Northland College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
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4.00 / 4.00 |
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:
Meatless Monday is a monthly event hosted by Northland's dining services partner, Chartwells. Northland's cafeteria does not serve any meat products for an entire service day. This event seeks to reduce Northland College's food-related emissions and create a space for the Northland community to engage with topics of food, environment, health, and society. All service stations that typically offer meat shift to plant-based alternatives and create opportunities for the campus community to try new foods. Students and staff often table with informational materials and vegetarian cookbook door prizes to generate excitement for this mission-centric event.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
Initially this idea was opposed by significant parts of the student body having fear that there would not be enough protein to sustain their needs. The Food Committee took this as an educational opportunity and in partnership with a nutritionist who tabled at the earlier events and a chef who focused the menu on tasty alternatives to meat hosted a recurring event where those who really want to eat meat do so elsewhere for this one day a month, but some meat lovers have embraced trying new dishes with alternative protein sources.
Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
The Food Recovery Network safely takes leftover food from the college's dining service to our on campus food lab where leftovers are transformed into soups and/or packaged and frozen for distribution to both students in need or to the Brick Ministries, a faith-based nonprofit organization serving low-income residents of Ashland and Bayfield counties.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
In Fall 2020, we donated 250 pounds of food with the service of 12 volunteers.
A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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