Your Environment
Environmental Wellness is an awareness of the precarious state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment. It is maintaining a way of life that maximizes harmony with the earth and minimizes harm to the environment, while fostering your personal health. It includes being involved in socially responsible activities to protect the environment. Examples of environmental threats to health are ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, air and water pollution, lead in old house paint, and second hand smoke. Wellness requires learning about and protecting yourself from hazards, as well as appreciating the limited resources that our environment supplies.
Air Quality
Check the air quality in Houston right now!
Environmental Footprint
What impact do YOU have on the environment? Take this "Ecological Footprint" quiz to find out!
Environmental Resources
ToxTown
An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks
you might encounter in everday life, in everday places.
Sierra Club
Promotes environmental action in the political and legal arenas
and provides policy information, action, updates and news.
Urban Harvest
Houston area network of educational gardens and orchards,
focused on building community health, vitality and pride.
Rice Resources
Rice
Recycles
Want to set up some recylcing in your area? Contact recycle@rice.edu .
Shell Center for Sustainability
See the Web site for more information.
Environmental Club
Want to be a part of Rice's own Environmental Club? Contact enviclub@rice.edu .
