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Name: Courtney Pittenger
Position (in student organization): Officer (one of several)
Date survey submitted: June 23, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: ECO (Environmental Consciousness Outreach)
Number of active members: 15-20 (plus 100s more on the listserve)
Website: http://ase.tufts.edu/eco/
Date of last meeting: end of April, maybe first week of May
Frequency of meetings: weekly, plus officer meetings weekly
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Collaboration with Mass Powershift, making Earthfest more fun and including more of the school, securing donations and promoting only green businesses, sent a large delegation to National Powershift in February
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
[ ] Yes. Please list details for each competition.
#1 - Name of competition: Do It In The Dark
Year initiated: no idea, running for at least two years
Frequency of competition: every october
Participants: whole school (but mostly underclassmen living on campus)
Incentives: win a pizza party for the entire dorm
Goal of competition: reduce energy consumption for a month using our friendly tips for living green
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: unknown, if necessary I can attempt to contact those who would know
Lasting effects of competition: students learn small ways to reduce energy, how easy it is to turn the lights off in certain key areas
Website: http://ase.tufts.edu/eco/TWOprojectsII.htm, http://sustainability.tufts.edu/?pid=24
#2 - Name of competition: we participate in Recyclemania, but ECO doesn't run it. It is run by the Tufts Recycles! office
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
[ ] 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:
attempted to reduce usage of plastic bags at to-go eateries on campus (initiative died, not sure why, i believe due to unresponsive administration
attempted to place dry erase plexiglass boards on campus walls most frequently littered by flyers. initiative died because the leader went abroad.
held an event around michael pollen speaking and educated dining hall patrons on fair trade food, and the perks of vegetarianism
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:
We are planning a collaboration next semester with
Tufts Energy Forum
Climate Solutions Coalition
I can't think of any other sustainability groups.
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): Massachusettes Powershift, a little bit with America's Greenest Campus challenge through Climate Culture
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