 18 percent of U.S. households had access to carton recycling programs. Today, this number has nearly doubled to almost 36%, with cities in over 40 states representing approximately 40 million households now accepting cartons in their curbside collection programs. Dallas increases these numbers by an additional 235,000 households, and is setting the bar for other cities in the state of Texas to follow suit.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">" </span><br />
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hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-43025622009114161732011-05-09T06:48:00.000-07:002011-05-09T06:48:42.070-07:00wanna SAVE MONEY in college???the following was written by theGreenteams one and only Michael Cruz. He is what we like to call "a baller" or "neat-o burrito". Speaking of which, Michaels blogging is best enjoyed with some type of southwestern inspired type dish, you know like: creme brulee or sushi. with out further adieu: <br />
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So...I was surfing the web for ways to save money in college (and btdubs, I'm always looking for ways to save money since I'm a typical "poor" colllege kid), and I came across <a href="http://www.dormroombiz.com/2010/02/save-money-with-hydroponics.html">THIS</a>. I found an interesting way to save some Benjamin bucks (or Washington bucks in my case): GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!<br />
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I'm currently on a project to grow basil and tomato plants in my dorm (kinda similar to what that dude in the link does except that I don't really know what hydroponics actually is...cool word though). Anyways, I was inspired to grow my own fruits and vegetables thanks to a fellow theGreenteam member Tay, who grows okra in her bathroom (weird, I know...)!!!<br />
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<div style="border: currentColor;">Last weekend, I bought two of these nifty thrifty mini-plant kits from Target in the dolla' section, and currently, my basil plants are doing pretty great! Here's a pic of them awesome shoots: </div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
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And since I love music way too much (like, it's not even funny), here is earth-lover Jack Johnson, making his fourth apperance here on the blog, singing an awesome earth-lovin' song:<br />
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Anyways, I hope you all have a great day, love the earth- theGreenteam (but mostly Michael)hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-16654416954934360772011-04-21T12:02:00.000-07:002011-04-21T12:14:01.130-07:00Who’s Inconveniencing Whom?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(the blog was written by HSUGreens very own Katie Whitmore. enjoy. and then bug her for her autograph...a lot)<br />
but before you get out your reading glasses, here's a shout out to everyone who came to New Earth Day and got a plant! and dont forget it's always better to be the cool parent, so give them a little extra water and let them stay a little later so they like you more. just sayn. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Once upon a Sunday, I went out to eat with friends after church. I decided to take advantage of the shade so kindly given by a tree and parked under it. After enjoying a delicious meal, I drowsily headed to the car, already daydreaming of that Sunday afternoon nap. And then I saw it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(pause for dramatic effect),</i> right on the windshield – four lumpy white splotches of bird poop. Gross. Poopie. Dirtiness. Why did those danged birds have to poop on my car? How annoying; now I was gonna have to clean my windshield at the gas station. What a total inconvenience…</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Man, that was a totes awesome story. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The drama! But seriously folks, birds pooping on our cars? It’s just wrong. What did we ever do to them?! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Except, wait – was it the bird’s fault it had to let loose? Birds gotta do what birds gotta do, right? I’ve got this crazy idea that if the car wasn’t there, it wouldn’t have been a problem at all. The ground doesn’t care about a little poop. In fact, it woulda gobbled it up like it was some magic, life-giving fertilizer of the gods. YUM POOP! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All humor aside, nature can be cruel at times. A very recent and tragic example of nature’s harshness was the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Over 18,000 people lost their lives and many are still missing. It’s mind-boggling. I can’t even imagine the magnitude of the destruction and grief. One natural disaster caused all this. Why did it happen? Why does nature have to be this way? As humans we have no control; all we can do is pray for the affected families and for restoration. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Even though the situation in Japan seems so unfair, the scenario is a little like the bird story. Nature’s gonna do what nature’s gonna do. Nature is...natural. It is the raw, untamed energy of creation. It is a part of life. It is a part of Earth. But here’s the really cool thing – in the midst of all this, there is still hope! Even if we can’t control nature, we can control how we take care of creation (and by creation, I mean the environment, animals, people – everything). We can do our part to make sure that we don’t create new kinds of damaging environmental crises that negatively affect creation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Courtesy of our friends in the Clean Air Council in Philadelphia (high five to those guys!), here are a few facts that motivate us at HSUGreen to take care of the earth:</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – WHOA! That’s a lot of trash!! If you agree, join the GreenTeam in our efforts to recycle at HSU. Toss your paper and plastic in one of our neat-o recycling bins next time you think of throwing something away.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Plastic bags do not biodegrade. Light breaks them down into smaller and smaller particles that contaminate the soil and water and are expensive and difficult to remove.</span><sup><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></sup><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">– EWW, gross! In our water?? That’s just wrong. Help HSUGreen save America money and keep our water clean by recycling those plastic bags. Or better yet, forget plastic bags and use grocery totes to shop!</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Because plastic water bottles are shielded from sunlight in landfills, they will not decompose for thousands of years.</span><sup><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></sup><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">– WHAAAA? FOR REAL?? That’s a <u>really</u> long time!! Support HSUGreen in our efforts to keep America’s soil clean for our great-great-great-great-great-great-……..…...great-great-grandchildren! Trade in your plastic bottles for a reusable water bottle (like a Nalgene).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Don’t be sad though. Remember I said there is hope? Those cool guys in the Clean Air Council also told us this:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Doubling the national recycling rate could create over 1 million new green jobs.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – DANG…HSUGreen just found the solution to America’s financial crisis!</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Aluminum can be recycled forever with no loss of quality.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – WOW. It could be recycling over and over and over and over again and still be like new!</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If we recycled all of our aluminum cans for one year, we could save enough energy to light<a href="about:blank" name="_ednref30"> Washington, D.C. for 3.7 years.</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _ednref30;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – That’s AMAZING! Serious savings right there!</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Well, I just gotta say, the earth is pretty stinkin’ awesome. Speaking of which, any space nerds out there? Yeah, I don’t know anything about space either… But I did find this really awesome quote about the first time Americans saw a picture of Earth taken from space. Imagine this moment: Apollo 8, Christmas Eve 1968. A crew member took a picture of the earth rising over the moon and it became an instant global sensation. A really cool dude who we wish we knew, Archibald MacLeish, was so moved by the photo that he said, “<span style="color: black;">To see the Earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that ethereal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves riders on the Earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold—brothers who know now that they are truly brothers.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Wow, that dude is a poet. Inspiring! It really makes me want to appreciate the beautiful creation we’ve been given. HSUGreen is picking up the banner to care for earth. We’ve decided not to inconvenience the world. Instead, we’re doing our best to be a convenience. Are you with us?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">P.S. Y’all, We had a GREAT time yesterday celebrating the “New Earth Day Cup Plant Give Away.” You guys must really love the earth or something because those plants were gone within 30 minutes! Don’t forget that the real Earth Day is this Friday, the 22<sup>nd</sup>! Love coffee? Head over to Starbucks with your travel mug for a free cup of Joe on Earth Day. </span></div><span style="color: black; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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pss- he's a cool link that we'll highlight some other time when we're not so busy building a time machine. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When: on NEW Earth Day Wednesday April 20th @ 11:30-1pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What: What?! You walk up to our table and we will hand you a free plant in a cup. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.s.: if your cup plant has a special sticker on the bottom, you will win more free stuff. but we cant tell you exactly what it is yet, but it's free and totes awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The skinny: You + April 20th in the SUB = free plant/earth loving time.</span><br />
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see you wednesday. well, if you show up...either way my smoothie was good this morning.<br />
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ps- Jack Johnson will not be there, but if you want to start a rumor that he will, we will totally support that. Also we did book this guy. He'll be dj-ing all day, cause he is awesome... and in our budget...<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3h9dSeWHhyk" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-9824571705530916902011-04-13T12:38:00.000-07:002011-04-13T12:38:15.367-07:00The 3 R'sHello friends! Alright, so if you haven't noticed by now, theGreenteam has many recycling bins around campus. We love to recycle, and we hope you do too! We even try our best to recycle stuff that isn't ours! At times, it can be quite gross, picking up stuff from the ground and what not. But worry, it's all good in the hood though (and by hood, we mean that we enjoy the back breaking work we do so you dont have to)! Cause at the end of the day we are making the earth more beautiful one piece of trash at a time! If you are not feeling inspired yet, perhaps you should take a gander at this: <br />
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Despite the text being in a different language, you get the point. So don't be shy, recycle your stuff, recycle your neighbors stuff! There will be a huge flashmob to congratulate you! WEll, maybe not, but you will be over come with joy when you know that you made the earth more beautiful! <br />
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But being sustainable or sustain-a-awesome (as we like to say) doesn't stop with JUST recycling crazy pants! You can do wayyy more. Check it out: Reusing materials goes hand and hand with recycling. Clothes, cars, buildings, plus much more can be reused. The saying does hold true, "One man's trash is another man's treasure". This next part slash question isnt always the case so dont take this one to the bank or anything, I mean it they only deal with money anyway, so they would be no help... Anyways, here are a few a good question from our friend Kay in Ohio, "what happens when reusing becomes more harmful than helpful to the environment? Does tearing down an old building that is composed of harmful materials cause more issues than building a new structure that would use more resources to build make a difference? What is the right answer?" These are tricky questions to answer and we are developing our answers in a lab with smart people as we speak. Until we unveil them here's some more thoughts for you to ponder upon, especially if you're a vintage buying hipster:<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/can-vintage-be-bad-for-environment.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"> thoughts, thought, thoughts.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">She should have clicked the link...I guess shes from Montana. </span><br />
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Not only dose reusing and recycling go great together, but throw in reducing and you've hit the trifecta! Google has come up with a brilliant solar power plant that displays a great effort to reduce. This plant reduces the cost of future projects and saves energy. Score! High Fave GOOG! (thats our nick name gor google, we hope they like almost as much as we do)<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/google-invests-168m-mojave-desert-solar-thermal-power-plant.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader"> The GOOG link.</a> <br />
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To wrap things up, we'll let our ole' pal Jack Johnson serenade us out. <br />
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ps- Kay from earlier is not actually from Ohio, but she IS on HSUGreen staff and did write this blog. Give her a high five and a pop sickle when you see her, cause you WILL see her. <br />
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So the other day our boss sent us to the grocery store. And we found $5. Not really. <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="4.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">Buuut</span>, when we made it out of the candy aisle (which is where we spent most of our time) and to the produce section we suddenly panicked, "What on earth?! Why are these apples so expensive?!" I looked up and saw the sign. Oh, we're in the "organic" section. Have you ever noticed that when you go to the store, the organic and regular produce look the same? Do you ever wonder where your food comes from and how it even got to the store in the first place? Think about it, if a strawberry gets picked in Canada (or where ever they come from) to your local grocery store, in one piece, and all the while exuding a beautiful shade of red, how do they do that?!<br />
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With allergies and cardiovascular diseases on the rise, many people buy organic under the notion that it is pesticide-hormone-antibiotic-preservative free. But is it? IS IT?!?! Well, yes and no. It depends on what you buy.<br />
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What does organic even mean? Isn't it pure, pristine, free of badness?! No, sorry to burst your bubble; it gets a little more technical than that. Which is why this next part was written entirely by our in-house <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="5.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">Environmentalologist</span>, Allison Robertson. "In the strictest sense, organic means that a chemical is composed of carbon and hydrogen. For instance, you are organic. Gasoline, poison ivy, paper, snake venom, sugar. Organic. The famous mosquito-eliminating-human-life-saving-bird-murdering DDT that was banned in 1973. Also organic.Organic is defined by law 'a labeling term that refers to an agricultural product produced in accordance with the [National Organic Program] Act and the regulations in this part.'" Oh, that really helps an earth lover out. It pretty much just means that "organic" cannot be simply defined. It's an entire practice of growing crops and raising livestock. It's a way of life man. It's called LTD. Look it up. <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateA&navID=NationalOrganicProgram&leftNav=NationalOrganicProgram&page=NOPNationalOrganicProgramHome&acct=AMSPW">Check it out for yourself here</a>.<br />
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If you don't normally like to read the law (I mean who doesn't?) know that the law is amended to allow exceptions to the rule. (if you <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="6.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">dont</span> know what most of these big words mean <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="7.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">dont</span> feel dumb, you're just average. click the link) <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.printData.do?template=printPage&navID=&page=printPage&dDocId=STELPRDC5089704&dID=145966&wf=false&docTitle=Final+Rule+Extends+Allowable+Use+of+Synthetic+Substance+in+Organic+Livestock+Production">Check this link out</a>. Also, when you read statistics, ponder: “Hmm, I wonder who is paying this statistician big bucks or dollars…” Just <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="8.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">sayin</span>. Watch yourself.</strong><br />
<strong>Like any other law as well as fashion, the organic program has come a long way from 1990, through mistakes, revelations, and even overalls. At first, people just thought because a chemical was deemed "organic" by anyone, even RUN <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="9.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">DMC</span> himself, it was safe. Whoops! They can be just as toxic as any other chemical! Now, organic farmers are required to control pests by much <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="strickter" id="10.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">stricter</span> and much more "organic" regulations , however they are still allowed to use several pesticides.<br />
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Here's the low-down on pesticides. Pesticides prevent disease causing insects, animals, and microorganisms from infesting our produce. Pesticides allow farmers to grow lots of big crops without using so much land and water. Pesticides are almost always understood as BAD SCARY TOXIC things that make <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="babbies" id="11.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">babies</span> cry and clowns smile. But, pesticides can be organic or inorganic, synthetic or natural, and any type of these chemicals can be harmful or totally not. <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="12.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">Dont</span> you love how <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="vauge" id="13.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">vague</span> we are today? After all it is <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="14.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">monday</span>. <br />
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And here's a brand new idea we spent 3 days locked in out idea room developing: grow your own! And be popular! It's a proven fact by literally zero scientist that if you grow your own food you will become 7 times more popular than before; hipsters do it for some reason right? <br />
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Addressing livestock and poultry. Think on this, when many people take antibiotics to treat an infection, receive a vaccine, or take vitamin supplements, they are <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="ultimatly" id="15.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">ultimately</span> taking chemicals to treat illness or promote <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="certian" id="16.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">certain</span> health factors they <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="arent" id="17.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">aren't</span> able to naturally obtain. Countless people need hormone therapies and many other medication to stay alive, such as diabetes or hypothyroidism. This is <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="ultimatly" id="18.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">ultimately</span> another issue all together, because we will have to begin to critique societies <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="prepetual" id="19.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">perpetual</span> false reliance on mass chemical medication, mass premature development, mass <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="devistaion" id="20.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">devastation</span> to <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="amunities" id="21.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">immunities</span>, the major economic bubble <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="pharmicuticals" id="22.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">pharmaceuticals</span> have created, and so much more. Another factor in this debate is the ethical side of it all. It is impossible to say that modern <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="medicens" id="23.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">medicines</span> work and practices of chemical medications are 100% bad, after all they save <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="lifes" id="24.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">lives</span>, but we must ask, "at what cost?" A <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="clasic" id="25.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">classic</span> question in this debate is proposed as follows, " If a doctor refused to provide you chemicals that could heal you, wouldn't that be cruel?" Of course this question cannot be easily answered with a yes or no, because there are so many other factors that contribute. Regardless of your stance on the issue it is easy to see how far we have become disconnected from what we eat, especially in the meat world. Which is why mass <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ev" goog-spell-original="strickt" id="26.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">strict</span> regulation of what chemicals are going into what livestock and when. In the case of organically raised livestock are not, by law, routinely treated with growth promoting hormones and antibiotics, but vets still prescribe treatments to keep them healthy. 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And another thing! The National Organic Program was preceded by other laws that regulate animal welfare and toxic substances. Look into <a href="http://www.fda.gov">FDA</a>, <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="85.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1"><a href="http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/lfra.html">FIFRA</a></span>, and <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="86.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1"><a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov">APHIS</a></span> to get started. Point being, just because a farmer does not pay the price to be certified organic does not mean he is an evil pesticide and hormone user.<br />
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All right earth lovers! Go out and empower yourselves! Cause <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="107.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">youre</span> cool like that...and by cool we mean kinda nerdy, but totes lovable by the opposite sex. <br />
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And as you do,live by this one rule: if you can easily recognize or pronounce the ingredients in a food item, it probably has less preservatives! <span aria-haspopup="true" class="ew" id="124.sc" role="menuitem" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" tabindex="-1">ie</span>- less is more people, less is MORE! <br />
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<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/bees-entombing-pollen.php">Oh yeah, click here for a funky thing about bees!</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sure all the publicity goes to the growing danger of walking on sidewalks. But everyone here wants to know, where are the safety precautions? We all know that this is a growing problem. The question we bring up is: Why aren't we talking about the sidewalks themselves? Everybody freaks out if we pour a little oil in the Ocean, but we're okay with pouring cement all over the Earth!? For our own selfish gain! Join us, HSUGreen, in our fight against sidewalks. No Mas Aceras! They're dangerous and 100% ground pollution.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ps-Want a free water bottle? Take a picture of yourself enjoying the nice weather, upload it to our facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hsugreen">http://www.facebook.com/hsugreen</a> and you could win a brand new Hardin-Simmons Nalgene or Camelbak (yes, with the straw) water bottle. The picture will be judged on coolness and creativity.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsugreen/5579837829/" title="Win a free bottle! Everybody's doing it...Even Ben. by hsugreen, on Flickr"><img alt="Win a free bottle! Everybody's doing it...Even Ben." height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5579837829_91a1d93b6d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
Its one of these totes cool ones Chalk Ben is holding. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bats; the rats with wings of the animal kingdom. Bottom line; bats are cool. They eat bugs, have a superhero named after them, and they use sonar. So whats the catch? Bat homicide. "S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">cientists estimate by 2020, wind turbines will have killed 33,000 to 111,000 annually in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands alone." Wind turbines use the wind to create energy. Does this harm to bats negate the positive effects caused by the wind turbines? Yes. Join HSUGreen in our fight against these bat-killers. Or at least we could make them safe for the bats or something. Probs the bat safer thing, but who even knows any more? Stay tuned for the next HSUGreen blog update, but please stop pestering us all the time for more! We can't handle this popularity.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">sweet upcoming documentary you need to watch of the day aka (sudyntwotd) :</span><br />
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Like I said we took out the recycling today and then we plugged all the new amounts in to this super computer we bought off e-bay and it told us that since Nov. 1st (our official launch date) through today we have sent 25.01 cy (cubic yards) or 675.4 cf (cubic feet) to recycling. Whaaaa?! Thats enough to fill up a sweet above ground pool with 5,082.706 gallons of Amy's Ice Cream (which is being given away for free today in Austin, Tx via Google and we were so close to a road trip, but then we realized it would be Thursday before we could get there on our bikes...) <br />
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<ul><li>There isnt much we can say about this next article except that you just really need to read it. I mean we come across hundreds of articles everyday and this is one we couldnt skim. It is part of a series so we will post the next parts as they are released. (it talks about christianity and the environment...oh sheesh yall) ok, go, read, seriously, do it. <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/stewardship-over-creation-christianity-environment.php?campaign=th_rss">http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/stewardship-over-creation-christianity-environment.php?campaign=th_rss</a></li>
<li>If you are one of those people that crys a lot because you dont own a house you rent one, but dont know how to make it "greener" then you need to read this...and also figure out why you cry so much about stuff like this... <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/can-renters-go-green-too.php?campaign=th_rss">http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/can-renters-go-green-too.php?campaign=th_rss</a></li>
<li>WISCONSIN is trying super hard to become the next MONTANA! We dont know what it is with this states close to our Canadian friends, but they are getting real dumb. Dont worry we are going to send them a bunch of UNdumb the world stickers when they get made. but check this out, the Wis. Gov. took away all funding for wind energy. Thank goodness that stuff about burning coal is a total myth...oh ooops its not. Either way Wisconsin is officially on the "Being a Montana list". <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-25-wisconsin-gov.-scott-walker-ruins-everything-including-wind-powe">http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-25-wisconsin-gov.-scott-walker-ruins-everything-including-wind-powe</a></li>
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What do you say we wrap this up with a couple of sweet vids? Also we just want to say we have had a wonderful time and would like to see you again... just as friends...<br />
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Here is one from our Treehugger friends spit'n the truth about Plastic Marine Pollution. Seriously, stop drinking bottled water kids.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/21492618">Raw Energy: Sustainable Dancefloor Weekend</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/templesf">Temple Nightclub</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Count on seeing these at our next block party.<br />
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have a good sunfree day.<br />
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S.o.t.D.- our hipster pals drop the beat hard.<br />
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<li>Tomorrow is <a href="http://www.earthhourus.org/">EarthHour</a> (click the link to go to their site) Turn off your lights at 8:30pm and help make the world more UNdumb. Oh and dont be like these guys...or Montana: </li>
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<ul><li>Lastly, we have switched our our number five spot on our "Top Five Dream Sponsors for HSUGreen" to NIKE. What a bunch of bad-butts (for the un-edited version think of the same biblical animal I am...) Check it out...and maybe buy some NIKE stuff too. </li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a little fyi we're tossing your way: the official "theGreenteam" for 2011-2012 has been chosen. The office has been running on very limited staff since November and we've been needing to expand so, we started doing these super intense interviews and ended up with 7 totes rad theGreenteamers. Give it up for:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Kay Shannon, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Taylor Horn, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Bailey Jarvis, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Blake Fox, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Katie Whitmore, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Michael Cruz, and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Allison Robertson!</span> Give them 2 high fives if you see them around. And if you are one of the few people in the entire city that dosent know who they are yet dont worry we'll post sups embarrassing pics next post. All this to say, HSUGreen just got way neater and we are pumped about the next year. You should be too, cause its gonna be a supa fresh time.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">This little post comes to us from a sweet blog called <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/">thekitchn</a>. We mostly have been following them for their foody stuff, but when they started posting botteled water stats like this, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Did you know that 40% of all bottled water is taken from municipal water sources (aka tap water) and it takes three times the amount of water to produce the bottle as it does to fill it?"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> Our ears perked up like a mouse who smelled some cheese...wait...just read it/do the survey (and dont be one of those people thats all like "im too good to make an account to take this survey, blah blah blah I love montana): <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/survey-do-you-still-buy-bottled-water-142158">http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/survey-do-you-still-buy-bottled-water-142158</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">As you may know we here at HSUGreen loooove alternative forms of transportation (that was a lot of big words together) and we super love anything that makes getting around alternatively more cool and more easy. So thanks to our buddies (and by buddies we mean people we would love to know, but we're not cool enough yet) over at Patagonia came up with this sweet little piece, clicky: </span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ps- here is some inspiration in video form. Plus Charlie Chapplin is a total hottie:</span><br />
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1. Dr. Jane, I will go ahead and post the link to her bio so you can know why you should think she is awesome: <a href="http://www.biography.com/articles/Jane-Goodall-9542363">http://www.biography.com/articles/Jane-Goodall-9542363</a> Also she just came to Abilene Texas...? Wait, what? Yeah, no joke. She tours 300 days out of the year and some smart person said, "Hey, come here" to which she replied, "Ok." The rest is history. She started "The Jane Goodall Institute" many years ago and as an extension of the a program called "Roots and Shoots" evolved. It is a youth education and activism group that empowers children and adults alike to change the world for good. All that to say, HSUGreen is a R&S advocate. And now you're like, "Wow, that is cool" and we're all like, "Yeah no big deal, but we totally went to workshops, presentations, told her all about HSUGreen, and gave her a hug." <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsugreen/5511899653/" title="theGreenteam's newest member, Jane Goodall... by hsugreen, on Flickr"><img alt="theGreenteam's newest member, Jane Goodall..." height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5511899653_efbcaf033e.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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2. New Jersey. Just wanted to hook them up with some love. According to the latest stats they are 2nd in the US for solar power production and usage, next to California (go figure). So high five NJ, we're real pumped you're not being a Montana. Thanks.<br />
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You can replace light bulbs with water bottles....(but you have to cut a hole in your roof...) Either way, this is worth a mention and a watch, as in the video; WATCH THE VIDEO. (plus its in Spanish, which we love. remember, it's not illegal to be bilingual ) <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_zMAWztZ6TI" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Song of the day: <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CsSbQo5bi60?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-3450061797780974792011-03-07T14:50:00.000-08:002011-03-07T14:50:42.827-08:00RecyclstylingUp until this point we have taken quite a light hearted stance on this blog, but that all stops...NOW. There is a major issue going on in society and we here at HSUGreen will not stand for it. I kid you not ladies and gentlemen, there is legit "Recyclstealing" going on all around us. Here is a breakdown of what happens:<br />
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<ul><li>Kind wonderful citizen donates a recyclable material to the appropriate bin </li>
<li>That recycling is then collected and taken to the appropriate drop off site</li>
<li>Then a horrible vandal approaches the site and steals these recyclable materials before they have the chance to even be recycled!!</li>
</ul><div>We know exactly what you are thinking right now, "How can anything be recycled ever again if it is always being stolen?!" </div><div><br />
</div><div>This is our point precisely. Which is why we must band together and stop people from this horrifying act! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Some of you maybe throwing around the silly idea that this "stealing" is only "reusing", but you are wrong. Allow us to use an example to explain better, "You put your recycling in your bin at home and then once a week someone comes to your house and takes it!" or how about this, "You are about to throw a bunch of paper into the recycling where it belongs and your nosey neighbor asks if he can have it to 'use for something else'"?!?! I bet it seems a bit more realistic and terrifying hitting a little closer to home, huh? </div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is the bottom line, people: this is all fake. In all reality, please steal from recycle bins. We need to be doing that far more than putting our mass waste into a different container. Oh, and as far as that whole "stopping the light hearted-ness" stuff I wouldn't worry 'bout that too much. I mean, odds are if you have read this much of today's post, you're one of the smartest people ever and saw that pun coming the whole time. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I dont know if you know, but we totes have a new background. Thanks to the neat person, Bailey Jarvis. She got a free Camelbak. Also Blake Fox (of the fox society) won a free Nalgene for our new facebook profile pic. You can see them both on this page if you just look at it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>You, and this is no joke, YOU can be on theGreenteam and help UNdumb the world. Your school needs you, plus you'll get free stuff later. </div><div>Just Click this: WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM Fill it out. Rinse. and Repeat. (except dont really repeat cause it wastes water) </div><div><br />
</div><div>Green news highlight for today: "Farming is the new hipster occupation." For all you hipster haters out there, it's time to put down the anti-fixie signs and hug a pair of super low cut V necks. Hipsters might be doing things that "aren't cool" to be cool, but they sure are doing things, which is the point right? Riding bikes, recycling, making their own clothes, and now Farming. So here at HSUGreen we have come together and decided we totally have a crush on hipster activists. Keep up the uncool kids. Here's a Grist article on the very topic: http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-07-farming-is-the-new-hipster-occupation-of-choice/ Any thoughts? </div><div><br />
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Now, on to big fish- The Pick your Pic and you Pick a Bottle (it has never been officially named) Contest is over TOMORROW AT 5PM!! So, send your pictures to us at <a href="mailto:hsugreen@gmail.com">hsugreen@gmail.com</a> of what you think the back ground of the blog should be (yes this blog) and if we pick your pic you get a FREE Camelbak or Nalgene! booooooom. <br />
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ps- the GCW (Giant Chalkboard Wall) is open for biz, i.e. come write on it, you'll never look back. <br />
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Next up, SUPER AWESOME EXCITING news: <br />
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All HSU Dorms use ECOLogo certified TP!<br />
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What is ECOLogo? Wait, are you serious? Ok fine, I copied from their web site: <strong>EcoLogo</strong><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">TM</span></sup> is North America’s largest, most respected environmental standard and certification mark. EcoLogo provides customers – public, corporate and consumer – with assurance that the products and services bearing the logo meet stringent standards of environmental leadership.<br />
Its pretty cool huh? So cool in fact, we are deeming today, "Give your butt a high five day! and your roommate too, if they're cool with it" Also we are all calling our mom's and telling them the news, so feel free to do the same. <br />
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Is there anything else? Duh. Apply for theGreenteam here: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM">WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</a> <br />
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love the earth- theGreenteamhsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-15904439405317351782011-03-03T09:59:00.000-08:002011-03-03T11:46:17.005-08:001/2 Post...SO we, HSUGreen, are coming to you live from the basement of Moody center . It's freaking nuts-o down here! So totes sick nasty! wait... whaaa? anyways, just come down here and hang. ill finish the other half of this later...<br />
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Check out tha peeeeeeps!! <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsugreen/5494981166/" title="Tha baaaaaassement!! by hsugreen, on Flickr"><img alt="Tha baaaaaassement!!" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5494981166_cd47481c4b.jpg" width="375" /></a>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-14621840418391483062011-02-28T14:49:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:49:19.166-08:00We just got the call from upsatirs...So this is like post 6, which is awesome, but we were just informed that we need to ease up a little. Cause it seems as though the American public cant take more than 3 of these bad boy's a week. Thus, the executive decision was made to limit our blogging to 3 posts a week. <br />
Now, it might not be as bad as it seems: <br />
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<li>They will still be the best thing you have ever pretended to read</li>
<li>You can still bookmark this page as the homepage of your web browser to impress your friends</li>
<li>PF Flyer's will still make you run faster and jump higher</li>
</ul>Remember that time when you could win free stuff? Yeah, seriously: just e-mail us at <a href="mailto:hsugreen@gmail.com">hsugreen@gmail.com</a> a .jpeg of what our blog background should be by March 4th and if we pick your idea then you win one of these supa sweet bottles: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsugreen/5473511029/" title="Because bottled water is SO dumb we're giving away refillable ones. by hsugreen, on Flickr"><img alt="Because bottled water is SO dumb we're giving away refillable ones." height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5473511029_3db2b269c7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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So now you're all, "I cant believe they talk about the same things all the time, blah, blah, blah!" (and yes I legitimately think that people use the word blah in real life.) Annnnd yes we might re-mention a few things... but it's all free and awesome stuff we want you to have and be a part of!! And now, more redundancy YAYYYY! <br />
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Do your self a flavor and Apply for theGreenteam and be one of the people that decides how HSU will become less green-dumb and more green-smart: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM">WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</a><br />
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Lastly our friends over at the GRIST have done it again. They came up with a plan of how ridding your bike will make you and the US of A re-rich (not only in $$$ but also in character too, aww) check it: <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-28-how-bicycling-will-save-the-economy">http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-28-how-bicycling-will-save-the-economy</a><br />
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So, in conclusion...ride your bike, but still wave a cars to be nice. <br />
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song of the day: Geographer - Night Winds- Live <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F8kROkeRzrc?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>hsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-25024100243686908792011-02-24T09:33:00.000-08:002011-02-24T09:33:59.701-08:00Early Morning Post...it's 10...2 biggies today...well they are pretty much the same biggies as yesterday...but the sun will come up tomorrow? Ok. Either way, listen up and follow directions, just like "Bop-It", but maybe more fun...<br />
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1. HSUGreen is proud to announce the UNdumb the world campaign! Join theGreenteam and lets UNdumb our world. So, YOU, yes, YOU, can apply to be on the one and only theGreenteam, which basiclly means the fate of HSU's Greenness rests on your shoulders...I know its a ton of pressure but we believe in you and want you on the team. So APPLY HERE: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM">WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</a> or just scroll down to the bottom of the page. If you have any questions on what this is all about, check out the event on facebook: <a href="http://on.fb.me/UNdumb">http://on.fb.me/UNdumb</a><br />
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2. The "Pick a free Nalgene or Camelbak if we pick you blog background .jpeg" contest!<br />
Ok, this is simple and I think we talked about it last time, but who read that post anyway right...RIGHT?! <br />
RULES:<br />
<ul><li>Think of an idea for a background for this blog, cause fyi, it's just white right now.</li>
<li>Make sure your idea isn't lame.</li>
<li>Take or get a picture of that idea.</li>
<li>"Like" us on facebook: <a href="http://on.fb.me/hsugreen">http://on.fb.me/hsugreen</a> or over there -----></li>
<li>Attach your picture of that idea to an email with your first and last name in it.</li>
<li>Send that email to us at <a href="mailto:hsugreen@gmail.com">hsugreen@gmail.com</a>.</li>
<li>Wait until March 4th.</li>
<li>Pick your bottle...if you win...duh.</li>
<li>KAPISH?! </li>
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Ps- Our numbers are up for the month- 6.37 Cubic Yards so far, which puts our total since Nov. 1st up to 16.15 cy. Thats worth a clap and a high five (redeemable at any of your HSUGreen offices...) <br />
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Pss- Bye.<br />
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love the earth- theGreenteamhsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-29790275772909223962011-02-23T14:48:00.000-08:002011-02-23T14:49:47.740-08:00Shoot'um straight and the new old contest2 years ago if you would have stopped me in the street and told me, "there would be free cookies outside my office on Febuary 23, 2011." I would have bought you dinner and said, "tell me more." But no joke it happend today. A young bot came runnign down the hall screaming "FREE COOKIES, FREE COOKIES!!" He then procedid to tell me some story about how he baked them from scratch and blah blah blah, I couldnt hear much over my chewing... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsugreen/5472338912/" title="Free cookies taste like cookies I payed for too. by hsugreen, on Flickr"><img alt="Free cookies taste like cookies I payed for too." height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5472338912_093a6aea17.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
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we have been getting a lot of questions latly about theGreenteam, i.e.- what it is? what they do? where they live? and it has come to our attention here at HSUGreen that we really havent told you much, so now, we are going to do a segmint called "Shoot'UM Straight" (which I beileve is a duragatory term from the old west, but who knows.)<br />
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theGreenteam:<br />
<ul><li>Will consist of up to 8 members. </li>
<li>These members will need to fill out an application and come to an interview (<a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM">WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</a>) </li>
<li>If a student is choosen to be on theGreenteam they will be commited to 1 school year on the team (2 semesters)</li>
<li>MOST IMPORTANTLY: theGreenteam is literally in charge of deciding how HSU actually becomes a greener place. Weather it's through events, screenings, projects, adding, subtracting, etc... the Green fate of HSU is in their hands (this is all of corse on a basis that can be handeled around school and other oblogations) </li>
<li>If you have any other questions email us at <a href="mailto:hsugreen@gmail.com">hsugreen@gmail.com</a> or call 3256701252</li>
<li>Hope all this helps, sorry its not in cursive</li>
<li>I am not sure what else to say or what to do with my hands...</li>
</ul>THE new OLD Contest:<br />
Ok, so you may or may not know that we have a contest going on right now that will end March 4th. THis blog NEEDS a background bad! But, we are waaaay too lazy to find one on google images, so we want you to submit your ideas (please no stealing). Oh yeah and did we say IF WE PICK YOUR SUBMITION THEN YOU GET YOUR CHOICE OF A FREE NALGENE OR CAMELBAK REFILL-ABLE WATER BOTTLE?! cause we should have said that, cause its true. So, email your ideas in .jpeg format to <a href="mailto:hsugreen@gmail.com">hsugreen@gmail.com</a> and may the best idea win a water bottle...cause they will.<br />
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Todays green news:<br />
<ul><li>Dumb=Montana</li>
<li>Both of our other news pieces come from our friends over at "grist". Check them out, they super rad green news. As far as today's article goes, it is one of the best articles we have read in a long time, but HSU wants us to tell you,"All words, ideas, and such matters expressed are not a representation of HSU." With that said enjoy dis:</li>
<li>Rush Limbaugh opens his fat mouth about Michelle Obama’s fat butt: <a href="http://bit.ly/fQjUZ4">http://bit.ly/fQjUZ4</a></li>
<li>More bike stuff that we love and might be making an apperance at: </li>
</ul><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4MW3MsoiOVw" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Have a.... fun time ...later...oh gosh...bye<br />
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love the earth- theGreenteamhsugreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05256339159588452466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787085774837557795.post-29854779913030388382011-02-22T14:32:00.000-08:002011-02-22T14:32:51.970-08:00Cinnamon rolls and New greenteam stuff<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's Tuesday and I'm pretty much the only person in the office. I for sure got some work done, but my desk is covered in icing, cause I eat when I get lonely... speaking of which I have a turkey in the oven so lets make this a quick one. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recap: </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Follow us on twitter: </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/hsugreen"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.twitter.com/hsugreen</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or -------------------></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like us on facebook: </span><a href="http://on.fb.me/fgUMS8"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://on.fb.me/fgUMS8</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or ---------------------------></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Join thegreenteam and get free green gear: </span><a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or down below.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Montana is dumb.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you give us a background idea for the blog and we pick it, you get free green gear.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Montana is dumb.</span></li>
</ul></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In today's news:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><ul><li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ate a Cinnamon roll</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I took 2.4 cubic yards of material collected on campus to recycling</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Came up with the new greenteam campaign that will drop next week, so until then my mouth is shut like my math books from freshman year.</span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to a new report from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/2-percent-global-gdp-stop-poverty-save-planet-unep.php?campaign=th_rss"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UNEP<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>investing just 2% of global GDP</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> could both alleviate global poverty, set us solidly on the path away from fossil fuels, and cut our collective ecological footprint nearly in half.</span></span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Montana hasn't learned anything</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm serious, if you join thegreenteam you will get awesome free stuff, like your choice of re-fillable water bottle, stickers, a </span><a href="http://baggubag.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BAGGU</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bag, unlimited access to the world biggest chalkboard, and you will be calling the shots on how HSU gets greener. So do yourself a favor and : </span><a href="http://www.bit.ly/GREENTEAM"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WWW.bit.ly/GREENTEAM</span></a></span></span></div></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">We here at HSUGreen are huge fans of the cycling community of the world and support any movement that promotes riding bikes to better love the earth and our fellow people, so bicycle shout out for FEBRUARY 2011 goes to: STREETFILMS!! Just watch this and you'll love um too: </span></span></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19807526?color=9086c0" width="400"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/19807526"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving Beyond the Automobile: Biking</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/streetfilms"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Streetfilms</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vimeo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I would say this went pretty well...did I just ruin what we had going on here? I'm just going to go...you can keep the mix tape...</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love the earth- thegreenteam</span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Song of the day: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2SRNU955c"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2SRNU955c</span></a><br />
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