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Show k t A?, VW , f Things You Can Do To Help Your Environment Scientists who study polluall forms of it tion point out that it is primarily a people problem. It was caused by people and people are the only ones who can solve it. But there are a lot of little things eacn person can do to help improve the environment and most of them hit at the luxuries and waste affluent Americans have become accustomed to. adviRecently a service called the Rex Resource Bureau working out of Milwaukee prepared a list of helpful dos and donts for non-prof- sory who individual householders want to help fight pollution. Here are a few of the major donts they listed: Bum garbage (locally, the Bay Area Pollution Control District reported in March that the burning ban established in January. 1970, for the Bar Area has been 90 bviJlS percent effective). Buy cars with more than the necessary horsepower. And dont let gas and oil engines idle. Dont wash a car with a constantly-running Help your soft drink bottlers clean up the environment. Deposit your rubbish in trash cans. USU Forms New Program The Environment and Man Program at Utah State Uni- help solve them. Task forces organized under the Environment and Man Program versity is a University-wid- e unit organinterdisciplinary ized to facilitate staff and student participation in solving some of the critical that problems seem to be proliferating as society becomes more complex and industrialized. attach small research problems directly or plan for large scale research projects. The kinds of problems presently under way by the Program include preparation of a large scale research project in a Waste Management, The program was funded by $600,000 grant for a period from the Rockefeller who Foundation expressed confidence that Utah State University can bring all of its various academic disciplines on the complex problems of environment. a Objectives of the program to bring the University into a greater degree of service to the citizens of Utah with regard to the complex of environmental problems quality during a period of growthTo and population accomplish tnese change. the objectives, program serves as a coordinating office to organize projects and programs and to bring people together. By holding symposia, colloqub, and workshops, we can examine the nature of problems, evaluate what is known about them and identify what yet needs to be done to are colloquium on Land Use Planning which will be followed by a research project on the problems of land use planning in the main urban-rura- l areas of Utah, and a series of conferences which will examine some of the principles and philosophies of relative to wide use of fossil fuel resources. In the year 1972, Methods Southern pine species respond well to cultural practices, such as fertilization and thinning (to obtain optimum spacing between trees and release the growing energies of a stand). The first partial harvest of a new forest can occur as soon as 15 years after planting. electronic air cleaner! Removes up to 90 of the dirt, dust and pollen that enter your home. Installed as part of your forced air heating or cooling system. comedoy youll probably heat For more information contact: PHONE 15 Tae Salt Lake Tribune, SuuJaj , October 10, 1971 i 262-255- 9 BONNEVILLE heating a air conditioning 4432 South 9th fait the program will sponsor research projects by staff and students on environmental problems. hose. Litter or waste paper. products with merely decorative unnecessary packaging or use colored tissue, colored paper or colored napkins. (The paper may dissolve properly in the water, but the dye lingers on.) The bureau added some positive dos to their list too: To save water, turn off - Buy water while brushing your teeth, fill dishwasher before using and repair leaky faucets and toilets. Soak laundry before wash-- i n g; use biodegradeable soaps. Keep foreign material out of lakes and rivers; keep ycur own septic tank clean. Prepare r Jv the food needed. Use kitchen disposer wisely. Reduce any earth eiosion on property. Plant adequate vegetation and reduce fertilizing w here possible. Use the air conditioner only when needed. Conserve heat in winter. (Some contend it's better for you anyway to turn the temperature down a few degrees and wear a sweater.) fewer Use disposable utensils. A leading womens magazine which published a list of dos and donts for the individual was even more specific. Added to the suggestion that one not buy more than the necessary horsepower in a car w'as the directive: If you dont really need a car, dont buy one. Its healthier in most cases to walk or bicycle anvw ay. If you have to commute to work, form car pools or take the bus. Support mass t ansit. When you get gas for your car, dont let the attendant the tank (which top uff often means spillage). Whenever possible, use decomposable ('biodegradable') containers such as pasteboard, cardboard or paper. When you must buy bottles, get the returnable ones or try e to them yourself. D o nt buy the containers and held aluminum can purchase to a minimum. Use recycling centers when available. Follow the manufacturers future needs and wood fiber clearly stress the urgent need for increasing the level of management on all our forestlands public and private. Forecasts for wood of Avoid waste. Use a tote bag when shopping to cut down on excess paper bags. Use live Christmas trees and replant them afterward. Patronize stores that specialize in unpesticided, organi-cally-r o w n food in biodegradable containers if there g are any near you. And lastly, dont wear indestructible metal buttons to protest against pollution. re-us- non-returnab- instructions anc measure detergents carefully. Youll help cut a C ird of all detergent water pollution. And for the ladies smarting from the loss of colored facial tissues, diapers disposable and powerful detergents, the magazine points out that bubble baths dont cause detergent pollution. Its not enough, some ecologists say. to stop flushing filter-tiwhich cigarettes p Future not hosed off into the water system. Dont buy or use uDT even if you manage to find it (its illegal but some of it's still around). If you must spray, use the right insecticide, botanicals if possible. (Botanicals are natural poisons extracted from plants, such as nicotine sulfate, rotenone, pyrethrum.) If you live in a rural area, save jour vegetable wastes in a compost heap and later those can be used as fertilizer. are practically indestructible down the toilet. If you really want to help, stop smoking. Scientists have made other suggestions about how to help. Here are a few more: If youre a home gardener, make sure the fertilizer is worked deep into the soil and Live in a Clean World ... At Home HOOVER DELUXE UPRIGHT VACUUM With Headlight adjustment for all carpets, shag to indoor- - outdoor. Full furniture guard. 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