| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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| Overall Score | 69.47 |
| Liaison | Ken Foster |
| Submission Date | March 4, 2021 |
Vassar College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Cora
Kenfield Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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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?:
Yes
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?:
Yes
1st campaign
Halloweekend Waste Reduction
A brief description of the campaign:
Signs with Halloween themed illustrations and slogans were printed and posted around campus in order to reduce the high increase in waste and vandalism associated with Halloween weekend.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
The Office received a number of positive comments from the community, including dorm leadership and the student government, on the signage.
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2nd campaign
Wellness Walking Challenge
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Each year our Employee Wellness Initiative runs a walking contest between college employees, challenging them as teams to walk the most steps. The competition is a month long and more than 200 employees regularly compete. Everyone receives a pedometer to track their steps and the winning team receives reusable water bottles. As a residential campus there was a large increase during the month of people electing to walk or bike to work and/or walking to lunch as a way to get their 10k daily steps in.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Over the course of the month long competition the average number steps taken per team each week increased from 40k to 57k to 62k to 65k. Roughly 25% of all employees participated and together they walked more than 8.1 million steps.
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