Think about it. How often do you worry about polluting the air or planting a tree? Truth is, you probably worry more about getting parking and passing your classes more than you do about the environment.
However, experts say that we need to begin to worry just how much we’re polluting the air each day. We need to stop driving around the parking lot for ten minutes trying to park and begin to notice how little trees we have on campus.
Gerard Bill and Nancy Gutierrez, both social science professors at Fresno City College, are activists that support the campus becoming more green. According to Bill, what Fresno City needs is leadership from the top. If the administration began giving students reasons to carpool or ride bicycles such as monetary rewards for those who do so, then maybe the campus would shift towards thinking green.
Gutierrez said that there are ways to receive cleaner energy such as solar and wind. She also said that things would change if people would “not be so hung up on driving themselves.”
 “We have no incentives. We don’t carpool; we have no incentive for carpooling and our parking lots are overcrowded,” said Bill.
 “It’s easier to ignore than to make changes. It’s always easier to live in denial and pretend that there’s not a problem,” Gutierrez added.
Bill as well as other colleagues in the Social Science division are tryimg to do something about FCC’s enviromental state. They drafted a letter to Dr. Doffoney about the various complaints they had and suggestions of new ideas for the preservation of our planet.
Among those were free bus passes to students, reducing parking fees to those who carpool, and even providing an air-hose for those students that ride their bicycles to school. The letter, which circulated for about a month back in 2005, was sent to the college president, but none of the recomended changes have been adopted or implemented. 
There are those, however, who believe that the campus is environmentally friendly. John Parks, an instructor teaching air conditioning here on campus said the campus had spent about $13 million dollars on higher efficiency supplies. Among the things bought were automatic sensors for sinks, as well as other power saving equipment around campus.
Ned Doffoney, president of Fresno City College, said there is room for improvement. He stated that the Associated Student Government’s action for the go green campaign is taking “responsible action.” He also said that he urges students to be environmentally conscious and to be respectful of the earth.
Numerous FCC students have also voiced their opinions on the subject. Michelle Williams majoring in Food Nutrition and Gina Torres majoring in Communications both agree that the college is not green enough.
“They should put trash cans in the parking lot,” said Williams.
One idea that the students had was putting up cameras and ticketing those who are seen littering.
All in all, Fresno City College has begun drafting ideas, but the execution of such has not been too successful. It is up to both students and faculty to really achieve the goal of becoming more environmentally friendly to preserve the planet.
In the words of President Doffoney, “We have one world, we need to make sure we’re good stewards.”