Take TRAX!

Hi everyone! I want to thank everyone that attended the University of Utah's Pace to Leave No Trace event! The weather definately could have been better for us, but the turn out was still appreciated! I want to post the information I was in charge of for the event, for those of you that could not make it, and inform you why it is so important to use Utah's forms of alternate transportation.

Utah, out of all fifty states in the US has the worst air quality on most days. Our bad air days far outreach those of most other states, including that of cities like NY and Chicago! If air pollution in Salt Lake continues at the rate it is today our beloved ski season will be cut in half within 12 years. Utah depends on those coveted ski seasons to bring in the majority of their tourism revenue annually. Below is some ways you can help out our local environment, and in some options get some excercise too!

-don't leave your car idling!
-Keep your car tuned up!
-Don't drive on poor air quality days! Keep yourself up to date!
-Carpool if you must drive
-Walk to lunch
-ride your bike to school or work
-rollerblade!

For more information on how you can help keep Utah's ski season flourishing, and help improve our planet on a daily basis go to www.cleanair.utah.org!

Cool new site!

Hey guys,

This is my post for next week, as I will be on a very loooong drive home on Monday, so I won't be able to post. However, I just joined a cool group called the Northwest Earth Institute, which has really cool things to offer. It is essentially a website that helps you become more Earth conscious, and more aware of the importance of your decisions daily! My favorite link on this website is the "Menu for the Future" link, showing us the importance of knowing where your food comes from, and what exactly it is you are choosing to eat and why it matters! If you have time, check it out. I know not a lot of you are "green" aware, but this is really easy reading and interactivity that can REALLY make a difference! Check out the site! You can find it at www.nwei.org

Carpool!!!!

Hey Guys,

I know I have mentioned the event being put on by the Parks and Rec department about 300 times in my blog, but I want to expand on what my part in the event entails. My activity is for the carbon emissions, and alternate transportation portion of sustainable living. I wanted to share with you all a few facts about carbon emissions, and show you why it's so important to try your best to either carpool, or take public transportation at every opportunity!

1. Co2 not only effects your lungs, but also both your immunity AND your reproductive systems negatively!
2. Carbon Emissions creates the foggy film over Salt Lake City known as inversion!
3. Too much Co2 depletes mass amounts of the ozone layer daily, ultimately effecting global warming
4. If we do not change our living habits, and continue pumping the same amount of carbon into the Salt Lake environment, our ski season will ultimately be cut IN HALF in the next 12 years!

Go to www.Rideuta.com to get a schedule of daily public transit routes in SLC, or visit cleanair.utah.gov for more shocking statistics!

Leave No Trace Event

Hey Everyone!

Due to the weather this weekend, the PRT department had to postpone the Pace to Leave No Trace event until Friday the 23rd of April. Please be advised the location will also be changing and continue to look at the event's website, www.lntrace.com for updates! You can also find us on Facebook! Join the group, and we will update you on any other changes! Thank you for everyone that supported us and our cause to lessen our trace on Utah's beautiful environment!

New Site

Hi guys! I know I have already posted for this week but I just came across this awesome website! It gives such awesome statistics, as well as such simple ways to lessen your carbon footprint on society! If you have time, or just bored in class at some time, please check this site out! Lets band together to ultimately protect the damage that has already been done to our wonderful environment! Here's the site! www.alighterfootprintfilm.com

Join Our Event!

Hi Guys! During spring break the Parks Recreation and Tourism department has been planning for our Pace to Leave No Trace Event! Taking place this Saturday, April 3rd at the Bonneville shoreline Trail right above the University's campus! There is plenty of opportunity to learn awesome things about the local environment, Leave No Trace techniques, and win awesome prizes...and it's all for FREE! Please come join in the fun with other University of Utah students, bring a friend, bring a pet, bring a family member! But don't miss out on this awesome experience! To pre-register go to www.lntrace.com

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Hello everyone! This week I just want to share with you some very interesting facts on the recycling! Maybe, if more people looked at recycling in the ways that it can help, instead of an inconvenience, we would be able to achieve more, and in turn, save our planet! How many of these do YOU know?

1. A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days. That's closed loop recycling at its finest!

2.Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.

3. If not recycled, An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!

4. There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can be recycled.

5. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.

6. At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold!

AND THAT'S JUST ALUMINUM! THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE STUFF THAT GOES INTO RECYCLING. PAPER, PLASTIC, GLASS!!! THINK OF THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE!