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Tl Students m; USC club tries to save Earth r j Trom disaster By APRIL HUFFMAN Staff Writer Of the 10 tons of garbage USC makes every day, less than one percent is recycled, and Carolina students pay to haul out this garbage with part of their tuition, according to a member of Students Allied for a Greener Earth. If one is interested in joining a relatively new, highly active environmental group on campus, they might consider SAGE. v "There's just so many environmental problems and not much time left The Earth is threatened like never before," SAGE Chairman Beth McKay, an interdisciplinary peace studies sophomore, said. "These are very important issues. I realize that it takes a lot of individuals, and I'm trying to do o my part'" at a' SAGE was founded two years ago by USC graduate Helen Hudson and senior Melodie Moody. The two women met while doing volunteer work for Greenpeace and decided that USC needed a group SAGE began at USC under the Greenpeace name; but after several months, the members decided they wanted to be a more diversified, versatile organization, Moody said. ft The first meeting of SAGE this semester had a large turnout, with over 60 people. People picked up environmental periodicals and arti cles that would put them on their way to getting allied for a greener Earth. "We like to leave them with something like these materials to make them more informed," McKay said. McKay started off the meeting with environmental statistics. As the facts got everyone's attention ?|1| she began to describe SAGE. SAGE is a non-hierarchial organization with no dues, which p f means that anyone can join and head committees ? they do not have to be elected. "It makes people feel like it's not a popularity contest. People don't have to wait to become involved," McKay said. ] SAGE's goals are to educate, Hp motivate, initiate and accentuate, McKay said: educate the campus and community of what problems are going on around them, motivate people to get involved, initiate people to change their lifestyles to Be See SAGE page 5 c'ty_v experts * By The Associated Press ORACLE, Ariz. ? Eight environmenl pioneers were named to spend two years wi just each other ? and 3,800 varieties of plar and animals ? inside a glass-and-steel dor trying to duplicate Earth's ecosystem. Among the crew are a gerontologist, an ele trical engineer, a marine biologist and a bota ist. They are two Britons, a Belgian, a Germ: and four Americans. All the biospherians have worked together fi at least three years on the Biosphere II projec Dr. James Dob! Counselor & Th Areas of Special Sex therapy Interpersonal Relc Depression Aids Counseling Alcohol & Suhstai $25 per hour with USC ID Eveni 254-1613 HE ENV ake personal effc /.mmmmisMss/s','ss'js j?mb?- * & mm mam ^Pl H ' ill Jll z ;/;-/p////<>/-, Hw'A/ ^, *VGE members Melody Moody (far left), Kiera Brooke (fi SAGE meeting. v jautiful trees at the Congaree Swamp Memorial are a pli veary eyes. o live in mo< an attempt to copy the planet's natural environ- Ins ? ment inside a ?2-acre closed, self-sustaining ter, 1 al system. The planet's natural environment is de- \ recyc ith signated Biosphere I. Or its "I'm working five years toward this aim of a tern \ ne two-year closure, and the closer the day comes, will j the more excited I get,'1 said crew leader Bemd trol a c- Zabel, a 41-year-old German. Cr< n- As a laboratory for showing ways to solve locks tn environmental problems such as pollution, the Pla privately funded Biosphere could become a mo ar neymaking venture, scientists have said. It also :t, is a prototype for sustaining life in space. 1 son, Jr. lerapist wrAmm |MI{ itionships ice Abuse tig Sessions Available pj^B IRONIW jrt to preserve Henee Meyer/The Gamecock B| 'ont) and Beth McKay discuss plans m mamm i I 5 Charles Jones/The Gamecock Sparing easant sight to environmentalist and 2. Ma tightly condi tii del Earth 1 when 1? ;ide the sealed geodesic frame, all air, wa- 6. Use bod and wastes will be regenerated and cleaninj led. ids to a ily electricity will link its ecological sys- 7. Shai vith the outside. Computers and telephones 8. Cli provide communications with mission con- keep ai nd the rest of the world. them, jw members will be able to leave via air- 9. Use in event of emergency. ins call for the venture to begin Dec. 5. 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Do not use plastic lids and ronmentahsm is something straws te can get involved in, and, 4 ^ in the dinj ha?s as often he Gamecock s tiDS. vou m_, ? . ~ Ip the environment without 10 a 'u ,plas',c ,oam to get involved in Green- h * ?' ?H >r being accused of being a orders' requesl cardboard ffver lnAnd k'S 80 easy ny0rU 5. Use aluminum foil instead of iave to inconvenience your- . .. my wav P^C wraPJ' 6.13ct salads in a re-usable plastic dorm room bowl instead of premade salads in ;e air-conditioning/heating styrofpam containers. 7 * , . , ^ 7. At Gamecock Park, order two ke sure the room is sealed cheeseburgers instead of a double for efficient use of air cheeseburger to avoid a plastic foam box. e shorter showers 8. Ask that all food be put on the t off water when shaving or same pIate l0 cut down on plastic ? te?f ,, , , . . foam serving bowls, o off hg ts, television, etc. 9. 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