Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Why should Disneyland be more sustainable?

Because they use a lot of energy




According to the book "Little Known Facts about Disneyland", Disneyland consumes around 1 million Kwh per year. Although Anaheim has a publicly owned utility department, and Disneyland's rates are lower than what most others in the region pay who use Southern California Edison or Pacific Gas and Electric, that doesn't change the fact that they are using a lot of energy. (Hoffman, David)





People look up to it, as ideal (role model)
Disneyland should be a role model for its wide diversity of guests. Disneyland can be seen as an ideal place- an ideal place should be 100% sustainable!

Its Popular!
"According to the Themed Entertainment Association, roughly 14.7 million people visited Disneyland in 2008, second only to its sister theme park Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, which drew just over 17 million visitors. Comparatively, Disneyland's reached the following record numbers in regards to attendance since it opened on July 17, 1955:
September 8, 1955 - one million
December 31, 1957 - 10 million
April 19, 1961 - 25 million
June 17, 1971 - 100 million
January 8, 1981 - 200 million
September 1, 1989 - 300 million
July 5, 1997 - 400 million
January 12, 2004 - 500 million" (Disneyland Statistics)





Wild life in the park Disneyland needs to be more sustainable, not only to protect its people, but to protect the environment and all the animals that live there!





They generate tons of trash! (literally!)







Disneyland generates over 30 tons of garbage each day and approximately 1,850 tons each year. (Disney Challenge)













The cleaning crew uses 500 toy brooms, 400 dustpans, and 5,000 mop heads a year to keep the place clean! (Fanning, Jim)






Other amusement parks
Disneyland Paris just released its new idea for a sustainable resort concept titled Villages Nature.
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2010/12/disneyland-paris-unveil-tomorrow.html


Disney's other parks in Orlando, Florida seem to be making more of a sustainability effort than here at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/disneysustainability.html (Disney Sustainability)


Good citizen


Disneyland should support the people that support them. For example, Disneyland should be buying their fruits and vegetables from local farmers markets which would not only to benefit Disneyland, but the local farmers can benefit as well.

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