Environmental
Club
Established
in 2008, the Environmental Club plans Earth Day activities and sponsors
environmental awareness programs, such as screenings of the films "Flow," which
explores the fundamental right to clean water, and "Home," which highlights the
relationship we have with the biosphere.
The
Environmental Club has sponsored marine mammal stranding workshops with the Mystic
Aquarium and Institute for Exploration, and some club members have been trained
as first responders for stranded sea turtles, seals and whales.
On
campus, the Environmental Club has organized initiatives to increase recycling,
first in residence halls and on-campus apartments and more recently in the
O'Hare Academic Center. In addition, the club is routinely involved in
stewardship activities such as beach cleanups and fundraisers for other
nonprofit environmental groups.
For more information about the Environmental Club, contact faculty adviser Dr. Jameson
Chace, assistant professor of biology and biomedical sciences, at Ext. 3204.
"Green
Room" Program
The "Green Room" program encourages students to reduce their carbon footprint by
pledging to recycle aluminum, paper, glass and cardboard, conserve water by
taking shorter showers and conserve electricity by unplugging items when not in
use. Students who pledge to join the "Green Room" program are given a sticker
to affix to their residence hall door.
Students
should ask their Resident Assistant for more information on how to participate
in the "Green Room" program.
Clean
Ocean Access Water Testing
Clean
Ocean Access is a local environmental group concerned with safety, cleanliness
and open access to the ocean and coastlines on Aquidneck Island. Since the fall
of 2006, Clean Ocean Access has tested the water quality at popular swimming
locations not considered "designated swimming areas." The program's long-term
goal is to establish baseline water quality standards in order to ensure
permanent clean water along the Aquidneck Island shoreline.
Salve Regina students
taking the special topics course Environmental Quality participate in Clean
Ocean Access water testing throughout the academic year, and have expanded this
sampling to the freshwater rivers that flow into the ocean. Participants in the
fall 2009 course designed a sampling protocol that is being carried out by citizen
scientists in the field and Salve Regina students in the lab analysis.