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Name: Nick Devonshire and Matt Dahlhausen
Position (in student organization): Head of Environmental Conservation Organization. Head of Dartmouth Coalition on Climate Change.
Date survey submitted: 7/16/09
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: “ECO” Environmental Conservation Organization
Number of active members: 20
Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sustain/
Date of last meeting: (last Tuesday of school year)
Frequency of meetings: Weekly
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Energy Campaign, Composting program in Hopkins Center Café, “Trashion” Show,
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: 2,000 signatures from students, faculty and staff on the Energy Campaign pledge saying they will take 8 steps to reduce energy consumption.
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: Greenlite Competition
Year initiated: 2008
Frequency of competition: This year
Participants: Students living in dorm floors monitored by Project Greenlite
Incentives: $1,000 for an energy improvement for that dorm. Also Pizza Party.
Goal of competition: Get dormitories to reduce energy consumption through real time feedback.
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: Approx 15%.
Lasting effects of competition: TBD.
Website: Greenlite.dartmouth.edu
#2 - Name of competition: Green Greeks
Year initiated: Last 5 years
Frequency of competition: Annual
Participants: Greek Houses
Incentives: $1,000
Goal of competition: Incentive for Greek houses to learn about and practice responsible energy practices
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: TBD
Lasting effects of competition: TBD
Website:
SUSTAINABILITY IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
3) Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?
[ x] No
[ x] Yes. Please describe: There is no official position or committee for sustainability within Sutudent Assembly, however environmental issues arise and are handled with sustainability in mind.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
We combined groups 4 and 5
We are working on a “Trashion” show for the fall in which students will model various trash and recyclable items to educate the student body on over
consumption and recycling on campus (also brings environmentalism into Pop Culture).
We send students down to Powershift every year and sent 45 this past year.
Big Green Bus- Not in the ECO domain, but the Big Green Bus is a group of students who tour the country in a veggie oil powered charter bus
informing the nation on green living.
Project Greenlite: A collaboration between students and faculty that designed a program to give real time energy use feedback to students. An
animation of a polar bear shows students how much relative energy their floor is using and when energy consumption is high, the bear looks
distressed. http://greenlite.dartmouth.edu
Dartmouth Coalition on Climate Change (DC3): Group that spreads information about climate change on campus and organizes speakers from
Dartmouth student body as well as bringing in outside speakers. James Hansen and Jason Grumet spoke at Dartmouth this year at an event that was
co-organized by DC3.
Dartmouth Energy Collaborative: Group of graduate students in Tuck business school and Thayer school of engineering that organize programs at
graduate schools on environmental issues.
Dartmouth Energy Journal Club: Graduates and Undergraduates who meet weekly to discuss recent papers in environmental fields.
Ecovores: Campus group that promotes sustainable dining on campus.
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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): We are in fairly close contact with the EAC and SSC- Zoe Tobi is our contact.
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