THE SUNY SULLIVAN GREEN GUIDE

THE SUNY SULLIVAN GREEN GUIDE

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  Developed by studentMaria Groom in conjunction with the SEEDS Club (2013) SUNY Sullivan GREEN Guide Love Your Planet Love Your Campus
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  ―We are suchspendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I‘m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.‖ – Paul Newman
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  Table of Contents Sustainable Sullivan  Measure Your Impact  Conserving Energy  Conserving Water  Recycling on Campus  Are You Eating Sustainably?  Local & Organic Eateries  Local & Organic Farms  Things To Do in Sullivan County  Catskill Park  Neversink Reservoir
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  Sustainable Sullivan At SUNY Sullivan, we have been incorporating sustainable practices into our campus operations for many years. In 2002, we installed a geothermal system to heat and cool our buildings and more recently, we installed a 3 kW photovoltaic array and 2.5 kW wind turbine. We have added low-flow plumbing fixtures to conserve water, retrofitted our lighting and building automation systems to improve our energy efficiency, and installed exterior solar lighting to brighten a walking path leading to our baseball and soccer fields. We even started an organic community garden and constructed a straw bale garden shed— projects initiated by our Honors Program and Green Building Maintenance and Management students, respectively. We are also committed to infusing sustainability throughout our curricula and are currently offering more than 60 courses, spanning every division on campus, that are sustainability- related or sustainability-focused. For more info, visit: www.sunysullivan.edu/sustainablesullivan
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  Measure Your Impact How big is your ecological footprint? http://myfootprint.org/en/  How many slaves work for you? http://slaveryfootprint.org/#sthash.C5vC1 4yP.dpbs  What is your Social Q? http://voices.mckinseyonsociety.com/wh ats-your-social-quotient/
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  Conserving Energy  Use compact florescent light bulbs for any lamps that accompany  Simply shut off the lights when leaving a you to school. They use 75% less room. energy and last much longer then incandescent light bulbs.  Shutting off your computer when you are finished; screen savers still use  Some electronics still use energy energy. when they are "off‖; power is still going to the little clock on your DVD player! Use less power by  Natural light during the day instead of plugging all of those electronics turning on the lights. This can also heat into a power strip and switching up your room a few degrees. the power strip off when not in use.  If your room has a thermostat in it, keep  Chargers for all of your wireless stuff it at 65 degrees when you are home (I-pods, cell phones, etc.) use and turn it down to 50 degrees at night power even when your device is or when you are away. not being charged! Take your charger out of the outlet when it‘s not charging something.  Please make sure you shut your windows on cold days when you leave your  For more tips, please visit: room. www.eere.energy.gov
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  Conserving Water  Do not leave the water running  Did you know? while brushing your teeth or  140 million water bottles end up in U.S. land fills everyday. That‘s enough, laid end to end, washing your hands. This could save to reach China and back each day. 4 gallons or more of water per day.  In 2008, Americans drank an average of 215  Try to limit your shower time; this too bottles of water each for a total of 66 billion can save a huge amount of water! bottles. Of that, only 22% was recycled.  Report any leaky faucets or broken  It takes over 700 years for plastic to decompose. toilets that you find on campus. Fixing this issue could save hundreds of gallons of water.  There is a growing ―garbage patch‖ of plastic estimated to be more than twice the size of Texas floating in the North Pacific  Do not put anything but toilet Ocean. paper in the toilets; this can create unwanted problems.  Disposable plastic water bottle are made out of a fossil fuel, oil. They require a lot of energy to make and each year 17 million barrels of  Carry a reusable water bottle with oil are used to produce water bottles. This you and take advantage of the could fuel over 1,000,000 cars for an entire free re-fill stations located year. throughout campus and in the field house.  Over 120 grams of greenhouse gas emissions are created from the making of a single water bottle.
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  Recycling on Campus Whatis recyclable: What is NOT recyclable: o Plastic containers (#1‐7) o Used paper cups and food o Glass bottles boats room dining hall o Soda cans (all aluminum) o Compostable plastics o Paper (e.g., utensils from dining hall) o Card board o Food o Magazines o TRASH o Phone books o Newspapers Please note that recycling in the dorms is different from the school. Please try and make a valiant effort to recycle correctly when you are not in the main school building. For more information about single-stream recycling in Sullivan County, check out: http://webapps.co.sullivan.ny.us/docs/dpw/solidwaste/Detailed_Sullivan_County_Single_ Stream_Recycling_Solid_Waste_Reduction_Guide_2012a.pdf
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  Recycling on Campus,cont. Try to buy recycled products. At the end of the semester, Look for the percent of post- don‘t throw away your consumer recycled content notebooks. Recycle the paper on the label. that‘s in them if your not going to save your notes for future You can even buy printer usage. paper, toilet paper and paper towels that are 100% post- Don‘t be afraid to take consumer! something out of the trash and place it in the recycling bin! Try to avoid paper towel use Wash your hands afterwards. altogether by using an old cloth towel that can be used Be responsible about the over and over. decisions that you make when purchasing items and throwing Try to use your notebooks as them away. Reduce, reuse and efficiently as possible, using recycle as much as possible. both sides of the paper and You can only make a difference as much of the paper as when you try! possible. Have you seen “The Story of Stuff?” Check it out! www.storyofstuff.org
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  Are You EatingSustainably? Don‘t take or buy more than you will eat. Overconsumption and waste from over- consumption is a major environmental problem. Try to make an effort to buy locally grown and organic food. It may cost a little more, but the benefits are great and at least you know exactly where the food came from that you are putting into your body. Bring your own reusable water bottle to school with you and take advantage of the free water re-fill stations located throughout the campus. Purchase reusable utensils and avoid the disposable ones from the dining hall. Make healthier choices when you are eating. Fried, greasy foods can lead to major health problems and are not environmentally sustainable. When we eat healthier, our bodies and the environment benefit. Enjoy the food that you eat… this is what feeds our souls!
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  Things To Doin Sullivan County When traveling, try to car pool! To see a concert or visit the Eagle Watching: Woodstock Museum: The Eagle Institute Bethel Woods Performing Arts P.O. Box 182 Center, 200 Hurd Road Barryville, NY 12719 Bethel, NY 12720 845-557-6162 866-781-2922 www.eagleinstitute.org www.bethelwoodslive.org To go swimming, hiking or fishing: If you love to ski or snowboard: Lake Superior State Park Holiday Mountain Bethel, NY www.holidaymtn.com To go boating, hiking or fishing: Belleayre Mountain Neversink Reservoir, located five www.belleayre.com miles northeast of the Village of Liberty. Don‘t forget to get your To turn NY apples into cider, permits! vinegar or sauces: Sonoma Falls Cider Mill and For a range of outdoor activities: Country Market Frost Valley Summer Camp, 140 Old Liberty Rd. 2000 Frost Valley Road, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 Claryville, NY 12725 845-439-4949 845-985-2291 www.sonomafallsny.com www.frostvalley.org
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  Local & OrganicFarms Dirie‘s Dairy Farm Root ‗N Roost Farm 1345 Shandelee Rd. 64 Mineral Springs Rd. Livingston Manor, NY 12758 Livingston Manor, NY 12758 (845) 482-4301 845) 292-9126 www.realdairyfarm.com www.rootnroost.com Apple Pond Farm & Renewable Rusty Plough Farm Energy Education Center 331 Dowe Rd. 80 Hahn Rd. Ellenville, NY 12428 Callicoon Center, New York 12724 (845) 647-6911 845)-482-4764 www.rustyploughfarm.com www.applepondfarm.com Thunder View Farms Neversink Farm 407 South Hill Road Claryville Rd. Grahamsville, NY 12740 Claryville, NY 12725 845) 985-2189 (845) 985-2519 www.thunderviewfarms.com www.neversinkfarm.com Tonjes Farm Dairy Find more farms at: 188 Tonjes Rd. www.buypurecatskills.com/farms.html Callicoon, NY 12723 (845) 482-5971 Email: [email protected]
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  Local & OrganicEateries Aroma Thyme Bistro Yiasou Greek Cafe 165 Canal St. 1980 State Route 52 Ellenville, NY 12428 Liberty, NY 12754 (845) 647-3000 845-292-3152 www.aromathymebistro.com www.yiasoucafe.com Pizza Barn Eureka Market &Cafe` 5125 Route 209 7991 Rte 55 Accord, NY 12404 Grahamsville, NY 12740 (845) 626-2300 (845) 985-5152 www.thepizzabarn.webs.com www.eureka-market.com Java Love Coffee Roasting Co. Liberty Farmers/ Market 10 Horseshoe Lake Rd. Fridays: 3pm to 6pm Kauneonga Lake, NY 12749 May 11 - October 5 (845) 583-4082 Municipal Parking Lot www.javaloveroasters.com Darbee Lane, Liberty, NY 12754 Catskill Harvest Find more restaurants: 2758 State Route 52, www.buypurecatskills.com/restaurants.html Liberty, NY 12754 (845) 292-3838 Find more Farmers’ Markets: www.catskillharvest.com www.buypurecatskills.com/farmersmarkets.html
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  The Catskill Park ―TheCatskill Park is a mountainous region of public and private lands in Southeastern New York's Ulster, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan Counties. Evidence of the area's unique natural history can be seen in the impressive skyline formed by the ninety-eight peaks over 3,000 feet in elevation. Human activities such as logging, quarrying, tanning, trapping, and fishing have also shaped the Park's more recent history. Today, tourism and recreation play a prominent role in both supporting the region's economy and creating an awareness of the Catskills' ecological significance.‖ For more information on the Park, please visit: www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5265.html Interesting in hiking? Check out: www.trailkeeper.org Interesting in protecting the Catskills? Check out: www.catskillmountainkeeper.org
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  Neversink Reservoir Did you know that the water supply for NYC comes from several reservoirs in the Catskills? The Neversink Reservoir is located in Sullivan County, about five miles northeast from the Village of Liberty. It holds almost 35 billion gallons at full capacity. It was created by damming the Neversink River, which continues south and eventually drains into the lower Delaware River. The town of Neversink (so ironically named!), was flooded to create the beautiful reservoir that exists today. Rumor has it that during the hot summer months, water levels will recede low enough that you can see an old church steeple sticking out of the water. You don‘t have to own a boat to enjoy the Neversink Reservoir. Many local businesses, like Eureka Market, will rent you a boat and arrange for your Access Permit. Head to the Reservoir for a hike or kayak trip and see first hand where the drinking water for NYC comes from. You can also check out the Time and the Valleys museum in Grahamsville for more history about this fascinating and sometimes controversial history: ww.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org