Comments MidknytOwl has made

  • Ecological Engineering - Oregon State University

    Have to toot the horn of my current school, even though I'm in Natural Resources instead.

    We just started a degree in Ecological Engineering, the first in the nation.  We also have a new engineering building, Kelley, which is LEED Gold certified and (so I've heard claimed), the greenest academic engineering building in the US.  It has a green roof and uses rain water collection to flush the toilets, among other things.

    In addition, as far as school policies go, we voted and passed an additional $8.50 a term student fee to go to 100% renewable energy, which says a lot since we pay about a third of our tuition in fees as it is.  They are currently ironing out the details of that, but it'll go into effect by fall and then maybe we'll make the green list too.  

    As for Corvallis, the town, it is both a Tree City by the National Arbor Day Foundation and a Bike Friendly city, although I can't remember who officially gave us that title.  The city buses are free to OSU students and faculty.

    I love my school, so I could go on.  But give us a look - here's our Sustainability Office site: http://oregonstate.edu/sustainability/On Umbra on choosing a college posted 1 year, 10 months ago 21 Responses

  • Don't forget us poor folks

    I've looked into CSAs, and live in Corvallis, so I know all about the Farmer's Markets Bucks that the above place has.  The problem is I eat entirely off of my food stamps, and I have yet to see them accepted at Farmer's Market.

    I think you would do a lot better if you did the Market Bucks payable via food stamps.  I understand if you can't have the machines at the Farmer's Markets, but you should be able to process it if it was purchased ahead of time.  Then I could actually eat fresh things and support my local economy, instead of eating the crap in the super market or debating if I can take money from somewhere else to buy at the Farmer's Market instead.  

    (And for the inevitable person who will come and say that it's not that much more money and to stop whining, I live off $500 a month, and that includes everything.  The extra $1 a pound for apples really does add up).  On Umbra on singles and CSAs posted 2 years, 2 months ago 13 Responses

  • Look closer

    As one of the birkenstock wearing lesbians you were kind of referring to (although I shave my legs, heaven forbid), hate to tell you but I like to look at the hot legs too.  At least they have some nice muscle tone to them instead of an anorexic look.

    And, by the way, the legs are barefoot, not in high heels.  On A batch of Grist Earth Day cards for your sending pleasure posted 2 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses