Green Challenge: Compost is the most!
JOIN THE GREEN CHALLENGE
This month’s challenge: kitchen waste. Examine what you actually throw away – you’ll
be surprised. A lot of waste is rotting produce and other food refuse. Make the
decision to put that stuff to use as compost rather than send it to the landfill. Start your
own compost pile! Here are some compost fun facts:
JUNE 2009
CALENDAR EVENTS
JUNE 3:
FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK
Free – Self guided tour
Jacksonville Bank,
100 N. Laura St.
The average family throws away more than 200 lbs. of kitchen waste every
year.
Just because something is "biodegradable" does not mean that it will break
down in a landfill. But it will in your compost pile!
Compost can be used to nourish the soil for growing just about anything and
coffee or tea is a great way to feed your houseplants.
JUNE 6:
REPTICON JACKSONVILLE
Jacksonville Fairgrounds
Composting can take as little as two weeks depending on the method.
Compost is not stinky (who knew?). 
JUNE 21:
FATHER’S DAY/SUMMER
BEGINS
JACKSONVILLE: “GREEN” BEFORE IT WAS COOL
Parks and preservation lands are a key part of North Florida’s quality of life. With more
than 111,000 acres of parks, including state and federal lands, Jacksonville now ranks
No. 1 among U.S. cities in gross acreage for parks and is in the top 10 in the percentage
of acreage in the city devoted to park land.
Unlike much of the rest of Florida, the First Coast’s miles of beaches remain relatively
unspoiled and unfenced. The Beaches communities in Duval County — Atlantic Beach,
Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach — also offer some of the best sport fishing,
boating and water sport opportunities in the country.
Finally, we’re not known as the “River City” for nothing. In 1765, William Bartram wrote of
the river “…blessed land where the gods have amassed into one heap all the flowering
plants, birds, fish and other wildlife of two continents in order to turn the rushing streams,
the silent lake shores and the awe-abiding woodlands of this mysterious land into a true
garden of Eden.” Take one look at the glistening St. Johns River and you’ll see what
he means.
GO GREEN FORUM
…meets every fourth Monday of
each month starting again in the
fall. Put us on your calendar!
WEB PAGES
The JU campus Sustainability
web pages and other various
links are updated weekly. Go to:
http://www.ju.edu/departments
/sustainability/default.aspx
DID YOU
KNOW?
Aluminum can be recycled using 5% of the energy used to
make the original product.
Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to run a
television or computer for three hours.
Americans throw away enough plastic bottles each year to
circle the earth four times.
Five recycled plastic bottles make enough fiberfill to stuff a
GOT GREEN IDEAS?
Share your green ideas with the
campus community. E-mail us
at: [email protected]
flight jacket.
Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or
580 pounds per person.
Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees.
SO YOU THINK YOUR SCHOOL IS GREEN?
It's time to walk the walk! America's Greenest Campus is the first nation-wide contest
among colleges to reduce the carbon footprints of their students, faculty, alumni and
staff. You have until October 5 to get as many people affiliated with JU to reduce their
carbon footprint as much as they can!
While you’re on
FACEBOOK today,
sign up to be a
member of the
JU Green Team!
REGISTER TODAY!
www.americasgreenestcampus.com
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