Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.28
Liaison Pierre Lemay
Submission Date Jan. 24, 2014
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STARS v1.2

Université Laval
ER-1: Student Sustainability Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Pierre Lemay
Development Advisor
Office of the Vice Rector, External and International Affairs and Health
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Total number of degree-seeking students enrolled at the institution:
40,915

Program name (1st program):
Green Team

Number of students served by the program to whom peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education is offered (1st program):
40,915

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (1st program):

The Green Team is open to students from all university programs. Approximately twenty students are hired each year to support initiatives promoting sustainable development. Activities include raising awareness about waste sorting at environmentally responsible events, staffing an information booth during the open house for future students, and providing assistance with sustainable development activities such as the Public and Active Transportation Week, the Annual Woods Cleanup, waste characterization, and waste container marking.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected (1st program):

Students interested in joining the Green Team are recruited at a welcome activity at the beginning of the school year. The main criteria are interest and availability.


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive (1st program):

Building Services’ sustainable development coordinators hold a training session for student members of the Green Team. The main topics addressed are environmentally responsible event planning, waste management at the university, and interpersonal communication skills.


A brief description of the staff and/or other financial support the institution provides to the program (1st program):

A University Building Services sustainable development coordinator manages the program. A student member of the Green Team is hired as a “dispatcher” to provide student members for events when requested by the university.


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