| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.78 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | Feb. 10, 2022 |
University of Minnesota, Morris
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.79 / 3.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
Total number of employees:
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Percentage of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
All UMN Morris faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Morris Green Ambassadors program. The program trains staff to lead the campus green tour, highlighting many of the green assets on campus. The staff are also provide a green tour script that they may use on their own when they give their own tours.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The target audience is all UMN Morris faculty and staff who would like to: 1) learn more about the green assets we have on the campus, and 2) would like to be better prepared to tour other audiences, including their own staff members about the sustainability progress the campus is making.
Number of trained employee educators (1st program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (1st program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (1st program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (1st program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (1st program) :
Name of the employee educators program (2nd program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
The UMN Morris Green Team teaches members about sustainability concepts and ideas; creates a platform for team members to share ideas and work on sustainability projects; and encourages members to go back to their areas of campus life to share progress.
The Greens Team has an organizational document to include representation from across our campus. The Team has staff members from communications, facilities, food service, faculty members, student members, student life, and office of sustainability, in total 9 members. Each year we ask members to continue to serve in the group or to help us identify new members to maintain our cross-campus representation.
Office of Sustainability staff and Office of Sustainability Director educate staff about the STARS framework as a way of assessing sustainability progress on campus. We also discuss the idea of sustainability and how it is articulated. We also share information with each other about our respective areas of expertise and learn from each other about how each area of campus is advancing our sustainability efforts.
The institution provides time off for Green Team members to attend the meetings. A Office of Sustainability intern arranges meeting times with this group.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
The target audience for this program is: 1) the employees that are asked to join the Green Team, and 2) the employees who will receive information from Green Team members.
Number of trained employee educators (2nd program):
Number of weeks the employee educators program is active annually (2nd program):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (2nd program):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (2nd program):
Website URL where information about the employee educators program is available (2nd program):
A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
Number of trained employee educators (all other programs):
Number of weeks, on average, the employee educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained employee educator (all other programs):
Total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all other programs):
Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained employee educators (all programs):
Hours worked annually by trained employee sustainability educators per employee served by a peer-to-peer program:
Website URL where information about the employee sustainability educators programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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