Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 41.51
Liaison Lori Chance
Submission Date May 16, 2024

STARS v2.2

Messiah University
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Lori Chance
Sustainability Program Coordinator
Sustainability Office
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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?:
Yes

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?:
No

1st campaign 

Name of the campaign:
Campus Race to Zero Waste

A brief description of the campaign:
Campus Race to Zero Waste is a competition/campaign that encourages better waste practices among college and university students. It is an 8 week campaign that encourages students to be aware of the waste stream on campus and how they can contribute to using less waste. During this campaign, our office provided programming to increase education centered around waste. This programming included making reusable bags from t-shirts, swap and mend, making valentine's cards from reusable items, waste games and guiding students through learning about their ecological foot print

https://www.messiah.edu/homepage/2853/waste

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
We have provided the programming for Campus Race to Zero Waste, however, we have not measured the impact of this campaign.

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2nd campaign

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

A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
Messiah's Sustainable Living Certification is an educational way to learn more about sustainable living at Messiah. Students take a survey, learn about sustainable practices, and challenge themselves and their friends to live a little more environmentally and socially conscious lives. The survey is available on our website and students are encouraged to complete the survey and learn more about sustainable living. Students received a certificate for their participation. We also have a Sustainable employee survey that is distributed to the employees on campus. This survey measures their sustainable efforts and provides additional education, as requested, about certain areas of sustainability.

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