Environment

The environment has been a topic on Texas State campus this year because of this year’s common experience theme.

International business major Adeline Fresch said she recycles every now and then, on and off campus and rides the bus to school because she is very concerned about the environment.

“It’s shocking and scary how much trash there is, and it’ll be there for thousands and thousands of years,” Fresch said.

Audrey McKinney a Texas State University professor is concerned about the environment. She recycles, takes the Austin tram and shops at the farmers market because she is concerned about her health and the health of the world.

McKinney teaches a class called Environmental Topics speaking on how recycling can help people spend less money by using smaller trash cans. McKinney said using less total or things that naturally compost and don’t need to be recycled is better than recycling.

Tammy Erwin ,a French major, rides her bike everywhere in order to reduce pollution. She said she recycles in order to use fewer resources in the hopes that one day recycled products will be cheaper.

“I recycle because it’s cool. I hope that things made from recycled products will become cheaper,” said Erwin. She said she continues to recycle but hasn’t talked about the environment in any of her classes.

Jules, a philosophy major, between the ages of 18-25 is a vegetarian, and said he recycles because he believes without people there would be no pollution.

“I recycle as much I can without killing myself,” said Jules. He said recycling to him is a simple thing to do and environmentally friendly.

Others had a different point of view.

Senior philosophy and finance double major Russell Booth said he rides the bus to campus and picks up trash if he sees it on the ground. Even though he said he is not greatly concerned about the environment because it doesn’t affect him directly. He said he doesn’t recycle at home, but he recycles on campus because it’s convenient.

“We talk about the environment a lot in my philosophy technology and philosophy dialogues class,” Booth said.

Freshman nursing major Lyndsey Futrell is not really concerned about the environment. She recycles water bottles because her dorm brought containers in telling them they had to it, but she doesn’t really pay attention to environmental topics. Although Futrell is not into saving the environment, she said she has heard about it in her University Seminar class having online forum discussions.