Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.39
Liaison Tina Woolston
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Tufts University
EN-6: Employee Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.65 / 3.00 Betsy Byrum
Education & Outreach Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution administer or oversee an ongoing faculty/staff peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

Total number of employees:
4,526

Name of the employee educators program (1st program) :
Eco-Ambassadors

Number of employees served by the program (1st program):
2,496

A brief description of how the employee educators are selected (1st program):

The Eco-Ambassador program is open to all Tufts employees (both staff and faculty).


A brief description of the formal training that the employee educators receive (1st program):

In its original format (FY09-FY12), the Eco-Ambassador program was held throughout the academic year, with participants attending one meeting each month that covered a different sustainability-related topic. A “condensed" format of the program, where participants attend two 4-hour workshops, was launched in 2012. During the workshops, participants receive training on the history of sustainability at Tufts, behavior change and community-based social marketing, climate change, energy, water, waste and recycling, transportation, and purchasing. Upon attending 8 full-year workshops or 2 condensed workshops, participants are considered full-fledged Eco-Ambassadors.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

The Eco-Ambassadors program is organized and funded by the Office of Sustainability and overseen by the full-time Education and Outreach Program Administrator. Eco-Ambassadors who complete the program are eligible to receive grants from the Office of Sustainability to implement "green" projects in their offices.


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