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...effective advocacy, and about myself. (One learns quite quickly one’s tolerance for PBR, the Kong, and DVDs of the syndicated television show “Stargate.”) I came roaring into freshman year as a knee-jerk liberal, ready for a life-changing experience. Wide-eyed optimism led me, as it has led freshmen since time immemorial, to join every possible student group. I canvassed for the Green Party, tried out the Socialist Alternative, joined the Environmental Action Committee (EAC), and wrote an article in Perspective. Hell, I even thought about Greenpeace. I appeared...
...Mannetta isn’t the only one who’s getting into “the system.” The initiative to make Allston environmentally friendly has led students to seek a high degree of cooperation from the administration. A campus-wide discussion that includes students, faculty, and administrators has tried to make a “green” Allston a top priority...
Other than the small, House-specific initiatives taken on by each REP leader, the program also has a College-wide competition called the Green Cup. The Green Cup challenges houses to see which can reduce their energy consumption the most...
...even if students themselves aren’t spurred to activism by REP, the statistics speak for themselves. Since the program was started, College-wide energy consumption has decreased by 9 percent, $288,488.56 has been saved in lower energy bills, and 885.24 metric tons of CO2 has not been added to the atmosphere. With the exception of Winthrop, all of the houses have shown a reduction in their energy usage, with Mather leading the way with a 12.4 percent reduction over the past three years...
Where to find you on a Saturday night: Pfoho-wide hide-and-seek. Or telling people “I just want to save the world...