The soaring atrium of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, which housed a 9.5-foot tree made entirely of old books during the holiday season, is now the site of another display using recycled goods. In celebration of Earth Day, Knowledge Center employees have erected a 7-feet-tall, 8-feet-wide "N," constructed with 1,580 recycled w88 online game bottles collected in the center's recycling receptacles.
Alden Kamaunu, manager of the w88 online game Center's building operations, is the mastermind behind the Earth Day Nevada "N." Kamaunu constructed the holiday book tree in December, after w88 online game Center Librarian Erin Fisher came up with the idea. The process apparently got his creative juices flowing.
"I wanted to do something special for Earth Day, but I wasn't sure what," Kamaunu said. "I had seen a globe constructed of recycled w88 online game bottles. But, I wanted to do something to make it personal for our campus, so I decided upon the giant Nevada 'N'."
Kamaunu used PVC pipe to construct the frame, and campus colleagues Mark Gandolfo and Daniel Fergus illuminated the w88 online game "N" with blue, energy-efficient LED lights. The lights cast an equivalent of 1,000 watts, but only actually use 97 watts.
The Earth Day Nevada "N" is located in the atrium inside the w88 online game's main entrance and will remain up for a couple of weeks. It is only one of many Earth Day activities happening on campus this week.
The w88 online game makes sustainability efforts a priority throughout the year, and collects and delivers to recycling centers more than 55,000 pounds of aluminum and tin cans, glass w88 online game and plastic w88 online game annually. In 2007, former University President Milt Glick signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, joining more than 600 university and college presidents agreeing to forge a path toward a sustainable future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
