Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.75
Liaison Victor Udo
Submission Date Nov. 18, 2022

STARS v2.2

Bucknell University
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00
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Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at students and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at employees and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

Name of the campaign:
Annual Earth Day celebration - see the uploaded file.

A brief description of the campaign:
This is a yearly event that mobilizes student, faculty and staff for a two week engagement of sustainability centric activities. Several media like the University Message Center, students groups and social media are used to ensure effective outreach and participation. See the attached document.

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
Planting of trees - see media coverage as an example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVcAaf0flpI

Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Flex Your Power

A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Flex Your Power is a campaign that has been held annually by the school since 2011. It is a competition between residence halls and fraternities to see who can conserve the most energy.

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Top performing residence halls have been able to reduce their energy consumption by 10% in the measured weeks.

A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
It should be noted that some of these activities were impacted by Covid 19.

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