University Housing University Housing Sustainability Coordinator Christy Tweedy UGA Campus Sustainability Plans Energy Transportation Land Management Waste Reduction Education Research amp Service ID: 699757
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Sustainability Resources in University Housing
University HousingSustainability Coordinator – Christy TweedySlide2
UGA Campus Sustainability Plans
Energy
Transportation
Land Management
Waste Reduction
Education, Research, & ServiceSlide3
Solid Waste Goal:
Reduce WASTE by 90% by 2040
Currently at 6%Slide4
Move In Recycling
Cardboard
Styrofoam
Plastic Film
Mixed Recycling
LandfillSlide5
Move Out Donations “Dawgs Ditch the Dumpster”Slide6
Eco RepsSlide7
Peer Educators focused on fostering sustainable behaviors in the residence hallsSlide8
Programming on waste reduction, energy conservation, alternative transportation, & more!Slide9Slide10
What happens to items in the trash?Slide11Slide12
What happens to items when recycled?Slide13Slide14
Main contaminantsYellow Package EnvelopesPlastic Bags (look for bag collection bins!)FoodPlastic Film
StyrofoamFood wrappersDirty pizza boxes NO FOOD, FILM, FOAMSlide15
Plastic Bag CollectionLocationsBrumbyCreswell
HillO-HouseMyersPayneReedSouleBusbee1516RookerBrown
UV
Library
Bookstore
Science LibrarySlide16Slide17Slide18
ECONOMY
SOCIETY
ENVIRONMENTSlide19
Educational ProgramsSlide20
Compost Education ProgramsSlide21
Compost in the Residence HallsSlide22
Educational BulletinsSlide23
Documentary Screenings
uga.kanopy.comSlide24
Clothing SwapsSlide25
Field Trips
ACC Recycling Facility
ACC Landfill
Recycle@accgov.comSlide26
Service-Learning
Campus Kitchen
UGArden
Volunteer info & registration found on givepulse.comSlide27
Excursions
Lake Herrick
Between ECV & UVSlide28
Rock Climbing Wall
Ramsey CenterM-F Only
ExperiencesSlide29
Outdoor Experiences
Outdoor Trips & Clinics
UGA Outdoor Rec CenterSlide30
Zero Waste Programming KitEmail ctweedy@uga.edu
Settings for about 30 people- plates- utensils- cups- bowlsMust wash & turn back in to Russell HallCan request compost bin as well!
For larger events, request kits from Athens-Clarke County
govSlide31
Sustainable Programming ChecklistSlide32
Sustainable Bulletin Board & Program IdeasSlide33
UGA Professor Jenna
JambeckEnvironmental Engineering
Her study approximated between 4.8 million and 12.7 million metric tons of plastic entered the ocean
per year
. That is the equivalent of
“five plastic grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world.”Slide34
ResourcesUGA Campus Sustainability Plan & Office of Sustainability
Storyofstuff.comDocumentaries: Just Eat It, Company Town, Chasing Coral, An Inconvenient Truth, Samsara, Church of Buy Nothing, Tapped, Cooked, I Am, Cowspiracy, What the Health, Manufactured Landscapes, SeedSocial Media – zerowasteguy, Rob Greenfield, Reverend Billy Talen, Tiny Yellow Bungalow, Frugalwoods
Writers
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Wangari
Maathai, Michael
Pollan, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Winona
LaDuke, Rachel Carson, David Suzuki, Eckhart TolleEvents – Hunker Down with Housing, Dawgs Ditch the Dumpster, Green Cup Challenge, Kiss Me I’m Sustainable, Zero Waste Extravaganza, Green Life ExpoStudent Orgs- UGArden, Campus Kitchen, Students for Environmental Action, Chew Crew, Speak Out for Species, Ducks UnlimitedSlide35
Contact InfoChristy Tweedy Nethra Rajendran
Sustainability Coordinator Eco Rep InternUniversity Housing Office of SustainabilityRussell Hall nethra.rajendran25@uga.eductweedy@uga.edu706-542-4514 facebook.com/sustainableugahousing
Instagram:
sustainableugahousing