Welcome to "The Reports of the Climate Change." A company named Eli Lilly is doing its part to help our environment and as a result fighting climate change.
According to the article, "Greenhouse Gases; Lilly Improves Its Environmental Footprint in Business Operations and Helps Beautify Communities", Eli Lilly set a five-year goal in the beginning of 2008 to become more energy efficient. The company planned to do this by reducing the waste to landfills and reducing water intake.
The company is well on its way to meet their five-year goal. According to the article, by the end of the year 2010 there was a huge reduction in the amount of waste to landfills and water intake. The waste sent to landfills was reduced by about 50 percent, and water intake was reduced by more than 30 percent.
The article states that Eli Lilly was able to do this by "reducing, reusing, and recycling in its business operations,” which was a great strategy for other institutions to follow.
The article was informative. It showed examples of how Eli Lilly set out to become more energy efficient and the measures that they took to meet those goals. Eli Lilly set an example for other institutions, and showed that it is possible for other facilities to do the same.
We all should follow in Eli Lilly's steps and do our parts in fighting climate change. One way students could do this is by voting to pass the Green Energy Fund at their universities, which would help the university to become more energy efficient. This monster is real and if we set goals for ourselves to become more energy efficient we are helping to fight it.
I challenge everyone reading this to try to recycle and reuse more as well. By recycling and reusing we are able to reduce the amount of waste we ourselves send to landfills. By reducing waste sent to landfills we are helping our environment. This is our home, and we must protect and take care of it.
Thank you for your time and this concludes our report on The Climate Change.
Greenhouse Gases; Lilly Improves Its Environmental Footprint in Business Operations and Helps Beautify Communities. (2011, October). Ecology, Environment & Conservation,178. Retrieved October 18, 2011, from ProQuest Science Journals. (Document ID: 2482832801).
