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Name: Elisabeth Cianciola
Position (in student organization): Co-chair
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: Green Campus
Number of active members: 10
Website:
Date of last meeting: 4/ 27/09
Frequency of meetings: weekly
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008:
1. Recycling
2. Reducing plastic bags in dining halls
3. Neighborhood litter pick-up
4. Promoting local produce
5. Native tree planting
6. Film screening- American farming industry
7. Biodiversity- Earthopoly game
8. Composting
9. Tap v. Bottled Water (speaker and reusable bottle distribution)
10. Vegan dining (giving away cupcakes)
11. Dump and Run drive for unwanted belongings at the end of the semester, donated to shelters
12. Renewable energy investment
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008:
1. This was our first year paying six students to serve on our Recycling Task Force. Bins, signs, and guides were distributed.
2. This was our first year of a Bag Share program.
3. This was at least our fourth Source to Sea river clean-up, our second year working with the Mary Hooker Environmental Magnet School cleaning trails, and our first year doing a spring clean-up for Earth Week.
4. Same farmer’s markets as previous years.
5. Same tree planting as previous years.
6. This was our first documentary screening.
7. This was our first year introducing an educational game outside of tabling.
8. This is our first year composting with Hillel.
9. All Trinity students had re-usable water bottles for the first time this year.
10. Vegan dining same as last year.
11. Volunteers were organized to work in shifts for Dump and Run this year and item collection and transport across campus was more efficient than in previous years.
12. Wind energy credits and their advertisement were the same as previous years.
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
2) Does your group organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
Yes. Please list details for each competition.
#1 - Name of competition: Recyclemania
Year initiated: 2009
Frequency of competition: every semester
Participants: all of campus
Incentives:
Goal of competition: Reduce misplacement of recyclable materials into garbage
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced:
Lasting effects of competition: Increase recycling rates; reduce trash tipping fees
Website:
SUSTAINABILITY IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT
3) Does your student government include a specific position or committee dedicated to campus sustainability issues?
No
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
1. Research- other students have worked on transportation surveys; I planted a rain garden to manage storm water for my thesis
2. Treehouse- “cultural” house to be used to showcase sustainable furnishings as well as fun and educational programs
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:
ConnPIRG Campus Climate Challenge
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):
Connecticut Youth Activist Network
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