| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.98 |
| Liaison | Joanne Wong |
| Submission Date | Feb. 27, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Mills College
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Britta
Bullard Sustainability Coordinator Campus Facilities |
Does the institution produce the following outreach materials and/or publications that foster sustainability learning and knowledge? :
| Yes or No | |
| A central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution’s sustainability efforts | Yes |
| A sustainability newsletter | No |
| Social media platforms that focus specifically on campus sustainability | Yes |
| A vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability | Yes |
| Building signage that highlights green building features | Yes |
| Food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems | Yes |
| Signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies employed | No |
| A sustainability walking map or tour | Yes |
| A guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation | Yes |
| Navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians | No |
| A guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience | Yes |
| Regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat | Yes |
| Other sustainability publications or outreach materials not covered above | Yes |
A brief description of the central sustainability website:
The website states the institution's commitment and describes overall sustainability themes incorporated into the Mills experience. The website also includes links to more in depth descriptions of current initiatives and resources.
The website URL for the central sustainability website:
A brief description of the sustainability newsletter:
The website URL for the sustainability newsletter:
A brief description of the social media platforms that focus specifically on campus sustainability:
The Mills College Sustainability Center has a Facebook page and a Twitter page.
The website URL of the primary social media platform that focuses on sustainability:
A brief description of the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
The Mills Academic Research Journal, the MARJ, is the undergraduate research journal for students of Mills College in Oakland, California. MARJ was started by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Associated Students of Mills College (ASMC) in 2009 and is a student-run, online research journal. The purpose of MARJ is to showcase Mills undergraduate students’ academic work.
The Mills Policy Forum journal was launched in the academic year 2013-14. The journal was a venue for students at Mills to publish reports, op-eds, interviews, and other material for dissemination to an external audience. Many of the articles published concerned social justice and/or environmental sustainability.
The 2011-2012 edition of MARJ included articles such as:
"Plant Community Invasions Are Regulated by Niche Space Availability and the Invasive Potential of Arriving Exotic Species"
"Decentralization Demystified: Nomadic Pastoralism as the Site of Analysis"
"Efficient and Dynamic Regulation of Gene Expression by Riboswitches"
The website URL for the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
A brief description of building signage that highlights green building features :
Mills College has two LEED certified buildings that incorporate signage about the green features throughout the building. In the Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building, there is a interactive building resource monitor for students to explore the green features in more depth.
The website URL for building signage that highlights green building features :
A brief description of food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
Dining Services provides brochures, table tents, signage and a website describing sustainable practices, procurement, waste stream, connections between food and carbon footprints, descriptions of farmers, and eating seasonal.
The website URL for food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
A brief description of signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies:
The website URL for signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies:
A brief description of the sustainability walking map or tour:
The Mills Healing Plant Tour exists to bring awareness to the Mills community of the presence of primarily native but also non-native medicinal plants on campus and how they’ve been used over time. The tour consists of a paper-based guide and corresponding signage throughout the campus. Each plaque features a photograph of the plant along with its scientific and common names, medicinal and non-medicinal uses and various cultures and places throughout the world where the plant or similar plants exist.
The website URL of the sustainability walking map or tour:
A brief description of the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
There several resource sections on the Safety and Transporation section of the Mills website dedicated to how to participate in alternative transportation. There is also an example of outreach materials about alterrnative transportation in the Green Department Certification Resource Guide.
The website URL for the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
A brief description of the navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians:
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A brief description of the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
The Eco-Reps created an in-depth visual with descriptive text titled The Green Dorm. It describes products and practices that demonstrate how to live in an ecologically-friendly way in the residence halls. The guide was displayed in all the bathroom stalls of the residence halls.
The website URL for the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
A brief description of regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat:
The Campanil, the student newspaper, has a beat reporter dedicated to environmental issues at Mills and in the Oakland community.
The website URL for regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat:
A brief description of another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above (1st material):
The Green Event Guide invites event planners to incorporate sustainable practices and products into the planning and implementation of the event.
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