Sustainability at OSU
OSU gets some of its renewable energy from panels that capture energy from this natural source.
What is the sun (solar power)?
This type of lightbulb uses significantly less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs.
What is an LED (bulb)?
Bright surfaces like snow and ice reflect sunlight back into space. This term describes that reflectivity.
What is albedo?
This discriminatory 1930s housing practice has been linked today to higher pollution in the neighborhoods it targeted.
What is redlining?
This entity composts pre- and post-consumer food waste at OSU's dining centers.
What is UHDS (University Housing and Dining Services)?
Washing clothes using this water temperature instead of hot water reduces the energy used per laundry load.
What is cold water?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere, when thinned by certain chemicals, allows more harmful UV radiation to reach the surface.
What is the ozone layer?
This federal agency that was created in 1970 enforces environmental regulations nationwide and includes an Office of Environmental Justice.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
This student club hosts composting pails on several floors of the Valley Library.
What is the WASTE Sustainability Club?
This term describes food that's still safe to eat but gets thrown out due issues like over-ordering, distaste, etc.
What is food waste?
This 1987 international agreement successfully phased out chemicals that were destroying the ozone layer.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
This term refers to someone displaced from their home due to effects of climate change.
What is a climate refugee?