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Name: Molly
Position (in student organization): President
Date survey submitted: July 12, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: Bucknell Environmental Club
Number of active members: 20-25
Website: http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/seac/
Date of last meeting: April 28, 2009
Frequency of meetings: once a week
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Sustainable Cooperative, Look How Trashy I Am Competition, 350 Climate Action Festival (for October ’09), Bike-Blender for smoothies for fundraising/attracting new members to the club.
-We also added one more Dining Services Sustainability Intern (so we have 2 students now) to work with our Dining Services director. They are working on the reusable to-go containers, refillable mug sticker program (see below for both), and other dining service projects to be initiated this upcoming year.
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008:
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: 2006
Frequency of competition: One time a year
Participants: university
Incentives:
Goal of competition: recycle the most and reduce the most amount of waste
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced:
Lasting effects of competition:
Website:
#2 - Name of competition: Look How Trashy I Am Waste Week
Year initiated: 2009
Frequency of competition: Expected to be 2 times per year (1x per semester)
Participants: 70
Incentives: Gift certificates to local restaurants and a Sigg water bottle
Goal of competition: to reduce your waste and reuse products. Participants wear a t-shirt for three days in a row that says "Look How Trashy I Am" and they write on the shirt, in permanent marker, all of the things they throw out in the 3 day period. After completion we put the shirts on display and will do the same in the Fall semester.
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: N/A
Lasting effects of competition: N/A but students did comment on how much they threw out in the time.
Website:
SUSTAINABILITY IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
3) Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
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Sustainable Cooperative: The Bucknell Environmental Club (officially SEAC) organized Bucknell’s first sustainable cooperative. While Bucknell has a dorm housing option for students interested in the environment (the Environmental Residential College), the co-op is the first housing option for students who are committed to changing their lifestyle to be more sustainable. The co-op is in a house on campus for 15 students who will decide the structure of the program in the fall when it is initiated.
The co-op plans to include:
-Vegetable and herb garden for backyard with composting
-Events with the local community and Bucknell community
-Buy local campaign
-Initiatives to reduce energy and water usage
…among others.
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Reusable To-Go Containers for the Cafeteria: Plans for this were in place during the 2007-2008 year but the program didn’t get initiated until Fall 2008. The pilot year only included 50 containers but for the upcoming year the to-go containers will now be free for any freshman but upperclassmen must pay $5. The alternative to reusable to-go containers are plastic containers that cannot be recycled.
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Refillable To-Go Mug Sticker Program: Plans for this were in place during the 2007-2008 year but the program didn’t get initiated until Fall 2008. “Refillable mug” stickers are sold on campus for $1 for 16 oz. mugs and people receive a $0.25 discount each time they buy coffee.
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350 Climate Action Festival: Bucknell will be hosting a week-long event for October 2009, in honor of the 350 Climate Action Festival. The event includes a keynote speaker, student guest lecturers to classes across the board (from other colleges), a sustainability celebration, and mini student competitions throughout the week to show (one of which includes the Passport challenge: to get their “passport” (made out of paper scraps) stamped at 8-10 eco-friendly stations, including the cafeteria if the student uses a reusable to-go container), among other events.
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: Bison Bikes: This was the first year for the Bison Bikes program, started by the Bucknell Student Government (BSG). Around 30 bikes were used and lent out to students for a week where the students could ride/park them wherever as long as the bike was returned after a week.
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FTN: For the past 2 years Bucknell has hosted Focus the Nation. The event is put on by the Environmental Center, led by a student intern and the Sustainability Coordinator. Focus the Nation includes a keynote speaker and professor panels throughout the entire day that lead students in discussion about climate change.
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):
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