Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Top 10 ways you can help save energy!

The following is a list of 10 ways you can help make a difference by conserving energy. The list was compiled by Roberta Fernandez of the Climate Project (http://www.climateproject.org/). She will be presenting a slideshow based on the documentary An Inconvenient Truth on campus at the HCC Brandon Campus Auditorium on Thurs., Sept. 27th at 1pm. Also note that we do have the DVD of the movie in the library available for check out. Check this blog in the coming months for more information.

Top 10 Ways To Save Energy

  1. Carpool, walk, ride a bike, use mass transit: If every commuter did this 1 day at home,
    we’d save 5.85 billion gallons of gas and 143 billion tons of CO2

  2. Get better gas mileage: Every 3 miles per gallon improvement can save 3,000 lbs. of CO₂
    per year; A hybrid car can reduce CO₂ by 16,000 lbs. and save you $3,750 per year;
    Rapid acceleration can decrease mileage by 5 to 33%

  3. Replace your bulbs with CFL’s: If every house used only 1 CFL, it would be equivalent
    to removing of 1 million cars from the roads; Lighting accounts for 20% of all electricity
    consumed in the US

  4. Set your thermostat at 78 in the summer and 68 in the winter: Heating/cooling your home
    accounts for about 45% of a home’s total energy use.

  5. Seal your doors and windows, insulate. The average home causes more pollution than our
    car because of the fossil fuels burned to supply the power we need.

  6. Unplug everything you are not using: Standby power can account for 9-10% of
    household energy. A television uses 25% of its energy when it is turned off.

  7. Take shorter showers: aim for 5 minutes; 1883 low flow shower heads will save 472,630
    lbs. of CO₂

  8. Stop junk mail: The production of junk mail consumes as much energy as 2.8 million
    cars. There are 200 million trees cut for junk mail every year – that’s like cutting down
    the Rocky Mt. National Park 3 times per year

  9. Use refillable and reusable containers, recycle: 1.5 million barrels of oil is used for
    America’s bottled water. This equals fueling 100,000 cars for a year. 8 out of 10 bottles
    end up in landfills; Worldwide, 500 billion plastic bags are manufactured each year, that
    is nearly 1 million per minute. Use cloth bags instead

  10. Use the power of your voice and your votes: Write your local, state and federal officials
    to let them know you think this is a critical issue that needs to be addressed with
    appropriate measures.

Thursday, June 21, 2007


Don't Panic
Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Bebblebrox in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy*

Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Student Government Association we have a 101 new DVDs in the HCC Brandon LRC collection. This has expanded our Drama selection and added new titles in Comedy, Action, Horror and Family. We’ve also added to our Shakespeare performances for those who would like to see what they’re reading come to life in production. Below is a list of some of the new titles.
DVDs are available free of charge for a three day check out.
The Holiday
Volvar
Match Point
Riddick
House of Flying Daggers
The Prestige
The Illusionist

Beowulf and Grendel
Munich
Saw III
Copying Beethoven
In Her Shoes

* Image from hitchhikers.movies.go.com

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Who wants to be in a Video?

OK, it's not that exciting...We are filming a short promotional video for the library Thurs. morning (6/14) from 9:30-12noon. As it is summer term, the library is a bit slower than usual so we need students to come to the library and fill out the "scenes." Please come by and help us promote the library!

Monday, June 4, 2007

Video of Ray Paul exhibit

In case you missed the great art exhibit we had in the library from April to June, check out the brief video.