Leaders of Environmental Awareness & Protection - Miami OH

05/16/2018

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♻️🌎 HERE'S YOUR LEAP ECO FACT OF THE WEEK🌎♻️

The citizens of Colorado make up less than 2% of the US population. Yet, in 2008, Colorado made up 20% of all US recycling.

Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 2010. Annual Municipal Solid Waste Recycling and Diversion Totals.

♻️🌎 This is the last eco fact of the semester! Check back next semester for more!♻️🌎

05/09/2018

Happy Hump Day!

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The Ozone layer of the atmosphere protects Earth's life forms from harmful ultraviolet radiation. The hole in the Ozone layer, caused by a reaction between extreme levels of CO2 and other atmospheric gases, is currently the largest it has ever been and is not predicted to recover until 2060 and 2075.

Source: United Nations Environment Programme, 2007. Global Environment Outlook 4: Summary for Decision Makers.

05/02/2018

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75% of marine fisheries are now overfished or fished to capacity.

Source: U.S. EPA, 2009. Sustainable Materials Management: The Road Ahead.

04/25/2018

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The way products and food are produced, consumed, and disposed accounts for 42% of the US greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: U.S. EPA, 2009. Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices.

04/18/2018

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Of the 80,000 chemicals in use all over the United States, only a few hundred have been tested for safety.

Source: President’s Cancer Panel, National Cancer Institute, 2010. Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.

04/12/2018

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As problems facing our environment are becoming more frequent, there is a new Miami University student organization taking a stand. This group is Leaders of Environmental Awareness and Protection (…

04/11/2018

Happy Hump Day!

♻️🌎 HERE'S YOUR LEAP ECO FACT OF THE WEEK 🌎♻️

Every year around the globe, 2 million people die prematurely because of outdoor and indoor air pollution.

Source: United Nations Environment Programme, 2007. Global Environment Outlook 4: Summary for Decision Makers.

04/04/2018

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Since the first official Earth Day in 1970, Americans have wasted over 910 billion cans worth $25 billion. Essentially, we burned $25 billion.

Source: Container Recycling Institute, 2002. Trashed Cans: The Global Environmental Impacts of Aluminum Can Wasting in America.

04/03/2018

03/28/2018

Happy Hump Day!

♻️🌎 HERE'S YOUR LEAP ECO FACT OF THE WEEK 🌎♻️

Between 1990 and 2000, Americans wasted 7.1 tons of aluminum cans. This is enough aluminum to manufacture 316,000 Boeing 737 airplanes or reproduce the entire world's commercial air fleet 25 times.

RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE!!! You can even make some money while doing it! Most recycling centers will give you up to $0.50 per pound of aluminum you bring in. Reach out your local recycling centers for more details!

Source: Container Recycling Institute, 2002. Trashed Cans: The Global Environmental Impacts of Aluminum Can Wasting in America.

03/27/2018

Don’t forget about our next General Body Meeting, this Monday from 6-7 PM! We can’t wait to see everyone there!