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Name: Hannah Leone
Position (in student organization): 2008-2009 Vice-President
Date survey submitted: July 14, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: Environmental Student Organization
Number of active members: About 15
Website: people.bu.edu/eso
Date of last meeting: April 29, 2009
Frequency of meetings: Weekly
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Recycling on campus, energy use, education and awareness of both student and administrative population.
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: There has been the formation of a sustainability committee made up of faculty, administrators, and students for the purpose of creating a unified effort towards sustainable practices such as food consumption, recycling, building, etc. More recycling has been put on campus, but that is an ongoing fight for our group.
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
2) Does your group organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
[x ] No
[ ] Yes. Please list details for each competition.
SUSTAINABILITY IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
3) Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?
[ ] No
[x ] Yes. Please describe: The role of Director of Environmental Affairs was added in September 2008. I took on this role in hopes to reach out to the entire student population about sustainability, not just the environmental groups. I organized all of the environmental groups to come together about once a month and discuss what they were working on, and how they could work together. I created pamphlets about what students can do to be more environmentally friendly, with tips on recycling and reducing energy use. I also reached out to other groups on campus, looking for ways to work together. Since this was a new position this year, much of the time was spent figuring out the best ways to communicate with the student popoulation
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school: We hosted the Massachusetts Power Shift 2009. This brought together schools from Massachusetts such as Harvard, Tufts, and Brandeis and the surrounding states to participate in workshops, speakers, and forums on the topic of the environment, sustainability, eco-friendly living, etc. Speakers including Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Ed Marky.
We help host Earth Week every year with the other environmental groups on campus, which is a week long event is April consisting of movie screenings, forums, speakers, and an outdoor Earth Day celebration. This year we showed Wall-E, had a local activist forum, and a forum on sustainability efforts at BU.
In 2006 we began a petition to have an optional ten dollar Green fee added to students accounts. This money would go to a sustainability fund and would be used for sustainability projects on campus. The idea was to have the money saved by these sustainable practices to go back into the fund. by 2007 we had collect about 3,500 signatures and in 2008 we got the initiative passed by the Student Government.This is an ongoing project.
5) Please list and briefly describe any other student-run organizations related to campus sustainability at your school, and provide URLs if available (e.g., student groups; student government committees; student-run food co-ops, gardens/farms, bike co-ops) and provide contact information of the student leaders, if possible: BU Bikes is an org. dedicated to bike riding, bike safety, and bike maintenance.
Organic Gardening Club is an org. that maintains the Bu green house and advocates local, organic food as well as gardening. Contact info: ogc@bu.edu
http://people.bu.edu/ogc/
Slow Food is an organization stressing local, organic, seasonal and slow cooked food. They educate on the health advantages of this style of eating as well as its positive impact on the environment. Contact info: Annabelle Ho, slowfood@bu.edu
Energy Club is a mostly graduate run org. They hold forums and seminars on energy related topics. Contact info: http://people.bu.edu/buenergy/
BU SED Green is a faculty and student run org. in the school of education. They have put up solar panels and help several events. Contact info: Lia Stelljes
Compostability is a new org. that is trying to put compost in certain buildings at BU in hopes to make it a campus wide initiative. They work side by side with the organic gardening club with the intent of cycling the compost to their garden. Contact info: Tyler Nesbit
Questions 6 is for informational purposes only; your response will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.
6) Please list any regional or national networks with which your group is affiliated (e.g., Energy Action Coalition/Campus Climate Challenge, Sierra Student Coalition, a state PIRG, a state student sustainability coalition): Massachusetts Power Shift, Power Shift, Campus Climate Challenge, Sierra Student Coalition
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