| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.39 |
| Liaison | Mary Whitney |
| Submission Date | Sept. 25, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Chatham University
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.00 / 5.00 |
Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
The name of the campaign(s):
A brief description of the campaign(s):
RecycleMania:
RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an 8-week period each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories based on who recycles the most on a per capita basis, as well as which schools have the best recycling rate as a percentage of total waste and which schools generate the least amount of combined trash and recycling. With each week’s updated ranking, participating schools follow their performance against other colleges and use the results to rally their campus to reduce and recycle more.
Chatham University has been participating in this competition since 2007.
Energy Competition:
This year was a pilot competition designed to measure Chatham University’s energy consumption and help to reduce it in the six weeks of the competition. We plan to do this every year.
-A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s)
We were able to see how much energy was consumed in each of the halls that were a part of the competition and use this to further reduce our energy consumption. We also had weekly challenges for the students to reduce their energy consumption such as changing their incandescent light bulb for a compact fluorescent light bulb.
Pathways to Sustainable Careers:
This campaign invites members from the community that are part of sustainable careers to speak to the students at Chatham University.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):
RecycleMania:
1. Motivate students and staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation.
2. Generate attention and support for campus recycling programs.
3. Encourage colleges to measure and benchmark recycling activity in their effort to improve their programs over time.
Energy Competition:
-We saw a 20% decrease in energy over the competition this Spring and plan to do another competition in the Fall.
-Educated students on their own personal energy consumption.
Pathways to Sustainable Careers:
To show the growing field of sustainable careers and encourage students to go into the field.
The website URL where information about the sustainability outreach campaign(s) is available:
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