Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.41
Liaison Kristin Larson
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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STARS v2.1

San Diego State University
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Travis Freeman
Intern
Sustainability
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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

Name of the campaign:
Recylemania

A brief description of the campaign, including how students and/or employees were engaged:

RecycleMania is a national, annual tournament among U.S. universities and colleges to see which schools are the best at reducing their waste and recycling. SDSU has engaged students, faculty, and staff in the tournament by hosting a waste minimization competition among the dorms, marketing the campus recycling guidelines across campus, playing a trash sorting game with campus individuals, and posting waste reduction and recycling tips on social media. By participating in RecycleMania, SDSU hopes to improve waste awareness on campus and ultimately reach its goal of zero-waste.


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

Recylemania resulted in reduced GHG emissions, 376 metric tons of CO2 were saved, the campus got up to a 32% diversion rate at our peak.


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A brief description of the campaign, including how students and/or employees were engaged (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:
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