Green Teams - Laurie Sabol, Tufts University

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The Tisch Library Sustainability Team Laurie Sabol [email protected] June 15, 2010

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The Tisch Library Sustainability Team

Laurie [email protected]

June 15, 2010 

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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

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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

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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

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Twelve days example

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Recycling survey questions1. 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. 

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Challenges

Benchmarks for success

Difficulty  . . . 

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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. 

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What was that funny symbol on the Red Sox uniforms last night?