| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.54 |
| Liaison | Tavey Capps |
| Submission Date | Oct. 18, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Duke University
ER-4: Sustainability Outreach and Publications
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Tavey
Capps Environmental Sustainability Director Office of the Executive Vice President |
Does the institution have a central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts?:
A brief description of the central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts:
Duke’s Office of Sustainability maintains and regularly updates a public website that consolidates all information regarding sustainability efforts on campus.
The website URL for the central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts:
Does the institution have a sustainability newsletter?:
A brief description of the sustainability newsletter:
Duke’s Office of Sustainability publishes a bi-monthly newsletter with updates regarding sustainability efforts and events on campus and in the Durham community. This newsletter is sent to an email listserv that reaches over eight thousand Duke students, staff members, and faculty.
The website URL for the sustainability newsletter:
Does the institution have a vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability?:
A brief description of the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
Sustainable Duke tracks and shares research from Nicholas School Masters Projects related to campus sustainability on the sustainability website. The list of projects is updated on the website each year.
The website URL for the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
Does the institution have building signage that highlights green building features?:
A brief description of building signage that highlights green building features :
The website URL for building signage that highlights green building features :
Does the institution have food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems?:
A brief description of food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
Signs in the two main campus eateries highlight the sustainability efforts of Bon Appétit, the company that services these dining halls. These signs are posted on every table in the eatery and detail the importance of local food and sustainable fisheries. Signs above the trashcans in the campus eateries remind students to leave all food waste on their trays so that the kitchen staff can compost it. In addition, when the Duke Campus Farm delivers food to the dining halls, the food is labeled with the Duke Campus Farm label. Labeling Duke Campus Farm produce encourages students to value locally sourced food.
The website URL for food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
Does the institution have signage on the grounds about sustainable grounds-keeping strategies employed?:
A brief description of signage on the grounds about sustainable grounds-keeping strategies employed:
The website URL for signage on the grounds about sustainable grounds-keeping strategies employed:
Does the institution have a sustainability walking map or tour?:
A brief description of the sustainability walking map or tour:
The Duke Campus Tree Tour was created by Duke Facilities Management Department (FMD) Grounds Maintenance Office to share a small fraction of the numerous trees that inhabit the Duke University and Duke Medical Center Campuses. An online version of the tour is located at the URL above, and paper copies are available in the Admissions Building.
The website URL of the sustainability walking map or tour:
Does the institution have a guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation?:
A brief description of the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
Duke’s Office of Sustainability maintains a web guide to alternative transportation on the sustainability website (http://www.parking.duke.edu/alternative_transportation/index.php), including information about Duke buses and vans, carpooling, vanpools, bicycling, zipcars, and walking to facilitate using alternative transit to get to campus.
The website URL for the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
Does the institution have a guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience?:
A brief description of the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
First-year students receive information each year about how to live green on campus before they even arrive. All first-year students have receive a link to the Green Book, a guide to living in an eco-friendly way at Duke. Students will find information about dining, recycling, alternative transportation, getting involved in sustainability, and other aspects of green living. The Green Book also provides information that is useful to students before they arrive on campus, such as a shopping list for a green dorm room and ways to get around Duke and Durham without bringing a car to campus.
The website URL for the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
Does the institution have regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper (either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat)?:
A brief description of regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat:
The website URL for regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (1st material):
A brief description of this material:
Sustainable Duke and Students for Sustainable Living have placed signs around dormitories and academic buildings to remind students, staff, and faculty to observe particular environmentally-friendly practices ranging from reducing their shower time to taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The signs themselves are sustainable, printed on recyclable plastic with eco-solvent ink. Funded by Sustainable Duke and Residence Life and Housing Services, these signs have been placed in all dorms on campus and the majority of academic buildings.
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (2nd material):
A brief description of this material:
Working@Duke is the primary print publication for Duke University faculty and staff. Each month, a page of this newsletter is dedicated to sustainability news. An example of content in the newsletter can be found on page 15 of the URL listed below.
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (3rd material):
A brief description of this material:
After becoming the Dean of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, Bill Chameides launched TheGreenGrok.com, a blog about science, sustainability, and the environment. Through guest blogging stints and cross-postings on the Huffington Post, the Green Grok is an important voice in the online world, educating the public at large about things scientific and environmental.
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (4th material):
A brief description of this material:
The ENO magazine was created by a group of students at faculty at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke in 2011 in order "to create and sustain a literary journal that serves the Nicholas School community by:
Publishing works of creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry, mixed-genre writing, photography, and visual art.
Encouraging submissions from Nicholas school students, staff, and faculty, alumni, and other relations.
Creating a sustainably printed magazine that is distributing widely within the Nicholas School and Duke University."
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (5th material):
A brief description of this material:
The Nicholas Institute at Duke University has an online collection of publications written by Nicholas Institute staff and Duke professors and researchers.
"The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University improves environmental policymaking worldwide through objective, fact-based research in the areas of climate change, the economics of limiting carbon pollution, emerging environmental markets, oceans governance and coastal management and freshwater concerns at home and abroad.
The Nicholas Institute is part of Duke University and its wider community of world-class scholars."
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (6th material):
A brief description of this material:
Sustainable Duke produces an annual progress report on climate neutrality goals and the development of a sustainability strategic plan. The report is primarily distributed electronically, with a few hard copies printed as necessary.
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (7th material):
A brief description of this material:
The website URL for this material:
Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (8th material):
A brief description of this material:
The website URL for this material:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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