If we want to have a successful recycling program, students must be taught that they are expected to recycle. This means that when they read our informational literature or participate in Fridays at Calvin there should be a statement or special emphasis given to our recycling program and policies. During freshman orientation special emphasis should be given to the importance of recycling and how to do it correctly. There should be less and smaller trash cans, and signs on them that promote recycling. Without these active steps the recycling facility that is to be built on campus will not improve our poor recycling record.
Stewardship is a complex idea that permeates every aspect of our lives.
At the heart of stewardship is how we are supposed to live in our relationships with God, each other, and the Creation. In our fallen and broken state we can never live perfectly in these relationships. Yet, as Reformed Christians, the students, faculty and staff who make up Calvin College have a responsibility to try to live in good relationships with Creation. Stewardship is the result of trying to live in right relationships. Recycling, among other earth friendly things, is what we do when we are stewards.