( - promoted by JRTOLBERT)
In another environmentally friendly move by the "green generation" in Virginia, students and faculty at the University of Virginia (UVA) are throwing their support behind a plan to reduce UVA's adverse effects on the environment.
Included in the plan is a goal to decrease the school's greenhouse gas emissions, calling for emissions to be reduced by 25% from 2009 levels by 2025.
A presidential committee at UVA created the plan which the Faculty Senate and the Student Council have endorsed. The plan is now headed to the Board of Visitors at UVA.
Assuming that the plan is okayed by the Board of Visitors, it will remain to be seen whether or not this wave of "green" enthusiasm will continue to grip the time, attention, and actions of the UVA community.
With all of Virginia's universities watching these actions by UVA closely, this green initiative by the school's student and faculty leadership may well be the beginning of a statewide university effort to reduce their respective environmental impacts in a formalized manner.
We're all hoping that UVA succeeds because ultimately, it's every Virginian who wins. |