Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 75.41 |
Liaison | Marianne Martin |
Submission Date | March 23, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Colorado Boulder
EN-1: Student Educators Program
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.81 / 4.00 |
Marianne
Martin Associate Director Environmental Center |
Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
Name of the student educators program:
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:
Peer to Peer Outreach activities include programs like:
Clothing swaps
Movie / Documentary Nights
Local / Vegetarian cooking classes / taste tests
Farmers Market Trips
Crafts / Upcycling nights
Reusable item decoration nights
Door to Door education
A brief description of how the student educators are selected:
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
Each home visit, which takes around an hour, is performed by two trained CU student technicians. In this hour we install energy saving devices such as energy efficient LED light bulbs, weather-stripping, sink aerators, window film, pipe insulation and water-smart showerheads - all making students homes more comfortable and efficient completely free of charge. While one technician installs hardware, the other sits down with residents and discusses behavior changes students can make to reduce their carbon footprint-- now and for life. Student renters choose 3 personalized commitments they would like to make to lower their carbon footprint. ECO-Visits technicians then check back in with residents to remind them of their commitments and see how they are doing with their commitments and if they need any additional resources/support.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (2nd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
Though not included here as a stand-alone student educators program, we’d like to mention that CU Green Labs also has four paid Team Leads, which are graduate student peer-to-peer educators. They outreach to some of the same departments targeted by our student assistants. In addition, CU Green Labs Eco Leaders can be students, faculty, or staff that are champions of lab sustainability in within their own labs. We have about 150 Eco Leaders in labs on campus, of 400 total labs.
A brief description of how the student educators are selected (3rd program):
A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (3rd program):
A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
Through this, student technicians install Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs), low-flow shower heads, sink aerators, and weather stripping in the houses. Along with this, houses complete an energy and water assessment to analyze where most of their resource use comes from. Houses learn about everyday steps they can take to minimize their water and energy usage and how they can make a long term impact on their community and the environment. The program is made up of representatives from Greek houses known as sustainability chairs and two Greek Sustainability Coordinators. (#?)
Recycling Green Teams:
Green Teams conducts energy, water, recycling and waste reduction outreach to student households.
Students are hired annually through the EC application process.
Students on the Recycling Green Teams are trained by the City of Boulder and CU EC Recycling Program Manager about residential recycling and composting procedures. Students on the Energy Green Teams are trained by the City of Boulder and the CU EC energy Program Manager about residential energy efficiency and energy/water conservation measures.
Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The SCORE and green teams programs focus on students living off-campus.
Students may receive information at multiple times during their college career but it is geared to specific venues (off-campus housing, family housing, residence halls, campus classroom buildings) or different issues (recycling, energy).
The basis of the Eco-Reps program is that they are trained and paid to reach all students in the residence halls. Hence, over 4 year, they reach the bulk of undergraduates (minus transfer students and any who opted out of the required year in the residence halls). They Eco-Reps do not reach graduate students normally.
The SCORE and green teams programs focus on students living off-campus.
Students may receive information at multiple times during their college career but it is geared to specific venues (off-campus housing, family housing, residence halls, campus classroom buildings) or different issues (recycling, energy).
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.