Spring Break
520 CSU volunteers expected to help keep DNC green
Scott Callahan
Issue date: 7/23/08 Section: News
This among other small victories were the just the right credentials to land CSU in what university officials call "the once in a lifetime opportunity for the CSU community to help green a major national event."
Throughout the week of the DNC, which is also the first week of fall classes, the volunteers will be at the Pepsi Center and Convention Center sorting out recyclable material from non-recyclable in the Quality Control Centers of each building.
CSU will provide bio-diesel buses to transport students from Fort Collins to Denver all week.
Volunteer Jerry Lopez, a senior business accounting major, is eager to participate. When asked why he volunteered he said he just wanted to make a difference.
Lopez said he has been environmentally conscious for over a year now and is active in many green efforts. He is a mentor in the Sustainability Group on campus, a Ram Connections group for incoming freshman.
Lopez encourages students to join the effort, "Though it is a political event, it's our chance to showcase our green effort at CSU and it will raise environmental awareness."
Staff writer Scott Callahan can be reached at news@collegian.com
Throughout the week of the DNC, which is also the first week of fall classes, the volunteers will be at the Pepsi Center and Convention Center sorting out recyclable material from non-recyclable in the Quality Control Centers of each building.
CSU will provide bio-diesel buses to transport students from Fort Collins to Denver all week.
Volunteer Jerry Lopez, a senior business accounting major, is eager to participate. When asked why he volunteered he said he just wanted to make a difference.
Lopez said he has been environmentally conscious for over a year now and is active in many green efforts. He is a mentor in the Sustainability Group on campus, a Ram Connections group for incoming freshman.
Lopez encourages students to join the effort, "Though it is a political event, it's our chance to showcase our green effort at CSU and it will raise environmental awareness."
Staff writer Scott Callahan can be reached at news@collegian.com
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Christine Losciale-Thoemmes
posted 8/28/08 @ 5:27 PM MST
My husband and I had the priveledge of getting to volunteer at the DNC with the CSU Live Green Team! It was an eye opening experience... Although I already recycle, and educate others to do so, I will never look at trash the same again. (Continued…)
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