{"id":15031,"date":"2020-10-27T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/sustainability-tip-of-the-week-53\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:03:52","slug":"sustainability-tip-of-the-week-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/sustainability-tip-of-the-week-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Tip of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Sustainability Tip of the Week <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>A simple wish for a better tomorrow<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/pumpkin-e1603801408725-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Eco-Friendly Halloween Costumes<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In 2018, a quarter of Americans planned to use a Halloween costume, most of which are only used once. There are many environmental impacts associated with the production of costumes (and textiles in general), including a surprising amount of greenhouse gas emissions, excessive water consumption, and water pollution. Even worse, many store-bought costumes contain toxic chemicals that pollute the environment when they end up in landfills. To reduce your environmental impact this Halloween, consider up-cycling materials in your home to create your costume. Here are some of our favorite: jelly fish, robot, corn on the cob, bag of groceries, raining cats and dogs.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113826\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/jellyfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113823\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/robot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113824\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phal_Cornonthecob_A_new-1-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-113825\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bag-of-groceries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"282\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-113827\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/raining-cats-and-dogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"258\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>After Halloween&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Each year, 21 billion pounds of textile waste in the United States end up in landfills. This Halloween, we encourage you to consider alternatives to tossing out a costume when you\u2019re through with it. Here are some options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donate your old costumes to a children\u2019s hospital or daycare<\/li>\n<li>Donate your old costumes to a local theater program<\/li>\n<li>Re-purpose parts of the costume for next year<\/li>\n<li>Keep the costume and wear it a few years down the line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the most fun thing about Halloween is that you can choose to be anything you want for a day, and these ideas are really just the tip of the iceberg. Feel free to flex those creative muscles, and don\u2019t be afraid to up-cycle old items!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Have a Happy (and safe) Halloween!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Faculty, staff and students please share your sustainable ideas for our weekly tip to <a href=\"mailto:j.coons@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">j.coons@hvcc.edu<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:03:52 +0000 by\u00a0j.coons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sustainability Tip of the Week A simple wish for a better tomorrow Eco-Friendly Halloween Costumes In 2018, a quarter&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}