Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.36
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date June 8, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Colorado College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Ian Johnson
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at students within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at employees within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

The name of the campaign (1st campaign):
Recyclemania

A brief description of the campaign (1st campaign):

Recyclemania is a nation-wide competition to promote waste reduction on college and university campuses. Colorado College participates in Recyclemania to foster behaviors that both minimize waste and increase the campus's waste diversion rate.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (1st campaign):

The college's waste diversion rate since the first year of participating in Recyclemania has increased from 15% to close to 45% in 2014.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Campus Conservation Nationals

A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):

Campus Conservation Nationals is the world's largest energy and water reduction competition for colleges and universities. It includes a three-month competition period in which buildings on campus are pitted against each other to demonstrate the largest reductions.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):

In 2013, Campus Conservation Nationals reported that participating schools had saved 2,115,000 kWh of electricity and 1,680,000 gallons of water.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):
A brief description of other outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:

The Clean Plate Club conducted a campaign during the 2012-2013 school year to reduce post-consumer food waste in campus dining halls. While measuring no significant reduction in post-consumer waste during the campaign, the Clean Plate Club estimated that students throw out 56,000 pounds of food per year in the college's main dining hall Rastall and effectively spread awareness about the issue.


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