| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.46 |
| Liaison | Morgan Hartman |
| Submission Date | Jan. 31, 2020 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Brittni
McGuire Sustainability Specialist Office of Sustainability |
Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at students and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at employees and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Name of the campaign:
A brief description of the campaign:
The #BanTheBags campaign was led by Sustain UNL, a student organization on campus. This campaign included tabling for two semesters (fall 2018 and spring 2019) to educate students on campus about plastic bag production, consumption, and after life. The goal of this campaign was to petition for signatures to get the question "should UNL ban the distribution of plastic bags on all campuses including those distributed at bookstores, c-stores, and other locations?" on the student government ballot for spring 2019. The secondary goal was to get the majority of students to vote yes to the plastic bag ban.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
Through educational tabling, students on campus were given new knowledge on not only the littering side effect of plastic bags, but also the carbon intensive process to produce the bags. This resulted in over 600 students signing the petition to get the question on the ballot. During elections, 68% of students voted to ban plastic bags on campus!
Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Sustain UNL is a student organization on campus that aims to create a sustainable world through activism, education, and service-engagement. Since spring of 2018, Sustain has been leading a campaign called #PutAPriceOnIt that aims to educate UNL's campus including students, staff, faculty, and administrators about carbon pricing as a solution to climate change. Their campaign has specifically targeted faculty by holding engagement meetings with the goal of getting endorsements from faculty saying they support putting a price on carbon.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
The #PutAPriceOnIt campaign has met with 6 faculty members and held productive and educational conversations about how carbon pricing can be a vital solution to climate change. So far, the campaign has gotten 3 endorsements from faculty members at UNL.
A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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