WMU's Sustainability
WMU's Office for Sustainability offers this grant twice a year to support student research and projects that advance campus sustainability.
What is the Student Sustainability Grant?
8 million metric tons of this ends up in our oceans each year
What is plastic?
Not leaving the water running during this daily hygiene activity saves 8 gallons of water a day
What is brushing teeth?
Which greenhouse gas contributes most to climate change?
Carbon Dioxide
Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)
What is carbon footprint?
New buildings at WMU are required to meet this green certification standard.
What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)?
What is the most commonly littered item in the world?
Cigarette Butts
(name) one of the two most eco-friendly lights
What is (CFL) compact Florescent bulbs or LEDs?
the word for food grown without GMOs, man-made fertilizers, pesticides; growth regulators or livestock feed additives
What is organic?
What percentage of all water in the world is safe to consume for humans?
What is 1%?
WMU has pledged to become carbon neutral by this year.
What is 2050?
The amount of time (in hours) you can run your TV or computer off the energy saved by recycling 1 aluminum can.
The average American uses 17.2 gallons a day on this activity
What is a shower?
The atmospheric layer where UV radiation from the sun is absorbed.
What is the ozone layer?
The most polluted state in the U.S.
What is Indiana?
How many buildings on WMU's campus are LEED certified?
What is 18 buildings?
Making what from recycled materials results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution?
What is paper?
In 2014, which country built 2 wind turbines a day?
What is China?
(name) one of the two vegetables you should not compost
What is onion/garlic?
How many trees need to be cut down to create paper for one edition of the Sunday New York Times?
What is 75,000 trees?
How much (in pounds) did WMU's VDC make in food waste within 2 months, that was eventually used as compost for the gardens at Gibbs House?
What is 1,800 pounds?
Days that it takes an aluminum can to journey from the recycling bin through the recycling process and back on store shelves
What is 60 days?
This dam produces enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona
What is the Hoover Dam?
Organic compound responsible for ozone depletion commonly used in refrigerants, aerosols, and solvents that has been restricted under the Montreal Protocol
What are Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
How many plastic razors are thrown away each year?
What is 2 billion?