WKU Resources

A few of the resources and archives available….

 

 

Presentations

Introductory PowerPoint with a quick overview of what sustainability means, and some excellent links. Created by Nancy Givens.

Communication: Greentopper Listserve and Facebook

Listserve subscribe, quit, see archives - it’s all here. (If you want to receive one email a day, choose the Digest version.)

And on Facebook, search for Greentoppers for Sustainability.

Recommended Books

Some favorites. Share yours, too.

Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century

The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

Collapse  and  Guns, Germs, and Steel

The End of Oil,  Out of Gas,  Beyond Oil,  The Party’s Over

Environmental Studies Book List at UCSB—627 titles-plus. Interface is off-and-on, but worth the effort: extensive listings on climate change, biodiversity, and other topics.

More to recommend? Send your ideas to courtney.baines@wku.edu.

Local Transportation Resources

Transportation efficiencies are some of the easiest, fastest, and most sociable ways to reduce greenhouse gases.

Bowling Green League of Bicyclists

Greenways Commission: Bicycling Map and other bike stuff

WKU Parking and Transportation—bus schedules (internal loop, Campbell Lane, evening shopping shuttle) and map. Students and campus visitors campus ride at no charge. As of April 2007, WKU buses are running on 5% biodiesel!

Bowling Green GO Buses—bus schedule and map (270)782-3162 Tickets also sold at WKU Parking office, South Campus.

Shuttle between Bowling Green and Nashville airport:

AnyTime Transport (with WKU student discount: $45 one-way and $75 round-trip as of 4/1/07) (270)996-1227

Greyhound location in BG—classic mass transport. (270)781-4848