Jeff Wilson, an environmental science professor at Houston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas,is known as 'Professor Dumpster' for teaching his students how to live while making a minimal impact on the environment."We want to teach issues around sustainability, STEM education,living on less, to a much broader audience than you might just reach in one small environmental science class," said Wilson.The course is divided into three phases, the first one being basic camping.Every day, either Wilson, one of his students or a member of the community spends a day in the dumpster."They use sleeping bags, filter the water from a nearby lake and wash with wet towels.For a toilet, they use bottles or the college restrooms. They also grow vegetables in a small garden," he said.In the second phase they will use energy-efficient appliances, while in the last phase their “home” will get solar panels and a composting toilet.In the beginning, some students were skeptical. Others say they liked the idea from the start.“He explained about the dumpster project and I told him, 'that's so weird that it's awesome.’So I got right on board," said student Angelica Erazo.Wilson said three square meters is slightly more than one percent of the average new American home.He wants to see if it’s possible to live with only one percent of average energy and water consumption, while creating only one percent of the average home’s waste.
杰夫・威尔逊是德克萨斯州奥斯丁休斯顿-蒂洛森大学的环境科学教授，因教学生如何以对环境最小影响地生活而被称为“垃圾箱教授”。“我们希望教些与可持续相关的东西，科学、技术、工程和数学教育，靠更少的东西生活，进入到更大的课堂中，而不是局限于环境科学课的小空间。”这个课程分为三个阶段，第一部分是基本的露营生活。每天，威尔逊、一名学生或社区的一个成员都会在这个垃圾箱里呆上一天。“他们使用睡袋，从附近湖中过滤水，用湿纸巾擦洗。他们用瓶子或大学卫生间上厕所，还在一个小花园里种菜。”在第二个阶段，他们会使用节能电器，在最后一个阶段他们的“家”将按上太阳能面板和干式厕所。开始有的学生感到怀疑，也有人说他们一开始就喜欢这个主意。“他解释了这个垃圾箱项目，然后我告诉他，‘好怪异，很了不起。’这样我也加入了。”威尔逊说三平米要略大于一般美国家庭面积的1%，他想看是否有可能靠1%的平均能量和水消费来生活，同时只制造一般家庭1%的垃圾。
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