Office of Sustainability presents Sustain-A-Bowl
On Friday, Jan. 30, Auburn University's Office of Sustainability will launch Sustain-A-Bowl, a month-long campaign that aims to reduce water and electricity use and waste production around campus and in the community. Central to the campaign will be a competition between residence halls in the Hill and Quad to see which building can reduce its resource use the most over the course of the month compared to its own three-year average. Each week throughout the month of February, the Sustain-A-Bowl Committee, a group of student interns working in the Office of Sustainability, will take water, electricity and waste readings for each of the 22 halls in the Hill and Quad and announce a weekly winner. At the end of the month, the hall that has reduced its water, electricity and waste the most will be the overall winner. Those living off campus can compete, too. For instructions on how to play, as well as tips on how to painlessly reduce your electricity, water and waste, visit the Sustain-A-Bowl Web site at www.auburn.edu/sustainability/SAB and look for the link "Play at Home." For more information, e-mail sustain@auburn.edu.