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Lesley Green: Our Sustainability Initiative
GRADUATION PLEDGE ALLIANCE 2012Social and Environmental Responsibility. Take the Pledge! "I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve social and environmental consciousness of any organizations for which I work.”
Pick up your green ribbon and pledge card at the following locations now through Commencement:
Saturday May 19th -Day of Commencement The Graduation Pledge Table will be located adjacent to the line-up area! Look for our table and pick up your green ribbon! Graduation Gown:Herff Jones also offers Renew, a Green Keeper alternative made from Repreve® yarn. REPREVE is made from recycled materials, including post-consumer plastic bottles (29 post-consumer plastic bottles per gown - collectively saving over 7 million post-consumer plastic water bottles this year). Unifi, who makes Repreve, donates a portion of sales to worthy environmental causes. Commencement Ride-Sharing:Share Rides to Lesley University's 2012 Commencement: Lesley University's Commencement is going Green with Ridebuzz.org to help event attendees find and share rides. Lesley has partnered with Ridebuzz to offer you a free online service to help you connect with other commencement-goers in an effort to help reduce emissions, travel costs, and parking demands.
NOW FEATURING - DID YOU KNOW?
Green Streets InitiativeJoin Us! Friday April 27th -Lesley University is taking part in the Walk/Ride Day Corporate Challenge, to help create safer, healthier and more vibrant streets and communities. We'll be competing to log the most car-free and car-light trips on Walk/Ride Days, the last Friday of every month, through September. (Don't worry - we'll share reminders.) What counts as a green commute? Biking, walking, public transit, telecommuting and carpooling. How will you be counted? By checking in each Walk/Ride Day at http://greenstreets.mapc.org/. For those commuters who check in -you will automatically be entered to win raffle prizes donated by local retailers. The more "check-in's" Lesley accumulates, the higher chance Lesley has to winning the Corporate Challenge! You have until the Monday following the Campus Walk every month to register and sign up for the prizes (e.g. you will have until Monday, April 2, at 11:59PM to register after the Friday, March 30th walk!) Take a look at this month's check-in prizes. Public and visible participation of faculty, staff, and students can be powerful in setting an example, showing the importance to the workplace of this effort, and in building community. Walk/Ride Day is a great opportunity for the university to tout its successes and commitments to health, green transportation, other sustainability and community initiatives in which the university is already engaged. In addition, Walk/Ride Day is an ideal time to thank and learn from those who regularly travel in sustainable and active ways. The challenge started March 30th, so plan your commute for that day now and help us win! Stay tuned for more Walk/Ride updates to learn about events, incentives and for reminders about upcoming Walk/Ride Days. Most of all...enjoy!
RECYCLEMANIA is back for 2012!For 10 weeks each spring, schools across North American and Canada participate in a friendly competition to help reduce waste, increase recycling, encourage improved behavior, and raise awareness of conservation issues across campus. Lesley University will now be competing for our third year. During the 2011 10-week competition, we averaged 2.7 tons of recycling AND averaged 9.4 tons of landfill/trash waste each week. This year our goal is to reach an average of 3.5 tons/week of recycling AND 7.5 tons/week of landfill/trash waste, demonstrating how we are recycling more and throwing out less! Grand Champion Competition combines trash and core recyclable materials to determine a school's recycling rate as a percentage of its overall waste generation. Successful colleges and universities in this category demonstrate their achievement in both source reduction and recycling. Waste Minimization Competition sees who produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (both recyclables and trash) per person. This competition is intended to reward those schools that generate the least amount of combined waste and recyclables, emphasizing reuse and source reduction over recycling. Organic Waste-Targeted Material Competition that goes beyond the other competitions and schools compete in four targeted material categories including: paper, corrugated cardboard, bottles and cans, and food service organics. Check out our rankings from previous years in the chart below:
This year we are tracking our RecycleMania data compared to 5 other area schools - Suffolk, Boston College, Brandeis, Emmanuel, and Wellesley. Let's improve our numbers and beat the competition in 2012!!
Eco-Clamshell Carry-Out Container Pilot Program
If you've ever asked yourself these or similar questions, you will understand some of the reasons why we are currently conducting the Lesley University, Eco-Clamshell Carry-Out Container Pilot Program at the Whitehall Dining Commons. How Does the Program Work? 1) Students are given an initial Eco-Clamshell Carry-Out Container 2) Once their meal card or Cash Lynx card is swiped by the cashier, they choose to either eat their meal in the cafeteria or put their chosen food items into their Eco-Clamshell Carry-Out Container and leave the area. 3) Next time this person wants another meal to-go, they bring back their RINSED-OUT CONTAINER and exchange it for a clean and sanitized one that's been run through the cafeteria's dishwasher. It is an exchange program - a container needs to be brought back in order to get a new one, or pay $5 for a replacement. Also, the food needs to be rinsed out before returning or it will be refused and another container will need to be purchased. This is currently a Pilot Program. If all goes well, we plan to adopt the program within the Brattle Cafe and possibly the Student Center for the fall 2012 semester. In order to maintain City Health Code Sanitation Standards, the use of personal reusable containers, including cups of any type is not allowed. Any china, plastic cups or silverware are to remain in the cafeteria at all times.
Recycling Collections for 2012We're collection eye glasses, keys, sneakers, random art and craft supplies, boots, technology and equipment, and more. For more details on the upcoming schedule, see the Recycling Information page. |
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