Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.49
Liaison Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Submission Date May 9, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Wake Forest University
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Chief Sustainability Officer
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):
Sustainability Outreach Campaign; Choose to Reuse; Think Green Thursdays; Campus Conservation Nationals

A brief description of the campaign(s):

Office of Sustainability interns conduct student outreach throughout the academic year, including a public event every Thursday of the academic year. Tables with interactive games to help educate peers are set up in the student center, in residence halls in the evenings, in front of the dining hall at lunch times, and in the library during mid-terms and finals.

The Choose to Reuse campaign specifically supports students in choosing reusable water bottles and coffee mugs, instead of disposable bottled water and coffee cups.


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

The effect of the year-long sustainability outreach campaign is increased participation by volunteers, increased applications for sustainability internships, increased participation in the ridesharing program, increased shuttle ridership, increased participation in the re-usable to-go container program, a marked increase in recycling and a measurable decrease in the contamination rates of recycling.

The Choose to Reuse campaign calculated the self-reported reduction in bottled water consumption on campus.

The Campus conservation Nationals measured and reported water and energy savings amongst and between first-year residence halls.


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