Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 55.07
Liaison Carolyn Shafer
Submission Date March 5, 2021

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

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 40,000 pounds by weight.
Fall semester made up the bulk of recycling with 78% of the total weight.
The top 3 most reused materials are wood(26%), paper(21%) and plastic(10%).
https://commons.pratt.edu/givetake/


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

In 2019, GiveTake diverted 9233.25 pounds of materials from the waste stream and back into Pratt's studios.


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A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
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