What is Environmental Wellness?
• Being aware of the impact of your own decisions on the environment and on others
• Working with the community to make improvements
• Taking personal responsibility for your actions
• Being aware of risks in various settings, ie. Going out at night, drinking at bars or clubs, traveling to new places
Strategies to enhance Environmental Wellness
Be cautious about your personal security when drinking and out with friends
- Be aware of who is around you and leave with the same people you came with
- Buy your own drinks and keep your drink in hand at all times
- Keep condoms and other contraception with you when you go out
Live an eco-friendly lifestyle on a daily basis
- Use your bus pass and leave your car at home when you can
- Participate in a community garden project
- Print less, try reading online or sharing reading materials with classmates
Eat locally produced food
- Ask campus food suppliers to offer local food selections
- Look for farmer’s markets around the Lower Mainland
- Bring locally-made beers and wines to parties as an alternative to imported products
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© 2010 by Simon Fraser University-Health and Counselling Services Image adapted with permission of Simon Fraser University-Health and Counselling Services, (July 26, 2010). Simon Fraser University maintains all rights of reproduction and publication to this page and the overall Wellness Wheel.
