Think Green Simple Ways to Make Camp Eco-Friendly Kasey Bozeman, University of Georgia

What does it mean to be GREEN?

Why be ecologically aware?

Ecological Awareness & Actions Impact … Your Campers Your Facility Your Bottom Line Yourself

How do you get started?

Measure Your Current Impact Carbon and/or Ecological Footprint Resource Usage Water Electricity/Gas Paper Activity Supplies Waste

Create a Plan Choose Sustainability Over Waste Budget Small Alterations

Educate & Implement Educate Staff, Parents, and Campers Make Changes Share Your Success

The Great Cotton Swab Debate

Water Drinking Water Dining Hall/Kitchen Bathroom/Bathhouse preparing food cleaning dishes Bathroom/Bathhouse toilets showers sinks

Electricity Appliances Thermostat Lighting Computers Energy Star – EPA Lightbulbs Timers Computers

Paper Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Abundant Printing & Copying GOOS paper Junk Mail - FTC

Activity Supplies Acquire Use Disposal Cost/Impact to Program

Waste Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Replace Toxic Products Compost Baking Soda Vinegar Hot Water Compost 25:1 ratio

Teaching the Next Generation Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Environmental Education how to think, not what to think Activities sun tea plant bingo

In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught. Baba Dioum, 1968

Kasey Bozeman University of Georgia kaseyb@uga.edu