Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.53
Liaison Kirsten Gabrielsen
Submission Date Jan. 14, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Orange County Community College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Kirsten Gabrielsen
Sustainability Coordinator
Biology
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Has the institution held at least one 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 at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at employees and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

1st Campaign 

Name of the campaign:
TerraCycle Collection

A brief description of the campaign, including how students and/or employees were engaged:
This campaign is run by the Office of Sustainability in collaboration with students and employees. Students and employees are involved with the College wide collections, assists in bringing awareness to the College community and helps with sorting etc.

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
TerraCycle participation continues to grow, as does the amount of collected recyclables.

The website URL where information about the campaign is available:

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2nd Campaign

Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
E-Waste Collection

A brief description of the campaign, including how students and/or employees were engaged (2nd campaign):
Collection of E-waste takes place on an ongoing basis for all College owned equipment. At Earth Day students and employees are invited to bring privately owned equipment in. Students as well as faculty are involved in the Earth Day collection campaign.

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Each year more and more E-waste is collected as evidenced in the need for more frequent calls to the get our E-Waste container emptied.

The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):

Optional Fields 

A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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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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