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Name: Emily Betts Susanin
Position (in student organization): Co-President with Ben Waldman
Date survey submitted: June 24, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: DU Environmental Team (DU-ET)
Number of active members: About 15
Website: www.projectduet.com
Date of last meeting: Last week of May 2009
Frequency of meetings: Once a week, on Monday nights at 6pm
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008: Initiated and started a community garden on campus, held a foods forum regarding local and more organic foods on campus, trayless tuesdays were in effect for most of the year, an "eco" cup or cup share program was being planned out, CFL's were distributed in exchange for other light bulbs, reuseable bags were both sold and given away for free, eco-friendly water bottles were distributed for free in a week that DU-ET called Earth Week in attempts to spread more awareness, and the DU administration was very adamant about pushing for reducing carbon emissions on campus.
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: Started a community garden, reduced food waste in cafeterias thru trayless tuesdays, campus food provider began selilng more local and organic food and also banned the selling of water bottles on earth day, and the students and campus became more aware of recycling on campus thru recyclemania and the bins placed in every campus buildings.
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: 2009
Frequency of competition: Once a year
Participants: Whole university
Incentives: Beating other schools, winning the title of the most waste reduced
Goal of competition: Be more conscious about recycling and about using reusable products
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: Not sure at the exact number
Lasting effects of competition: Made students realize how plastics are not sustainable
Website: www.recyclemania.com
#2 - Name of competition:
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
[X] Yes. Please describe: AUSA Sustainability Committee, a sub committee of the University's Sustainability Committee which is composed of faculty, administrators, and students
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
We have begun to work with the community members in a much larger degree thru the start of the community garden. We also did night bike rides, showed films, attended rallies in and around the Denver area, planted trees, went to community meetings regarding local foods, community gardens, and green teams. This year was a great year for DU-ET, and the club become more well known throughout the campus.
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: This was initiated by AUSA Sustainability Committee: http://www.du.edu/today/stories/2009/01/2009-01-22-bikes.html
http://www.du.edu/green/
http://ctl.du.edu/green/index.php/resources/du-sustainability-plan/
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): We have worked with several organizations, though I would not say we are currently directly affiliated with. 1Sky, the Platt Park Green Team, Energy Action Coalition, a push for green jobs, SlowFoods, and several others that we have worked with/gone to rallies for throughout the year.
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Name: Tay Dunklee
Position (in student organization): President
Date survey submitted: June 18th, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: University of Denver Environmental Team
Number of active members: 20
Website: www.projectduet.com
Date of last meeting: May 18th, 2009
Frequency of meetings: Weekly, or more frequently as needed
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008:
• Started a Community Garden on campus. DUET members worked side by side with community members and Denver Urban Gardens (a non-profit in Denver) from planning stages to planting plots.
• Worked with Sodexo (campus food provider) to limit tray usage in campus cafeterias under the “Trayless Tuesdays” initiative.
• Participated in RecycleMania, national waste reduction competition
• Increased the amount of Local and Organic foods used by Sodexo on our campus
• Started the process of creating a campus wide Composting program by collaborating with school facilities and with a potential composting provider.
• Worked on improving recycling: location of bins, including outdoors, removal of trash bins
• No Bottled Water Week: provided REUSABLE water bottles with “nutrition facts” about why single-use bottled water is bad for people and bad for the environment. Students also pressured Sodexo to pull all single-use bottles from the shelves on Earth Day 2009.
• Supported an innovative EcoCup program where a person can borrow a mug from a campus coffee shop and return it to any other coffee shop location to be washed, thus reducing the number of paper coffee cups we throw away
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: All were new initiatives since August 2008
• Community Garden: Organized, built, held press conference and opening, the garden is currently growing!
• Trayless Tuesdays: raised awareness in dining halls of wasteful water and energy usage
• RecycleMania: participated, although we struggled with getting measurements
• Composting: pilot program to start in first year residence hall in the fall, still working on how to administer program
• Recycling: outdoor recycling to be installed this summer, achieved much wider distribution of bins
• No bottled water week: great success, we gave away over 1000 water bottles which are being used all over campus. The campaign raised awareness about wastefulness.
• EcoCup: still working out the details, but Sodexho has agreed to the program and we are testing mugs which can survive industrial dishwashers
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: 2008
Frequency of competition: yearly
Participants: entire population
Incentives: magnets, t-shirts, concert tickets
Goal of competition: increase recycling, decrease waste
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: unknown at this time, but significant
Lasting effects of competition: Increased educational awareness about recycling on campus
Website: http://www.recyclemania.org/
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: The AUSA Senate Sustainability Committee is dedicated to working to promote and enhance student initiatives that further the ecological sustainability of the University of Denver. The committee is generously funded by the Senate, based on student activity fees, and the entire budget is dedicated to developing and implementing sustainable student programs and initiatives on campus. The committee works closely with DU Environmental Team, as well as the university wide Provost’s Sustainability Council. The Environmental Team serves as the “street team” for many of the Sustainability Committee’s initiatives.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
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:
• Sustainability council: Leader: Lyndsay Agans lagans@du.edu www.du.edu/green
• DU Senate Sustainability Committee: du.edu/orgs/senate and click on sustainability
• DU Residence Hall Association – sustainability division http://slife.du.edu/rha
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):
• American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/
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Name: Zoee Lynn Turrill
Position (in student organization): Vice-Chair
Date survey submitted: July, 2009
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
1) Please describe the student-run campus environmental/sustainability organization in which you have a leadership role.
Name of organization: Sustainability Committee of All Undergraduate Student Association Senate
Number of active members: 10
Website: www.du.edu/orgs/senate and click on sustainability
Date of last meeting: June 23rd, 2009
Frequency of meetings: Weekly, or more frequently as needed
Key issues addressed and programs implemented since August 2008:
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Started a Community Garden on campus, collaborated with local neighborhoods as well as Denver Community Gardens, large local non-profit organization
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Participated in RecycleMania, national waste reduction competition
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Increased the amount of Local and Organic foods used by Sodexo on our campus
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Started the process of creating a campus wide Composting program
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Worked on improving recycling: location of bins, including outdoors, removal of trash bins
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No Bottled Water Week: provided water bottles with “nutrition facts” about why bottled water is bad for people and bad for the environment
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Started an innovative EcoCup program where a person can borrow a mug from a campus coffee shop and return it to any other coffee shop location to be washed, thus reducing the number of paper coffee cups we throw away
Progress made on each issue/program since August 2008: All were new initiatives since August 2008
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Bike Sharing: Donated money, held large press conference with Denver Mayor Hickenlooper, Bike library to start in the fall
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Community Garden: Organized, built, held press conference and opening, the garden is currently growing!
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RecycleMania: participated, although we struggled with getting measurements
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Composting: pilot program to start in first year residence hall in the fall, still working on how to administer program
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Recycling: outdoor recycling to be installed this summer, achieved much wider distribution of bins
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No bottled water week: great success, we gave away over 2000 water bottles which we see all over campus now
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EcoCup: still working out the details, but Sodexho has agreed to the program and we are testing mugs which can survive industrial dishwashers
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: 2008
Frequency of competition: yearly
Participants: entire population
Incentives: magnets, tshirts, concert tickets
Goal of competition: increase recycling, decrease waste
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: unknown at this time, but significant
Lasting effects of competition: Increased educational awareness about recycling on campus
Website: http://www.recyclemania.org/
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: The AUSA Senate Sustainability Committee is dedicated to working to promote and enhance student initiatives that further the ecological sustainability of the University of Denver. The committee is generously funded by the Senate, based on student activity fees, and the entire budget is dedicated to developing and implementing sustainable student programs and initiatives on campus. The committee works closely with DU Environmental Team, as well as the university wide Provost’s Sustainability Council.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4) Please describe any additional campus sustainability activities or projects that you or your group has initiated at your school:
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:
Sustainability council: Leader: Lyndsay Agans, www.du.edu/green
DU Environmental Team: Ben Waldman, http://www.projectduet.com/
DU Residence Hall Association – sustainability division http://slife.du.edu/rha
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): American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/
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