Close Menu
The Baylor Lariat
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube LinkedIn
    Trending
    • Students react to emergency alert following campus lockdown
    • Baylor shelter-in-place lifted following police pursuit of robbery suspects
    • Baylor graduate charged after killing cats with pellet gun, hanging bodies over utility lines
    • Baylor Football’s Alex Foster dies at 18
    • Board of Regents confirms budget, renovations, new leadership in May meeting
    • How facilities responds to storms, flooding in campus buildings
    • Welcome Week leaders now paid in hopes of increasing numbers
    • 5 Baylor sports storylines to look forward to in 2025-26
    • About us
      • Spring 2025 Staff Page
      • Copyright Information
    • Contact
      • Contact Information
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Subscribe to The Morning Buzz
      • Department of Student Media
    • Employment
    • PDF Archives
    • RSS Feeds
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube LinkedIn
    The Baylor LariatThe Baylor Lariat
    Subscribe to the Morning Buzz
    Wednesday, July 2
    • News
      • State and National News
        • State
        • National
      • Politics
        • 2025 Inauguration Page
        • Election Page
      • Homecoming Page
      • Baylor News
      • Waco Updates
      • Campus and Waco Crime
    • Arts & Life
      • Wedding Edition 2025
      • What to Do in Waco
      • Campus Culture
      • Indy and Belle
      • Sing 2025
      • Leisure and Travel
        • Leisure
        • Travel
          • Baylor in Ireland
      • Student Spotlight
      • Local Scene
        • Small Businesses
        • Social Media
      • Arts and Entertainment
        • Art
        • Fashion
        • Food
        • Literature
        • Music
        • Film and Television
    • Opinion
      • Editorials
      • Points of View
      • Lariat Letters
    • Sports
      • March Madness 2025
      • Football
      • Basketball
        • Men’s Basketball
        • Women’s Basketball
      • Soccer
      • Baseball
      • Softball
      • Volleyball
      • Equestrian
      • Cross Country and Track & Field
      • Acrobatics & Tumbling
      • Tennis
      • Golf
      • Pro Sports
      • Sports Takes
      • Club Sports
    • Lariat TV News
    • Multimedia
      • Video Features
      • Podcasts
        • Don’t Feed the Bears
      • Slideshows
    • Advertising
    The Baylor Lariat
    Home»Broadcast News

    Bears go green with sustainability project

    Julia LawrenzBy Julia LawrenzOctober 15, 2018Updated:October 15, 2018 Broadcast News No Comments2 Mins Read
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    By Julia Lawrenz | Broadcast Reporter

    As Baylor grows, so does its consumption and waste. However, the university has compiled a plan that will aid with our growing university.

    Smith Getterman, director of sustainability and special projects, helps facilitate Baylor’s going green by managing energy, water and recycling.

    “We really think the biggest and easiest thing to do is recycle … we make it super easy to recycle on campus,” Getterman said. “Whether your living on campus or off, it’s just making sure your lights are off, your water is off … just the little things you you don’t really think about make a difference.”

    Baylor has more than 700 recycling bins across campus. There are also outdoor containers and blue recycling dumpsters to make recycling as easy as possible for the Baylor community.

    Getterman said he and the rest of the sustainability program put together a plan called The Sustainability 2020 Project. This plan contains four goals involving food, waste, energy and water.

    Getterman said he encourages Baylor students to look at our environment and consumption with a unique perspective.

    “I think we need to start caring for God’s creation as a way to love our neighbor, but ultimately a way to worship and reflect God’s glory to the world around us by showing everyone, ‘Hey, we do about His creation because we do call Him the Creator,'” Getterman said.

    To find out more about how you can take part in Baylor’s sustainability program, reach out to Getterman at Smith_Getterman@baylor.edu, visit the program’s website or follow the program on Instagram @osogreen.

     

     

    Julia Lawrenz

    Keep Reading

    Lariat TV News: Casa Do Brazil opening, ten-time national champs and Best of Show Spring 2025

    Baylor Senior Weaves Together Art, Poetry, and the Pursuit of Beauty

    ReadyGolf brings world-class golf courses at affordable prices to Waco

    New Brazilian restaurant opens in Waco

    Baylor Environmental Club helps clean campus for earth week

    Faith, Fixes & Friendship: Community Garage Offers Free Tools, Mentorship, and a Mission

    Add A Comment

    Comments are closed.

    Recent Posts
    • Students react to emergency alert following campus lockdown June 27, 2025
    • Baylor shelter-in-place lifted following police pursuit of robbery suspects June 26, 2025
    About

    The award-winning student newspaper of Baylor University since 1900.

    Articles, photos, and other works by staff of The Baylor Lariat are Copyright © Baylor® University. All rights reserved.

    Subscribe to the Morning Buzz

    Get the latest Lariat News by just Clicking Subscribe!

    Follow the Live Coverage
    Tweets by @bulariat

    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube LinkedIn
    • Featured
    • News
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Arts and Life
    © 2025 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.