| Overall Rating | Bronze |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 38.36 |
| Liaison | Marga Martinez |
| Submission Date | Oct. 10, 2024 |
Oakton College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Charmaine
John Sustainability Specialist Facilities |
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?:
1st campaign
A brief description of the campaign:
We launched an initiative on campus in 2024 to include composting in our cafeterias. Employees onboarded were introduced to better recycling and composting techniques. Students were trained to host Waste stations and help their peers to sort and reduce waste. The cafeteria was encouraged to purchase compostable servware, our housekeeping custodians were trained to pull the new compost collections, and we added a new waste hauler. The public was engaged via a waste sort event where we collected and weighed the recycleables and compostables that ended up in our trash collections.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
The campaign has had a very positive impact on our students and staff. Students are much more knowledgeable about waste, ask questions about sorting, and staff also have leanned into the green initiatives at our college because of this. The green committe group of staff have decided to take on the project for the coming years, Numerous students have been trained to be waste ambassadors, and there has been a significant reduction in food waste during our catered events. We have reduced food waste at our events by 100% by offering a composting service in the last two years.
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2nd campaign
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
We've revamped our Electric vehicle charging program by reconnecting with our EV drivers, providing communications and notices, and purchasing additional EV charging stations for our campus.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
We've saved 2,556 gallons of gasoline in the past 3 years due to this campaign, offset by electrical charging to the vehicles instead.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Oakton College has a portal called MyOakton. Students will have full access to how many times they can print; if they print, printers are set to print using back-to-back pages. At the same time every printing station, we encourage students to leave or use scratch papers.
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