The document summarizes a roundtable discussion at the University of Memphis about women and sustainability efforts. It introduces nine panel participants and provides facts about energy consumption in the US compared to China, the amount of paper wasted annually, population growth outpacing natural resources, and the electricity saved by recycling an aluminum can. It poses questions for discussion about sustainable behaviors, other recyclable materials, hindrances to sustainability, and overcoming those hindrances.

3. Who Left The Lights On? Here is a photograph of the University of Memphis administration building. Someone forgot to turn their lights off when they left for the day.

5. Did You Know…? Every year, enough paper is thrown away to make a 12 foot high wall from New York to California.

6. Did You Know…? The world’s population is growing by 200,000 people a day but our natural resources are dwindling.

7. Did You Know…? You can run a TV for 6 hours on the amount of electricity that is saved by recycling one aluminum can!

8. Questions for Discussion What are you doing to be more sustainable?

9. Questions for Discussion What things do you recycle other than paper and plastic?

10. What hinders people from engaging in sustainable behaviors/efforts? Questions for Discussion

11. Questions for Discussion How can people overcome these hindrances?