Read one of the dozen books by author Bill McKibben in the college library.
Read Nicholas Stern's review of Eaarth: Making a life on a tough new planet. Review published in the New York Review of Books 57(11): 35-37, June 2010. Borrow a copy of Eaarth.
Most importantly - show up at the Craig Auditorium to hear one of the most influential environmentalists of our time, and learn more about the potentially disastrous consequences of hydraulic fracturing or fracking: a practice that consumes millions of gallons of water in order to force natural gas from shale beds thousands of feet beneath the earth's surface, leading to methane release in groundwater and surface contamination, in addition to many other negative effects.
Be informed. More on fracking from the Buckeye Forest Council and New York Times Magazine (Nov. 17, 2011)
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