How To Preserve The World Essay

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When I look at the definition of sustainability, it is all about maintaining resources or ecological systems, it resonates with living and makes me feel a sense of urgency that survival, or quality of life, maybe an increasing issue. My own definition has become: living in a way that humans can increasingly minimize their negative impacts on the Earth, thus doing more to preserve the world in its healthiest form for future generations. The first step to preserving the world is my, individual, impact on sustainability and what I can do to increase my part in sustainability. We also need to identify the challenges in the way of advancing sustainability. Then understanding how Roger Williams University is participating and what more they can do …show more content…

The only practice I can think of is that the university recycles and composts. I think there is so much more the university can do to be sustainable. It is well known that lawn and garden care is not sustainable, but RWU spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawn care in order to keep the campus looking nice. Although the University has only a few "green areas" that are untouched by these landscapers, there is not nearly enough of them to provide a healthy ecosystem for wildlife to live. I think they should reduce the amount of money they spend on landscaping and put that into sustainable energy. I think the best forms of sustainable energy RWU could invest into are solar energy and tidal energy. Solar, although the panels use nonrenewable resources, they have the ability to trap large amounts of energy in a single day. Tidal energy would be the most logical form of energy due to the campus being located on the bay, and since tides never stop for more than a second it would be a constant supply of energy. Overall, I think Roger Williams University needs to rethink their sustainable practices in order to increase their presence in

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