Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.56
Liaison Mari Acob-Nash
Submission Date Oct. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

North Seattle College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Adam Maurer
District Sustainability Coordinator
Finance and Ops
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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?:
Yes

Name of the campaign:
People's EcoChallenge

A brief description of the campaign:

Students- NSC participates in the annual Eco-Challenge every October, which engages all NSC students. The Student Leadership Sustainability Board tables our welcome back to school event and signs up students to reduce their global footprint by focusing categories that include energy, water, food and transportation.

Staff- NSC participates in the annual Eco-Challenge every October, which all NSC staff are encouraged and invited to participate in.


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

During EcoChallenge 2019, NSC efforts resulted in:

176 actions completed
19 participants
up to 2 miles not traveled by car
up to 38 lbs of CO2 have been saved
up to 1 community event hosted or attended
up to 3 disposable cups not sent to the landfill
up to 367 minutes spent exercising
up to 360 minutes spent learning
up to 1 locally sourced meals consumed
up to 36 meatless or vegan meals consumed
up to 272 minutes spent outdoors
up to 9 plastic bottles not sent to the landfill
up to 19 plastic straws not sent to the landfill
up to 45 minutes not spent in front of a screen
up to 90 minutes of additional sleep
up to 2 miles traveled by foot
up to 1 waste audits conducted
up to 416 gallons of water have been saved
up to 15 whole food meals consumed
up to 18 zero-waste meals consumed


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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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