| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
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| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
ER-T2-1: Student Group
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Reporter |
Jennifer
Clinton Sustainability Coordinator Office of Environmental Policy |
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Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Yes
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The name and a brief description of each student group:
EcoHusky
The EcoHusky student group is a very active group devoted entirely to sustainability and environmentally-themed initiatives for the University. The group has a distribution list of 200-400 students in any given calendar year, with active participation at events and projects of 100-200 members per semester.
The Eco-Husky student group also maintains centralized resources for students wanting to get involved in other sustainability and environmentally themed groups, such as the following:
Alpha Zeta – an honorary professional society for students studying agriculture, environment, health, and related areas. http://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/alphazeta
Dairy Club, UCONN – a student group representing many different backgrounds and academic majors who share a common interest and love for dairy cattle and the dairy industry. http://ucdairyclub.webs.com/
Engineers without Borders – a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. http://ewb.engr.uconn.edu/
EcoGarden Club – a student group that chooses a sustainable approach to gardening, using nutrient-rich crops and preserving soil integrity with compost, reduced tillage, and crop rotation http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/VirtualTour/EcoGarden/DescriptionEcoGarden.htm
Forestry and Wildlife Club – a student group representing different majors, for people who share an interest in the outdoors and natural resources http://www.cag.uconn.edu/nrme/nrme/pages/students/club/ForestryWildlifeClub.php
Horticulture Club – a student club that promotes an interest in horticulture by sponsoring social, education, and volunteer activities http://www.enviroscience.uconn.edu/envs.clubs.html
Kayaking Club
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related - MANRRS is a national society which welcomes membership to people of all racial and ethnic groups to participate in agricultural and related science careers
Outing Club - The UConn Outing Club is composed of a group of people who enjoy pursuing outdoor activities.
Phi Sigma Rho - Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in technical studies http://uconnphirho.weebly.com/
Pre-Veterinary Club, UCONN - The UConn Pre-Veterinary Club is open to anyone interested in veterinary science.
Resource Economics Club - The Resource Economics Club is an organization of students interested in resource economics and agribusiness. Membership is open to all majors.
Rock Climbing, UCONN
Sailing Team, UCONN
Sigma Alpha - a professional agricultural sorority that promotes scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship among its members.
Ski & Snowboard Club
Soil and Water Conservation Society - The UConn Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society is a student club open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The chapter began in 1979 and continues to draw much interest today.
Spring Valley Student Farm – EcoHouse hosts a student-run farm near the Storrs campus where students learn about organic farming practices. http://lc.uconn.edu/communities/ecohouse/springvalleyfarm.php
Wildlife Society - The Wildlife Society was founded in 1937 as an international non-profit scientific and educational association.
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List up to 4 notable recent activities or accomplishments of student group(s):
EcoHusky has accomplished the following in the past year:
- Officers and members were active on the University Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC), as well as several of its subsidiary workgroups (Recycling and Adaptation). Most notably, these students actively participated in the development of the formal Climate Change Adaptation portion of the University Climate Action Plan. To our knowledge, this effort represents the first by a US University to specifically address its leadership responsibility in climate change adaptation (as opposed to mitigation).
-EcoHusky officers and members were active in planning the campus and community-wide Climate Impact Mitigation and Adaptation (CIMA) event in May 2012, which saw record attendance for its activities and was involved with over a dozen regional community groups in its scope.
- EcoHusky helped coordinate food waste studies in several dining halls on campus, in order to raise awareness among the students about the large amounts of food thrown away in dining halls
- EcoHusky also helped organize a bike ride in support of Earth Day, as well as the annual EcoHusky 5K to raise money for the Campus Sustainability Fund
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List other student groups that address sustainability:
ConnPIRG, American Fisheries Societies, American Society of Civil Engineers, Block and Bridle, Bioethics, Campus Arboretum Society, Green Building Club, Green Grads, ECOalition, EEB Graduate Student Association, Forestry and Wildlife Club
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The website URL where information about student group(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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