Allison Burbach- Earth Day Instagram Post (4/22)

 Happy Earth Day, class! I hope everyone had a wonderful day enjoying the morning sunshine and afternoon rain. I wanted to discuss an interesting post made on CNU’s Instagram for Earth Day detailing CNU’s reduced emissions. Although I am glad to hear CNU advertising sustainability data, I am cautious to celebrate too soon. Personally, I think the symbolic Earth Day post distracts from the major sustainability problems that CNU has with everything from energy and water usage to waste generation. I was very tempted to comment on CNU’s post “this is a good start” because I truly believe that it is misleading to future Captains how well CNU does at caring about sustainability.

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