| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.40 |
| Liaison | Andy Mitchell |
| Submission Date | Sept. 11, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Illinois Chicago
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Cynthia
Klein-Banai Associate Chancellor for Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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?:
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?:
The name of the campaign (1st campaign):
A brief description of the campaign (1st campaign):
The Office of Sustainability hosted a campaign within the month of September of 2013. This campaign went beyond previous years' "Sustainability Week", in that it provided a variety of events throughout the entire month. The purpose of September Sustainability Days was to raise awareness around campus of the importance of sustainability, and how students, faculty and staff can practice sustainability on campus. The campaign included marketing through banners around campus grounds, flyers, website annoucements, and University calendar annoucements. Campaign events included a climate change lecture, building tours of our LEED certified buildings on campus, a fresh market, a "Weigh Your Waste" event in the campus dining halls, campus electronic recycling event, a "Great Lab Exchange", a tour of UIC's Heritage Garden, a Transportation Fair, a "Fun Run and Shoe Recycling" event, Park(ing) Day event, a "Great Stuff Exchange", a water bottle giveaway, and an EatUp MeetUp.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (1st campaign):
September Sustainability Days postively impacted the UIC community by raising awareness on the importance of sustaianbility. More importantly, many of these events were UIC focused, and provided students, faculty and staff the information and tools necessary to make a more sustainable community.
The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
In the Spring of 2014, UIC's Office of Sustainability launched the "Proud to be Sustainable UIC" campaign aimed at UIC's students, faculty and staff. This campaign asked participants to share how they were proud to be sustainable and proud to be apart of UIC. Participants could join the campaign by submitting a poster to a poster contests via social media.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
The campaign was marketed to the entire UIC community, including students, faculty and staff.
The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):
A brief description of other outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:
The Office of Sustaianbility hosts a variety of sustainability awareness related events throughout the year. Continuous events are always posted on the Office's Events calendar. This allows the UIC community to know of a one stop place where they can learn of sustainability related events at UIC and within the Chicagoland area. It is the goal of the Office of Sustainability to continuously host and market sustainability related events on the website, calendar and through physical media, as a regular sustainability campaign. Events include academic lectures, awareness events (transportation fair, bike workshops, tabling events at Involvement Fairs, etc.) and involvement events such as the "Great Stuff Exchange", Campus Electronics Recycling, "Great Lab Exchange", "Weigh Your Waste", and others.
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