Is there more to say? IU students, faculty, residents of Bloomington, the state of Indiana, alumni, even Lance Armstrong, know the significane of the past weekend--and so do all the trees, flowers, shrubs, bushes, and grass; to name just a few members of the biotic environment.
An immediate survey of Barney and his surrounding area, in conjunction with a minimal amount of observation, it's fair for me to conclude that there weren't any negative ramifications from the previous week's festivities.
Now, that's not true for other areas of campus. The overall impact of Little 5 can be fully realized upon analysis of a few basic actions: many people from across the state--and country--come in to visit and partake in the festivities. There's definitely an associative cost involved. I personally had visitors from Madison, Wisconsin, East Lansing, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York...so I think that speaks for itself in terms of resource consumption that didn't even directly happen in Bloomington.
Trash.
That's another direct side effect of Little 5. Although, apparently there were 271 fine citizens who were able to partake in trash pick up last Sunday. So Bloomington did take some action to mitigate the negative environmental effects from the week. Another brief component I might add would be the concerts and the efforts taken to get the bands in here and the stages, the congregation of people, possible noise pollution, so on and so forth.
Below is a picture of a Linden tree.
In the spirit of Linden Whitt; my good friend and neighbor who left us this past Saturday.
Linden Whitt
1992-2012
"A little bit of the unpredictable and a lot of playing the piano."
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