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Name: Ami Shah
Position (in student organization): Going Green Tri Goal Co Chair
Date survey submitted:
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
The Bryant University Student Senate has three tri goals each year for the Senate to focus on as the three main issues on campus or three main concerns of the student body at large. One of the three tri goals was Going Green on campus, drawing attention to both Energy conservation and Resource Conservation. I served as a co chair to this tri goal overseeing the resource conservation aspect. We established more accessible recycling bins in the main buildings on campus including the Unistructure and the Bryant Center, along with that we entered the University in the nationwide Recycle mania competition for the first time ever. We hosted green week and green day, informed each resident hall of the proper way of recycling and had a table in the Rotunda to address student questions about our role as a student run environmental organization.
Name of organization: Student Senate Going Green Tri Goal
Number of active members: around 12
Website: http://web.bryant.edu/~senate/
Date of last meeting: April 19 2009
Frequency of meetings: Once a week, every Sunday night
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Recycling on campus, energy conservation on campus
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: much more accessible paper recycling bins, more cooperation of recycling with student body at large, conserving electricity in bathrooms and in library
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
2) Does your group organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please list details for each competition.
#1 - Name of competition: Recyclemania
Year initiated: 2009
Frequency of competition: 10 weeks
Participants: entire campus 3502 students and 620 faculty/staff
Incentives: bragging rights for winning, competitive against other RI schools
Goal of competition:
Have a fair and friendly recycling competition.
Increase recycling participation by students and staff.
Heighten awareness of schools' waste management and recycling programs.
Expand economic opportunities while addressing environmental issues in a positive way.
Lower waste generated on-campus by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Organize this event successfully so it can be repeated and possibly expanded to other campuses in the future.
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced:
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Week
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Paper
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Corrugated Cardboard
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Bottles and Cans
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Food Service Organics
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lbs/
person
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lbs/
person
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lbs/
person
|
lbs/
person
|
|
2009
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2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|
1
|
0.31
|
|
1.73
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
2
|
0.31
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
3
|
0.31
|
|
1.76
|
|
1.27
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
4
|
0.31
|
|
1.48
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
5
|
0.31
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
6
|
0.31
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
7
|
0.31
|
|
1.40
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|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
8
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0.31
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
9
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0.31
|
|
1.27
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|
0.00
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
10
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0.31
|
|
0.63
|
|
0.29
|
|
0.00
|
|
Lasting effects of competition: The true measure of success in RecycleMania continues to be measured by the degree to which students and staff are engaged in recycling and waste reduction issues.
Website: http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/overview.htm
#2 - Name of competition:
Year initiated:
Frequency of competition:
Participants:
Incentives:
Goal of competition:
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced:
Lasting effects of competition:
Website:
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: One of the Tri Goals is the Going Green Tri Goal one of the roles of this committee is to collaborate with other environmental groups on campus to inform the university on the affects of going green, put on events etc.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school: Green week- each day there was an activity informing the campus on why sustainability of the environment is so important, i.e. trayless dining hall day to conserve water, a showing of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, we had a speaker come in to talk about green cleaning products in the household, we held a donation drive of water bottle caps, promoted events of green day, earth day, green week by distributing water bottles and wearing our green week t shirts that were made from recyclables, held art competitions, set up recycling bins in center of student involvement offices.
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:
SIFE-STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE: an academic club that does its share of community service including cleaning up parks/rivers- Emily Coutou, http://bryantsife.org/
Bryant Helps- community service group
Emerging Green Leaders- Marisa Bono,
KIVA
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): Rhode Island Resource Recovery Center
EGL took part in Bryant's "Go Green or Go Home" day by creating a trivia game using various sustainability topics. Participants had the chance to win gym towels that said "Save a tree, sweat on me" in order to cut back the use of paper towels if they knew the answers to the questions. We also tracked and encouraged recyclemania progress during biweekly meetings. We were also tracking the Coca-Cola bin grant process; it unfortunately pushed the application opening back for a while and it has yet to open. Weekly "Go Green" articles were also featured in the newspaper.
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Name: Marisa Bono
Position (in student organization): President
Date survey submitted: July 22,2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: Emerging Green Leaders
Number of active members: 20
Website: N/A
Date of last meeting: 4/28/09
Frequency of meetings: Biweekly
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Recycling, Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Waste Minimization
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: See Chart Above
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
2) Does your group organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please list details for each competition.
#1 - Name of competition: Go Green or Go Home
Year initiated: 2009
Frequency of competition: Annual
Participants: Up to 5 participants per round, unlimited number of rounds in a 4 hour time span
Incentives: Winners were awarded gym towels to reduce the use of paper towels during workouts
Goal of competition: Make participants aware of the effects of waste, conservation of water, energy, and what they can do to reduce it through the use of trivia questions
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: Too soon to tell
Lasting effects of competition: Increased knowledge of these topics and increased effort to implement environmentally friendly practices on campus
Website: N/A
#2 - Name of competition: Recyclemania
*SEE ABOVE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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: SEE ABOVE
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school: SEE ABOVE
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:
SEE ABOVE
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): US Green Building Council
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