KSUTC places 3rd in US in Earth Day challenge

Staff report

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Kent State University-Trumbull has placed third in a national competition initiated by the Earth Day Network.

The organization’s Earth Day University Challenge was part of its “A Billion Acts of Green” theme for Earth Day 2011.

The purpose of the competition was to inspire simple individual acts and larger organizational initiatives that further the goal of measurably reducing carbon emissions and supporting sustainability.

Kent State-Trumbull students, faculty and staff committed 990 “Acts of Green” on or around Earth Day 2011, finishing behind Brown University (first place with 3,167 acts) and the University of Washington (second place with 2,176 acts).

Kent State-Trumbull students organized various projects ranging from a prescription-pill disposal program to soliciting commitments from nearly 400 individuals to “go green” by not using plastic water bottles for 30 days.

Other initiatives included an online conversation with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s chief climate adviser regarding green initiatives in Ohio, a poster contest and organizing trash cleanups in local communities.