Green Teams - Laurie Sabol, Tufts University
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Presentation delivered at MassRecycle's 4th Annual Green Office / Green Facility Conference, Bentley University, June 15, 2010. Get invited to next year¡¯s conference by signing up to MassRecycle¡¯s free email newsletter at www.massrecycle.org.
Green Teams - Laurie Sabol, Tufts University
- 1. The?Tisch?Library? Sustainability?Team Laurie?Sabol Laurie.sabol@tufts.edu June?15,?2010?
- 2. How?we?came?to?be ? My?background?and?interest?in?recycling ? Workplace?observations ? Genuine?support?from?management ? Fall?08? Tufts?Eco©\Ambassador?program? (http://sustainability.tufts.edu/?pid=10) ? Jan?09? Hosted?staff?brown?bag?about?EA? program ? Feb?09? Approached?management?team?with? proposal?to?form?a?task?force ? July?09? Became?an?official?team
- 3. The?team¡¯s?goals Mission?was?originally?specific?to?staff ? To?promote?ideas?for?preventing?or?reducing? the?amount?of?materials?that?are?either? recycled?or?put?into?the?trash? ? To?make?it?easy?to?recycle?as?much?material?as? possible ? To?promote?energy?saving?practices
- 4. The?team¡¯s?projects ? Wiki?(Google?Tisch?sustainability?wiki) ? Moving?from?PS?bottled?water?to?filtration?system ? Encouraging?behavior?changes?at?work?and?home ? Mug?swap ? BYOP?at?social?events ? Designed?Twelve?green?days?of?the?holiday?season ? Developed?survey?and?info?session?at?Earth?Day? celebration ? Advocated?for?duplex?as?default?for?public?printers ? Brought?composting?to?the?library ? Revised?building?tour?to?include?recycling?facilities?and? services
- 6. Recycling?survey?questions 1. At?work?I?recycle?.?.?. a) What?could?the?Tisch?Sustainability?Team?do?to?make? it?easier?for?you?to?recycle?at?work? 2. At?home?I?recycle?.?.?. 3. I?compost?.?.?.? a) If?you?answered?'no'?to?any?item?in?the? previous?question,?please?tell?us?why. 4. If?you?have?project?suggestions?for?the? Sustainability?Team?please?let?us?know.?
- 8. What?works,?what?doesn¡¯t ? Gentle?cajoling?and?reasoning?does;?pushiness? doesn¡¯t. ? Encouragement?does;?mandates?don¡¯t. ? Decision©\makers?may?want?to?hear?more? about?the?bottom?line?rather?than?the?carbon? footprint. ? Not?all?projects?are?completed?in?a?timely?way;? patience?is?key.?
- 9. What?was?that?funny?symbol?on?the?Red? Sox?uniforms?last?night?