Colleen Vecchione, 2012
Last month UGBC ran its exclusive once-a-year only environmental movement called Green-Month. Green Month festivities were available throughout campus and students were invited to participate in a host of truly thrilling activities. Online, UGBC offered students the chance to fill out a Green Pledge and become Environmental VIPs for the entire month. The pledge made participating students eligible for such exclusive, limited-time activities as recycling, conserving water with shorter showers, and turning off unused lights.
However, the Green party didn’t end with these lucky students. This year, Green Month went Hollywood as UGBC negotiated a high profile deal with BC Cable to bring environmental films such as “The Cove,” “Too Hot Not To Handle,” and “There Will Be Blood” to the BC Channels for private dorm room premieres. The BC Libraries also got in on the action with a screening of the film “Greening of Southie,” which, contrary to popular belief, was not the next sequel to Boondock Saints, but a powerful film about the difficulties of building a new style of environmentally conscious building in Southie. The library also featured other Green Month events, such as a discussion of new Green library resources and workshops on recycling midterms into useful household items such as hats and paper cranes.
Not to be outdone by the libraries, the dining halls also offered their own Green events, which were featured on a rotating basis at McElroy, Lower, and Stuart. These initiatives encouraged students to save money while helping to conserve resources. Festivities included “BYO Container Wednesdays” and “Use Your Sleeve as a Napkin Thursdays.”
For those of you who missed Green Month, you missed out one of the most exciting events that BC has to offer. Comparable to Modstock and Notre Dame Weekend, it’s just too bad that the chance to be Green only comes once a year. But don’t worry, if you missed your chance to recycle, reuse, and conserve, just remember that Green Month will be back at BC next March. Until then, you can practice your recyclables sorting technique, beef up your light switch-flipping muscles, and keep dusting off your reusable water bottle.
