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Name: Claire Naisby
Position (in student organization): President
Date survey submitted: July 20th, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: EAC (Environmental Action Coalition)
Number of active members: 20
Website: http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34774.xml
Date of last meeting:
Frequency of meetings: 1x per week
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Be more visible and accessible to the student body
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: Advertised much more using recycled laundry paper and other paper-alternatives
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: Do It In The Dark
Year initiated: Unknown
Frequency of competition: Every October and November
Participants: All Students living on campus
Incentives: Everyone in Dorm received a long sleeve black organic t-shirt, and a Pizza Party
The winning dorm took an energy awareness quiz--the 2 highest scores won an iPod and the next 3 highest scores won Klean Kanteen water bottles!
Goal of competition: Have the highest reduction in energy consumption from October to November
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: winning dorm = 24.4% less energy used
Lasting effects of competition: Greater awareness about energy usage, turning off the lights in the lounges and bathrooms when not needed
Website: http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34280.xml
#2 - Name of competition: Recycling Audit
Year initiated: ’03-’04 School Year
Frequency of competition: 2x a year
Participants: EAC members, Sustainability Office, students, faculty
Incentives: Food and Drinks for the volunteers
Goal of competition: Raise awareness on what could have been recycled
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced:
November 2008:
- 620 pounds of garbage were sorted.
- 123 pounds of recyclable material was recovered (19%).
- 42% reduction from November 2007
Lasting effects of competition:
Website: http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x30211.xml
#3 - Name of competition: RecycleMania
Year initiated: 2008
Frequency of competition: Annually
Participants: Whole School
Incentives: None
Goal of competition: Raise Awareness and Use Competition against other schools to promote recycling
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: Recycling rate went from 5.92% in the first week to 14.57% in the 10th week
Lasting effects of competition: An Increased Awareness on Campus about Recycling
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:
We have a Building and Grounds Committee in our SGA that acts as a liason between the student body and our Physical Plant on sustainability and other environmental issues.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
Cat CUPPS
Awesome new design and color for thermos mugs. Any drinks in these cups may be taken out of the cafeteria and have a reduced price for coffee and tea in the Union Cafe
Freshman Hall Talks
Each talk had script and a recycling bin for each freshman dorm room. Power Vote
Around 15% of student body signed pledges, very good compared to most schools.
Do It In The Dark
On top of the competition, students camped outside for two nights to raise awareness about the competition and live without electricity.
Keith Onsdorff talk
Environmental lawyer and Davidson alum contacted us through Dr. Paradise (Biology). We planned a lunch-time discussion with him at the Career Services office about his experience in environmental law.
Paul Roberts lecture
Helped sponsor this year’s speaker.
Green Ball
A contra dance benefitting the Davidson Lands Conservancy. It includes a silent auction with donated, sustainable items, a live band, refreshments and desserts using as many local and organic ingredients as possible, a caller, a fun time, and beautiful decorations. Tickets are sold and all the profits are directly for the non-profit organization in our town trying to protect the land from excessive development and help local farmers. This year, we raised over $2,000. All expenses for the Green Ball are covered by our budget (we pay for the band, the food, etc).
Presentation – “The Cost of Beauty: Toxic Chemicals in your Cosmetics” (G.W.)
Lindsay approached EAC for help in advertising a presentation that she created herself about unknown toxic ingredients in common cosmetic products.
Get Trashed
To raise awareness about RecycleMania, a few EAC members carried around campus their own non-recyclable waste for an entire week. They also created a stationary display to show the amount of waste (recyclable and non-recyclable) an average Davidson student produces.
Earth Hour event
We organized a nighttime, outdoor showing of WALL-E on Belk Lawn, which played during Earth Hour so as to attract people away from using energy in their rooms. The title of the event was “Blackout Belk Lawn.” We secured the use of DO’s bike-generator to power the DVD player.
Cliffside rally
A group of students attended the official April 20 protest of Duke Energy’s Cliffside Plant construction.
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:
1. GreenPrint
Over the course of this year, GreenPrint created various "Art for Awareness" campaigns which were seen across campus, serving as a reminder to influence student behavior in order to reduce consumption and waste of paper, utilities, recycling and edibles (P.U.R.E.). Exhibits included oil-filled water bottles, model size planes filled with aluminum cans, and cars parked in the middle of campus with gas consumption statistics written on the windows.
http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x33178.xml
2. Local Meal in a Box
A CSA initiated by a student on campus, Kristina Johnson, in partner with a Davidson alum who is actively involved in the farming community. It provided students and faculty the chance to have all the ingredients for one meal (4 servings) and included a recipe and where the food came from. The only thing the recipients had to do was a small amount of volunteer time on a farm and cook the delicious meal from the raw ingredients.
3. Community Bicycles
Bikes are available around campus for students to take and leave them anywhere on campus. This is run by Davidson Outdoors.
http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x6764.xml
4. Engage for Change – Environmental Justice
This year a large club on campus decided to choose their theme as Environmental Justice. Their main events included Green Stock (an event with multiple vendors, samples, a farmer’s market, singing) and a Clothing Swap
5. Eco-House
Is a house lived in by 10 Davidson students dedicated to environmental awareness and sustainability. Most food cooked in the house is organic and local. The eco-house helps out with the Clothing and Furniture Drive at the end of the school year and helps co-host many other events with EAC, Engage for Change, and Davidson Outdoors.
6. Ecoteam
Students volunteer their time to teach a Environmental Science curriculum to local 3rd grade classes. This includes 8 lessons.
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):
RecyleMania, PowerVote, The Real Food Challenge
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