Ecology Action Team (EAT)

Mission Statement

To establish and promote environmentally sound and sustainable practices on campus and in the community through education, innovation, and action.

More on...

• Food
• Electricity
• Petroleum
• Plastics
• Polutants
• Tips for Reducing
• Tips for Recycling

Projects for 2009

• Ideas for Greening the Ho'olaule'a
• Worm Composting
• Recycling on campus
• Using more recycled products
• Reducing toxic chemicals on campus, including cleaning products and pesticides
• Delamping - using a light gauge and comparing the result to OSHA standards

Pathfinders

• Ecology
• Environment
• Hawaiian Environment

Projects Around the UH System

• Sustainable Saunders project - UH Manoa - also view reports from the Public Policy Center
• Sustainability at Kapiolani CC - includes resources

Resources

• Minutes and Documents
• Pathfinders to information on Agriculture and Ecology
• Campus Ecology - from the National Wildlife Federation
• Sustainability Matters - Office of the University of Hawaii President
• Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii
• Kokua Hawaii Foundation - resources, events
• EcoTipping Points Projects - environmental success stories
• Jim Henry's page on sustainability links for Teachers and Students
• Sustainability Association of Hawaii
• Sins of Greenwashing - ways that companies pretend to be ecologically conscious

Documents

• Clifford Togo's presentation on electrical usage, presented at the Spring 2009 convocation (PDF)

An online mailing list exists (wcc-ecology@hawaii.edu). To be added to the list, please contact Brian Richardson at richards@hawaii.edu.