Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.43
Liaison Ken Foster
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Vassar College
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 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 

Name of the campaign:
The Recycling Reset

A brief description of the campaign:
The college completely standardized all bin waste and recycling in Spring 2021 and launched an educational campaign to go alongside it.

A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
Preliminary data from waste audits shows a sharp decrease in contamination rates.

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2nd campaign

Name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
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Optional Fields

A brief description of other sustainability-related outreach campaigns:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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