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President Clark has joined other Christian college and university presidents in signing the Evangelical Climate Initiative (http://evangelicalclimateinitiative.org/statement)

The main building at Hillcrest is being designed to attain a LEED certification level of silver

Community Service (Workship)
Gleaning Project

We encourage all PBA employees to use the Tri-Rail train system for their daily commutes to avoid high gas use and wear and tear on their cars
We encourage employees to utilize electronic Direct Deposit of their paychecks instead of paper

The Student Accountability department uses a paperless accountability tracking software that has resulted in a 70-75% net reduction in paper usage

"Coastal/Beach Clean" with "Keep America Beautiful" (a branch of the Solid Waste Authority)
"Paint Your Heart Out" project in association with the Sold Waste Authority to use recycled paint
"Treasure the Children", which recycles old blue jeans by turning them into quilts for children with AIDS
Our Spring Break trip helps maintain the Appalachian trail; we created a new section of trail to reroute hikers away from the river to minimize the negative effects of camping near the river, like erosion and water contamination
"Gleaning": we pick crops by hand to hand out to families in need instead of using machines, which uses less gas and creates less pollution (see photo gallery to the right)
We volunteer in multiple projects with local area parks and non-profit organizations to remove invasive, non-native plants. This allows our natural Florida plants to thrive and return the environment to its natural state.
We work with Resource Depot to distribute safe and reusable materials to the local community for creative learning experiences while at the same time preserving the environment

View more of our environmental activities in our photo galleries:
Wildlife Refuge Work Day Photo Gallery
Real Life Childrens Ranch
Native Plants Project
Painting Project

We have stopped the practice of printing out our academic catalogs for all students; instead, we encourage everyone to view our electronic online catalog located here: http://www.pba.edu/catalogs/

We utilize recycling bins for papers, magazines and plastic bottles
Our air-conditioning is shut off on weekends and at other times when the buildings will not be in use
Our professors are encouraged to load documents into eCollegeinstead of printing or passing out paper files to students
We shut off the majority of office lighting after we close for the day
We utilizing scanning instead of faxing whenever possible

Facilities & Construction

PBA follows voluntary national standards for building sustainably and requires that contractors sign on to the same principles

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Day in the Cafeteria to highlight the environmental impacts of a meatless meal...read more

Ecolab Apex Warewashing Program
Sodexo Supply Management, in collaboration with Campus Services,has made the decision to transition to Ecolab's New APEX Warewashing Program. This program will provide Sodexo with a sustainable warewashing solution that will benefit Sodexo, our clients, our customers and the environment. This decision was made to improve our efficiency to decrease water and energy consumption and to move toward more environmentally friendly, sustainable and non-caustic formulation.

Xpressnap Recycled Paper Program
Proving that simple acts can have a big impact, Sodexo announced that after only one year, its switch to recycled napkins in 1,300 food service operations nationwide has resulted in saving nearly ten million gallons of water, more than 23,000 trees, half a million gallons of oil and five and a half million kilowatts of energy. The company began using two types of recycled napkins last year as part of a commitment to leadership in sustainability and to providing environment-friendly practices.

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