| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.19 |
| Liaison | Kimberly Reeves |
| Submission Date | Nov. 22, 2024 |
Agnes Scott College
IL-66: Innovation B
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Kimberly
Reeves Executive Director Center for Sustainability |
Name of the innovative outcome, program, or initiative:
Does the innovation represent a new, extraordinary, unique, ground-breaking, or uncommon outcome, program, or initiative that addresses a sustainability challenge and is not covered by an existing credit?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the innovation:
The Creative Innovation Studio and Workshop (CISAW) was established in 2022 through grant funding as a community workroom to encourage making and creative design-thinking to find solutions for unique problem-solving. The CISAW resources and ethos are managed by the Assistant Director of the Center for Digital and Visual Literacy (CDVL) with support from student employees and volunteers.
Along with establishing a physical space, the grant provided opportunities to strengthen existing curricular programs with a focus on integrating concepts of climate action, justice and sustainability. In Spring 2023, a graduate student curated modules for faculty to plug into their coursework to encourage co-curricular use of the space with an emphasis on climate action. Along with encouraging design-thinking to address global issues, CISAW hosts events, student-facilitated workshops and provides open work hours for students, staff, faculty, and alums.
The space is supplied almost entirely by donations, centralizing material reuse as one of CISAW’s core operations. CISAW, as a material reuse space, helps divert waste from the landfill while serving as a teaching tool for zero waste strategies. Additionally, all materials in CISAW are free to use, lowering barriers to access for community members wanting to create.
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