Calendar
Wednesday, May 3
Is anxiety stressing you out? Atten d
a free screening for anxiety and
depressive ill nesses at area C of the
Student Health Center. Drop in be
tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Are you having trouble choosing a
major? There will be a workshop
on how to choose a major in the
EMU Rogue Room at 3:30 p.m.
The EMU House Committee will be
meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the EMU
Century D room.
Quarterly Blood Drive: Lane
Memorial Blood Bank accepts do
nations on a drop-by, walk-in basis
to benefit the University Blood
Donor Club and other members of
the University community. Re
freshments for donors. 10a.m.-3
p.m. Fir Room, EMU. Free. For in
formation, call 346-3086.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage
Month Workshop: jianbian Shiao
discusses regional differences in
Asian American identity. 5-6:30
p.m. ASUO Multicultural Center,
Room 33, EMU. For information,
browse http://gladstone.uore
gon.edu/~apasu/ or call 346-4342.
Sports Business Lecture: Val Acker
man, president of the Women’s
National Basketball Association,
delivers the keynote address for
the fifth annual Warsaw Sports
Marketing Center’s Women in
Sports Business Symposium. 7:30
p.m. Knight Law Center Auditori
um. Free. For information, send e
mail to rburton@oregon.uore
gon.edu or call 346-3411.
Kevin Calame Emerald
The Pollution Solutions Tour was brought to the university by the National Environ
mental Trust.
Polution
continued from page 1
through June.
The members are traveling to
more than 44 cities in 16 states in
an air-stream, solar-powered Pol
lution Solutions trailer pulled by
a dual-fuel Ford F250, which is
currently available on the market.
The solar panels provide enough
electricity to meet the demand of
the trailer, including its air condi
tioner, computer and refrigerator,
all of which are energy-efficient
appliances.
“We need to make [the reduc
tion of] global warming a priori
ty," Howard said.
Among the compact fluores
cent light bulbs, radios, flashlights
and other Energy Star appliances
on display was a fuel cell that
uses hydrogen to generate elec
tricity. The only emission the fuel
cell produces is water. Laura Cul
berson, an Oregon field represen
tative for NET, said a standard
fuel cell emits sulfur dioxide, ni
trogen oxide, carbon dioxide and
mercury, creating smog in the en
vironment.
A newly designed Whirlpool
refrigerator, which was also a part
of the visual display, is 35 percent
more efficient than conventional
models, according to Pollution
Solutions. Alan Van Zuuk, a rep
resentative from the Energy Out
let in Eugene said the Whirlpool
refrigerator uses 500 kilowatts an
hour per year. He added that stan
dard refrigerators produced be
fore 1993 use 1500 to 2000 kilo
watts per hour.
Jonathan Axelrad, a NET repre
sentative, displayed a new break
through in technology called an
ebike. The electric-assisted bike,
which costs about $1,000, can
maintain a speed of 15 miles per
hour for 20 miles.
“You can leave your car at
home one day a week and help
cut global warming,” Axelrad
said.
NET’s Culberson said global
warming causes more storms,
droughts, a decrease in snow
pack, irrigation problems and less
water in rivers.
“Global warming is a problem
for everybody,” sophomore an
thropology major Dave Jansen
said as he checked out the Honda
Insight. “What we have done to
the world in the last 100 years is
irreversible for our lifetime.”
Jess Saver, a senior environ
mental studies major, said that to
contribute to the fight against
global warming she shows her
consumer preferences by biking
rather than driving, and also by
buying more local products.
Top 10 things to help
reduce global
warming pollution:
10. Plant additional trees a rou nd
your home.
9. Next time you buy a
refrigerator, purchase a high-effi
ciency model with the Energy Star
logo.
8. Buy food and other products
with reusable packaging.
7. Next time you buy a washing
machine, purchase a low-energy,
low-water-use machine with the
Energy Star logo.
6. Install a solar thermal system to
help provide your hot water.
5. Recycle all of your home's
newsprint, cardboard, glass and
metal.
4. If possible, leave your car at
home two days a week. Ta ke pu b
lic transportation to work, school
or on errands instead.
3. Replace two of the five most fre
quently used light bulbs in your
home with compact fluorescent
light bulbs.
2. Insulate your home, tune up
your furnace and install low-flow
shower heads.
1. Next time you replace your most
frequently used automobile, pur
chase a fuel-efficient car, rated up
to 32 miles per gallon or more.
Source: Pollution Solutions
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