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This is Jasmine Clark and I can post. :)

Wasting food

Americans need to learn how to eat all there food on their plate. In a recent study people waste approximately forty percent of their food. This has increased over fifty percent since the 1970s. If we waste twenty-five percent of our food we could feed twenty million people according to sixwise.com. This really upsets me because I think if you grab that item and put it on your plate then you should have to eat it since it was your decision to grab it.

Look I Can Post!

Yayyy posting stuff on the internet!

FUN TIMES :)

Engaging Topic

Ok, so I'm a computer/graphic design nerd and I decided to make a background for my MacBook on Adobe Illustrator. Its nothing informative, but I think it really sums up what we as a student body are focusing on. Its eye catching and delivers Texas State's message for the year: We're Going Green.

Unsustainable

How do you get a point across to a student population of 30,000+? Most would post hundreds of the same exact poster all across the campus. But little do they know that they are killing our earth and so ignorantly wasting our resources. A simple email would do the same trick and, in addition, make our earth more sustainable for generations and generations to come.

No Impact Week Activities

September 26 - October 3
No Impact Week
All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the No Impact Project, based on Colin Beavan’s book, No Impact Man. Texas State’s No Impact Week runs from September 26 Through October 3. This one-week carbon cleanse is designed to help you discover easy ways to decrease your overall environmental impact — and have a good time.

For a complete schedule of No Impact Week events and what YOU can do to participate, CLICK HERE (PDF)

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► Sunday, September 26: Consumption
• The Story of Stuff: video
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► Monday, September 27: Trash
• Sponsored by Texas State Recycling & Waste Management (website or 512.245.7733)
• Recycling / trash info tables, Quad, 7:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Film: I Love Trash, Alkek Teaching Theater, 7:00 p.m.
• Encourage use of reusable containers
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► Tuesday, September 28: Transportation / Take Action
• Sponsored by The Bike Cave (website or 512.245.4567) and Texas State Tram (website)
• Bike / walk / bus to school
• Plan bike route: website
• The Hub bike shop will offer tune-ups in Quad
• Film: A Crude Awakening, LBJ Student Center Teaching Theater, 7:00 p.m.
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► Wednesday, September 29: Food
• Sponsored by Edible San Marcos (contact Suzi Fields): website | email
• Farmers Market on Campus (sponsored by Edible San Marcos), Quad, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
• Composting demonstrations, Quad, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• James McWilliams (History Department) lecture: "Just Food," Education Building 4062, 2:00 p.m.
• Film: Food, Inc., Centennial 157, 7:00 p.m. (see details below)
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► Thursday, September 30: Energy
• Sponsored by Net Impact student organization (Facebook group). Contact Janet Hale: jh29@txstate.edu
• Energy conservation in dorms and classrooms
• Treadmill tours, Student Recreation Center, 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
• Energy Resource Management featuring professor Mark Carter on "Reducing Your Coal Footprint" and a screening of Wear the Sun by Net Impact student organization, Evans Liberal Arts 316, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
• Living Off the Grid featuring Rick and Stephanie Ertel of Kerrville, McCoy 233, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Info: click here or here
• Energy Options and Savings featuring Steve Harvey (Sustainable San Marcos) and Bigelow Homes (San Marcos), McCoy 240, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Info: click here (pdf) or here (pdf).
• San Marcos Engery Panel featuring Angela Riley (bio pdf) and Kyle Dicke (bio pdf) of San Marcos Electric Utility, James Harkins (student) and Ruben Becerra (Gil's Broiler/Phoenix Energy), McCoy 240, 3:30-4:50 p.m.
• Keynote Speaker: Karl Rábago of Austin Energy, McCoy 233, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Speaker bio: click here (pdf)
• Film: Bill Moyers Journal: Obama's First Year / America's Energy Challenge, LBJ Student Center Teaching Theater, 7:00 p.m.
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► Friday, October 1: Water
• Sponsored by Aquarena Center. Contact Ron Coley: rc13@txstate.edu
• "State of Texas Water" panel discussion with Ron Coley and Dianne Wassenich, Derrick 227, 2:00 p.m.
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► Saturday, October 2: Giving Back
• Sponsored by Student Volunteer Connection: website. Contact Kelly Stone: ks26@txstate.edu
• Service learning opportunities
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► Sunday, October 3: Eco-Sabbath
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(Content from Common Experience website.)

Assignment: No Impact Week @ Texas State

Assignment: No Impact Week blog post. Tell the story of your No Impact Week. Decide how far you can go to have No Impact. Commit to all or part of the No Impact Week experience, keep notes on your efforts and write about them on the blog. Your blog post can be just a few words and more photos or more words than photos. Consider 3-7 photos and just enough words to explain the images, 50-100 words. If you prefer words, please post should be at least 200 words. You may include opinion. Hint: Consider writing an initial blog post that commits to your intentions for the week, then go back into that post (edit post) and update your progress.