Blog #3

    Both the AASHE and Sustainable Carolina seem like great initiatives in the move towards total sustainability. On the AASHE, one of the biggest and in my opinion the greatest initiatives is their program called the Sustainability Tracking and Rating System, or STARS. This initiative gives other universities a measuring stick of sorts for their sustainable practices. This is beneficial because not only does it motivate universities to obtain high STARS ratings just for the rating, but they can also be motivated by seeing the ratings of other schools and comparing.
    On the Sustainable Carolina website, the program that I find most interesting is the recycling team. I find this interesting because I've always cared about recycling and I've noticed how Columbia has painfully few recycling receptacles. I would want to join to change that. Near my hometown, Downtown Greenville has many recycling receptacles scattered throughout the city, which is more than can be said for Downtown Columbia, which is sad because the state capital should be the city with the most sustainable initiative. Also, I would like to help attain a recycling center or program for the Greek Village, which is unfortunately not as sustainable as I believe it should be.
   One question I would have for Margaret regarding Sustainable Carolina is, "What do you think is the best way to motivate people in general to be sustainable?"