| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.95 |
| Liaison | Andrea Troyer |
| Submission Date | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Eastern Mennonite University
ER-4: Sustainability Outreach and Publications
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Andrea
Wenger Director of Marking and Communications Marketing and Communications |
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Does the institution have a central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts?:
Yes
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A brief description of the central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution's sustainability efforts:
The EMU Sustainability home page includes links to most of the sustainability initiatives as well as the sustainability-related committees, curriculum components, and news.
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Does the institution have a sustainability newsletter?:
No
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A brief description of the sustainability newsletter:
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Does the institution have a vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability?:
No
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Does the institution have building signage that highlights green building features?:
Yes
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A brief description of building signage that highlights green building features :
EMU has a quad of three LEED Gold dorms and in the first dorm constructed there is an interactive display going through many of the LEED points as well as giving current information like real-time energy and water usage and public bus schedule.
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Does the institution have food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems?:
Yes
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A brief description of food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
The dining services folks label local foods in the cafeteria line.
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Does the institution have signage on the grounds about sustainable grounds-keeping strategies employed?:
Yes
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A brief description of signage on the grounds about sustainable grounds-keeping strategies employed:
The campus has beautiful hand-painted signage for the gardens, compost, chicken coup, and beehives. There are also signs in the meadows areas that detail why meadows are important and why EMU stopped regularly mowing these areas and what native flowers they were seeded with.
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Does the institution have a sustainability walking map or tour?:
Yes
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A brief description of the sustainability walking map or tour:
A sustainability tour is given to all the incoming students during their first two weeks on campus. we have also given this tour for faculty staff annual conference and for homecoming weekend.
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Does the institution have a guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation?:
Yes
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A brief description of the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
We put out the City Transit service's New Rider's Guide and bus schedule in the registration line that all students go through each semester. We also have a very thorough safe bicycling guide published by BikeWalk Virginia that we have available for students. The green building dashboard in the Cedarwood residence hall also has updated bus schedule links which in the most clicked on part of the dashboard.
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Does the institution have a guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience?:
No
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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)?:
No
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (1st material):
Yes
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A brief description of this material:
The main university publication, Crossroads, regularly covers sustainability, including an entire issue in the Spring 2011 edition.
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (2nd material):
Yes
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A brief description of this material:
Peacebuilder is the publication of the university's world-renown Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, covering the inspiring work of hundreds of graduates and faculty doing international peacebuilding, restorative justice, trauma healing, conflict transformation in nearly every conflict area in the world.
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (3rd material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (4th material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (5th material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (6th material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (7th material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (8th material):
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