According to an article from the Austin Business Journal, Southwestern University, a small liberal arts institution and the oldest university in Texas (and my alma mater), has gone “green” by signing the Talloires Declaration. The declaration includes practicing institutional ecology and increasing awareness of environmentally sustainable development.
Okay, so the declaration is 17 years old, but SU is only the second university in the state of Texas to sign it. . . Hopefully others will follow. Nice move Southwestern. Now, if they’ll only bring the “Crispy Dippers Bar” back to the cafeteria (think of every vegetable imaginable deep fried and offered next to a vat of ranch dressing) and I’ll be one completely happy alumnus.
As places where some of the smartest people in the world work, universities should be among the “greenest” among us.