Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.02
Liaison James Speer
Submission Date June 30, 2016
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Indiana State University
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 James Speer
Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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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 friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate.


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

2015-2016 participation in Recyclemania resulted in 26 Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent reductions through diversion of our waste stream to recycling across campus.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Fellows Program

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

Each year, Sustainability Fellows pledge to take leadership on at least one project with a strong sustainability component. These projects range from grant writing and publishing papers to initiating community projects. New Fellows are welcomed into Fellowship on an ongoing basis.


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

ICS’s Sustainability Fellowship Program exists to encourage sustainability scholarship in action. Through the Fellowship Program, we recognize ISU faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in sustainability work, codify the inherently interdisciplinary nature of sustainability, and highlight the engagement of diverse stakeholders across campus. In 2014, 63 Sustainability Fellows represented 25 ISU units.


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

Light-switch plates "Please Turn Off the Lights" program remains an active part of the campus energy awareness program. Plates covering light switches continue to bring encourage those entering and exiting a room to be turn off lights that are not needed.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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