| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.84 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | June 2, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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Does the institution produce the following outreach materials and/or publications that foster sustainability learning and knowledge? :
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| A central sustainability website that consolidates information about the institution’s sustainability efforts | Yes |
| A sustainability newsletter | Yes |
| Social media platforms that focus specifically on campus sustainability | Yes |
| A vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability | Yes |
| Building signage that highlights green building features | Yes |
| Food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems | Yes |
| Signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies employed | No |
| A sustainability walking map or tour | Yes |
| A guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation | Yes |
| Navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians | Yes |
| A guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience | No |
| Regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat | Yes |
| Other sustainability publications or outreach materials not covered above | Yes |
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A brief description of the central sustainability website:
Immediately linked on the University's homepage, the sustainability website provides several pages of information about our sustainability efforts on campus as well as a "Green Campus News" feed.
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The website URL for the central sustainability website:
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A brief description of the sustainability newsletter:
The Office of Sustainability uses the campus listserv infrastructure to communicate sustainability messages, events, and progress. This serves as the sustainability newsletter to campus. This platform is very effective at Morris.
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The website URL for the sustainability newsletter:
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A brief description of the social media platforms that focus specifically on campus sustainability:
Morris students, in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability, provide content to the UMM Students for Sustainability Facebook page.
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The website URL of the primary social media platform that focuses on sustainability:
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A brief description of the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
Each spring, campus hosts the Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS). As it states on the website linked below, "the annual UMM Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates student scholarly achievement and informs the campus community about the variety and quality of research on campus."
At each URS, you will find student sustainability research featured.
In addition to the URS, Morris students also participate in the U of M Institute on the Environment Sustainability Symposium and Student Engagement Leadership Forum on Sustainability (SELFsustain), where sustainability student leaders from across U of M meet to discuss sustainability progress on each campus and across the U of M system.
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The website URL for the vehicle to publish and disseminate student research on sustainability:
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A brief description of building signage that highlights green building features :
The Welcome Center is a green building and features a touch-screen kiosk that details the reused materials, energy saving technology, and other aspects of sustainable building design that went into the center.
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The website URL for building signage that highlights green building features :
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A brief description of food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
In both the main dining hall and student center cafe, there is signage highlighting our commitment to sustainable food systems. In addition, organizations on campus have published a community food assessment and guides to buying local and organic food.
There is also information in food services about our ongoing composting project and signs about how and why we are composting on campus.
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The website URL for food service area signage and/or brochures that include information about sustainable food systems:
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A brief description of signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies:
There are brochures around campus about the edible landscaping feature at the Green Prairie Community. The Morris Grounds Crew labels plants around campus for community member to learn more about specific plant species. There are posters put up around campus, Pounce Ponderings, which highlight various aspects of campus sustainability, including grounds practices.
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The website URL for signage on the grounds about sustainable groundskeeping and/or landscaping strategies:
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A brief description of the sustainability walking map or tour:
In addition to a virtual sustainability tour there is also a paper brochure that highlights many of the areas on campus of connected to our sustainability efforts.
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The website URL of the sustainability walking map or tour:
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A brief description of the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
Included on the campus website is a page about transportation. Morris students frequently use ZimRide to arrange transportation. There is information on the local and inter-city public transit options available in the area. In addition, our Regional Fitness Center has biking and walking maps of Morris. And the Regional Fitness Center, a campus-community collaborative effort, has a bike share program that loans out bikes.
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The website URL for the guide for commuters about how to use alternative methods of transportation:
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A brief description of the navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians:
The Regional Fitness Center provides information about campus and community walking and bike and trails.
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The website URL for navigation and educational tools for bicyclists and pedestrians:
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A brief description of the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
There are several green living guides made available to students on campus, produced by MPIRG and the MN GreenCorps students.
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The website URL for the guide for green living and incorporating sustainability into the residential experience:
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A brief description of regular coverage of sustainability in the main student newspaper, either through a regular column or a reporter assigned to the sustainability beat:
There is routine of sustainability coverage on campus. This is often done as a beat by a particular reporter. Additionally, there is a routine MPIRG article discussing sustainability efforts on campus and in Minnesota.
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A brief description of another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above (1st material):
We share information about our collaborative renewable energy efforts with U of M West Central Research and Outreach Center at a website.
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The website URL for this material (1st material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (2nd material):
Yes
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A brief description of this material (2nd material):
Morris was asked by the United States Department of Energy to produce a video about our renewable energy efforts.
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The website URL for this material (2nd material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (3rd material):
Yes
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A brief description of this material (3rd material):
As part of our participation in the Second Nature Climate Leadership Award program, we produced this video.
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The website URL for this material (3rd material):
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Does the institution produce another sustainability publication or outreach material not covered above? (4th material):
Yes
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A brief description of this material (4th material):
Morris produces a "Our Green Story" publication which describes Morris sustainability progress, accomplishments, timeline of sustainability work, and faculty research initiatives.
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