Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.66
Liaison Meghna Tare
Submission Date Feb. 1, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of Texas at Arlington
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Meghna Tare
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

The name of the campaign(s):
Public Service Announcement Competition

A brief description of the campaign(s):

UT Arlington is a partner of Air North Texas http://www.airnorthtexas.org/

As a part of this partnership, we organized a PSA competition in Fall 2010, 2011 with Air North Texas and the Department of Communications here at UTA. The message was focused on Air Quality. ANT offered to host the best PSA on their website.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):

Air North Texas is a regional clean air partnership and
campaign to:

- Provide a comprehensive air quality resource.
- Promote a consistent, regional air quality message.
- Leverage existing resources and program strengths in a collaborative effort.
- Increase public awareness of specific opportunities for residents to reduce emissions.
- Motivate residents to make clean air choices.

As a partner of ANT, UTA was instrumental in supporting their Air Quality Message and educating the students about the importance of Air Quality (in a non-attainment region).


The website URL where information about the sustainability outreach campaign(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

PSA's are submitted every year to ANT by UT Arlington.


PSA's are submitted every year to ANT by UT Arlington.

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