| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.59 |
| Liaison | Delicia Nahman |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2020 |
Lafayette College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Kendall
Roberson Sustainability Fellow Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at students and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at employees and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Name of the campaign:
A brief description of the campaign:
Green Move Out, led by Kendall Roberson in the Office of Sustainability, is a campus-wide sustainability and community service effort where students recycle their unused or gently used household items by donating them to local organizations. Items are collected at the end of the year, when many students throw out things such as coats, clothing, books and school supplies.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
In 2018, 10,000 pounds of items were collected and donated to various community organizations. The greatest percentage of items collected were clothing and home supplies, at 48%.
Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Every year, Lafayette puts hosts many speakers and events with a focus on the environment and sustainability, in order to celebrate Earth Week. These events are directed at both students and employees, and meant to educate about environmental activism and to celebrate such activism. The events are sponsored by student organizations and departments including LEAP, Alternative School Break Club, Biology Department, Health and Life Sciences Program, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, and Mechanical Engineering Department.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Past Earth Week events have included talks about student trips to Costa Rica and their study of sustainable agriculture, day long Earth Day celebration (Earth Fest) including activities from a variety of different organizations showcasing the intersectionality of sustainability, talks from the Lehigh Valley Hunger Coalition about food justice and the Jones Lecture given by Michael Mann. The Environmental Studies and Science Department, headed by Dru Germanoski and Kira Lawrence, was part of Earth Week programming.
A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
The EcoReps encouraged greek life students to reduce energy consumption within their organization houses. They ran an outreach campaign to get students to turn out light while not in use, unplug electronics and chargers when they aren't needed, use cold water for laundry and shortening shower times. They gave out CFL lightbulbs in the house, to encourage students to install them in their rooms and therefore save more energy on lighting.
Lafayette Take Back The Tap is a student movement to reduce the bottle water consumption on campus. So far, students have been collecting pledges signatures for two semesters and are at around 700. The pledge states that the signer will work to use a reusable water bottle and work to reduce their use of plastic ones. They have also performed taste tests in which the majority have always chosen tap water as the one they prefer.
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