Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.24
Liaison Claudia Kent
Submission Date June 11, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Haverford College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00
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Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at students within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at employees within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

The name of the campaign (1st campaign):
Recyclemania

A brief description of the campaign (1st campaign):

Haverford College over the last three years has participated in Recyclemania campaign. During the competition, Haverford conducted outreach by table tents (on recycled paper) in the Dining Center, chalked sidewalks around campus, posted information on GO, the student webpage and hung banners around campus. Powerpoint presentations were also given to staff to promote recycling within the administration.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (1st campaign):

Before the campaign Haverford was recycling around 20% of its waste. After the campaign recycling was up around 28%. There were no other major events or changes that would have influenced the recycling rate during either month.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
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The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Green Office Program

A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):

The Green Office Program is a sustainability checklist for offices and departments on campus that covers 5 dimensions of sustainability: Energy conservation, waste prevention and purchasing, recycling, transportation and participation. Offices and departments agree to meet the criteria for one of three levels of sustainability. Silver squirrel, Gold Squirrel and Green Squirrel. Green Squirrel being the highest.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):

The impact can be seen in the number of offices and departments that have become Green Office certified. Currently, 13 offices and departments are certified.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):
A brief description of other outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:

Two other campaigns that the college has undergone are the move-out recycling campaign and the composting campaign. Move out recycling is a program that sought to address the amount of reusable wasted thrown out at the end of the academic year when students move out. The campaign involved outreach to students to recycle this waste and move-out recycling crews that collected the excess after students left. In 2013 the first year of the campaign, 25,010 lbs of reusable materials was diverted.
The composting campaign was to compost all organic matter in the dining center. A student campaign was launched in March 2014 to educate all students about how to properly separate trash and compost. March 2014 diversion rate was 13,500 lbs.


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