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sustainability


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Goals

  1. Educate students and staff around issues of sustainability.
    - Incorporate a sustainability session into both professional staff and RA training annually
    - Add information to our website and newsletters regarding sustainability initiatives
    - Including 3 main components and our areas of focus under each
    - Incorporate messages of sustainability during orientation sessions with parents and students
    - Collaborate with student organizations to educate residents around issues of sustainability
    - Identify way to incorporate sustainability into our program model.
    - Promoting Promote existing programs like recycling programs, take it or leave it bins, e-waste, composting, ride boards, etc.
    - Include judicial sanctions around sustainability issues for vandalism and Health and Safety violations
    - Create a project/program to deal with waste generated at closing
  2. Explore and incorporate sustainability efforts in our building renovations and facilities.
    - Identify vendors whose products are sustainable
    - Commit ting to LEAD LEED standards in renovation work
    - Advocate for the renovation of residential halls and apartments to minimize energy loss
    - Explore more energy efficient lighting for common areas (motion sensors, florescent, compact, etc.)
    - Explore and install shower timers in bathrooms
    - Advocate for the installation of additional bike racks across campus
    - Pilot motion sensitive lights in residence halls
  3. Incorporate sustainability efforts into all department processesand practices
    - Eliminate paper products (cups, plates, etc) from office
    - Move to 100% recycled paper
    - Identify existing student groups to create an advisory board to dept on issues of sustainability (i.e REMP, Sustainability Conscious Learning Community, SGA, RHA, RAs, etc.)
    - Review department expectations, mission, vision, and diversity statements and work to incorporate and represent sustainability
    - Explore requiring some program purchases at GreenStar
    - Identify a department representative to IC Sustainability Committee
    - Advocate with Facilities for more compost bins around the residence halls
Updated: Friday, November 2, 2007| Residential Life Web Administrator, Linda Koenig (lkoenig@ithaca.edu)