RECYCLEMANIA is ON at UCSD and ACROSS the NATION!

It's going on now! Here is an excerpt from the website: http://recyclemaniacs.org/index.htm

"Sunday, January 17th marks the beginning of the 2010 competition. Runs until March 27th!

Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. With each week’s reports and rankings, participating schools watch how their results fluctuate against other schools and use this to rally their campus communities to reduce and recycle more."

WHEN THE WASTE IS COLLECTED, THE AMOUNT IS COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND RECORDED EVERY WEEK!

Here's the latest update from the website...

"RecycleMania Passes Halfway Point: The 2010 RecycleMania is off to another great start with over 600 colleges and universities participating across the United States, Canada and as far away as Qatar. With each bottle or piece of paper they place in a recycling bin, over 5 million students and 1.3 million staff and faculty are participating in this year’s competition. To see the full list of colleges and learn more about each, visit the Participating Schools section and click on specific school’s names to see their profile."

Just to reiterate, all this info can be found at http://recyclemaniacs.org/index.htm !

Woohoo! It's on Tritons : )

Step up to the challenge!

~ Hilary

Campus Life!

Hooowdy!

So living on campus has been pretty amazing. Yesterday was the first day of classes, where a map was always by my side. The campus is a little tough to find your way around, but I'm sure we will all get used to it very soon. For now we just have to adventure and take the risk of getting lost. We will know the campus soon! In the meantime, here is a link to a really great map of UCSD: http://www-act.ucsd.edu/maps/

So, Welcome Week has also been loads of fun. I attended Triton Power Hour. You know, got all amped up about the sports teams on campus. Which are GRE-AT by the way! Then there was Convocation. Which was quite chilly but heart-warming with all of the welcomes, encouragements, and dinner. Then Willy Wonka was played on a big screen on Warren Lawn. It went with Warren's theme this year so it was quite festive! Then there was UnOlympics! Woot woot! Congrats to all of those of you who are in Marshall. Good job being the owners of the Golden Shoe. have to say, Muir's dance was probably my favorite. The pacmen running in slow motion was absolutely hilarious.

There is such a beautiful community here at UCSD. I feel we are so connected in midst of all our diversity. I am so proud to be a Triton with all of you! There he is...

The EcoNauts are working hard to make the campus greener and to make it easier for students to live green on campus. We have a few events planned for all of you to come and enjoy. One of which includes a chicken suit to celebrate Cage-free Egg Day on October 8th. Be on the lookout for a happy chicken and breakfast burritos made from cage-free eggs!

Until next time,

Jessica

email me! jbaltman@ucsd.edu