Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.10
Liaison Ciara Tennis
Submission Date Nov. 9, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Eastern Connecticut State University
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Norma Vivar
Assistant to the Chair of Sustainable Energy Science
EES
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:
The mission of the Eastern Outdoors Club is:"To engage members in outdoor activities, to instill an environmental ethic through service, and to enhance the university experience through informal education and outdoor adventure." The club organizes regular hikes both locally and throughout New England. Other outings have included camping, rafting, ropes course adventures, zip line trips, ice skating, etc. The club sponsors and helps produce an annual Earth Day Trail Race which has been held the second weekend in April for the last six years.

The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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