Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.02
Liaison Carolyn Shafer
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Pratt Institute
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 Carolyn Shafer
Director
Center for Sustainable Design Strategies
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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?:
No

1st campaign 

Name of the campaign:
GiveTake

A brief description of the campaign:
The givetake is an art supply recycling initiative at Pratt Institute that collects (give) and offers (take) used art supplies, free of charge, to students.
In total, we repurposed 30,000 pounds by weight.
Fall semester made up the bulk of recycling with 72% of the total weight.
The top 3 most reused materials are wood(25%), paper(24%) and plastic(12%).
https://commons.pratt.edu/givetake/

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
In 2017, GiveTake diverted 9095 pounds of materials from the waste stream and back into Pratt's studios. In 2018, GiveTake diverted 8900 pounds of materials from the waste stream and back into Pratt's studios.

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2nd campaign

Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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Optional Fields

A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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