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EAG enters video contest, voting ends Mar 31
Chelsea Eakin
Issue date: 3/24/07 Section: News & Features
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The Environmental Advisory Group (EAG), in conjunction with the Physical Plant Department (PPD), has submitted a video on YouTube.com as part of the National Wildlife Federation's "Chill Out" Contest. The video, entitled "Making a Choice," takes the viewer throughout campus and provides a run-down of various initiatives the College has taken to reduce its impact on climate change.
The Chill Out Contest is part of a campaign to reverse global warming at colleges and universities throughout the nation. If chosen as a winner, the College will receive a 500 dollar grant to go toward environmental projects on campus and will be featured on a nationally televised program on Earth Day, Apr. 22.
Director of PPD Patricia Murphy, who helped write and direct the video along with Environmental Program Manager for PPD Dale DeBlois and Caitlin Dufraine '09, pointed to two good outcomes of the video. "One, getting Colby out there because we've done so many things in the past eight to ten years and sometimes don't have a good venue for getting publicity so this is a great opportunity," she said. "This is a national, well-known organization reaching out to colleges and it is a good venue to get Colby's message out there."
"Two, if you're one of the top two winners you receive 500 dollars for other environmental projects on campus and we thought it would be great to get extra money to go toward something," she said.
The video begins with the narrator, Steve Tatko '10, saying "Welcome to Colby College in Waterville, Maine. It's eight below today so you may not think that we have to worry about global warming, but we do. Every day we have climate change initiatives happening all over campus, so let's go take a look." Various initiatives mentioned include Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings, energy-efficient washers and dryers, the option for students to receive free compact-florescent bulbs for their dorm rooms, dining service's efforts to compost and use local foods and various student projects that deal with issues of climate change.
The Chill Out Contest is part of a campaign to reverse global warming at colleges and universities throughout the nation. If chosen as a winner, the College will receive a 500 dollar grant to go toward environmental projects on campus and will be featured on a nationally televised program on Earth Day, Apr. 22.
Director of PPD Patricia Murphy, who helped write and direct the video along with Environmental Program Manager for PPD Dale DeBlois and Caitlin Dufraine '09, pointed to two good outcomes of the video. "One, getting Colby out there because we've done so many things in the past eight to ten years and sometimes don't have a good venue for getting publicity so this is a great opportunity," she said. "This is a national, well-known organization reaching out to colleges and it is a good venue to get Colby's message out there."
"Two, if you're one of the top two winners you receive 500 dollars for other environmental projects on campus and we thought it would be great to get extra money to go toward something," she said.
The video begins with the narrator, Steve Tatko '10, saying "Welcome to Colby College in Waterville, Maine. It's eight below today so you may not think that we have to worry about global warming, but we do. Every day we have climate change initiatives happening all over campus, so let's go take a look." Various initiatives mentioned include Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings, energy-efficient washers and dryers, the option for students to receive free compact-florescent bulbs for their dorm rooms, dining service's efforts to compost and use local foods and various student projects that deal with issues of climate change.
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