[UA] Sustainability Holiday Newsletter

[Jacqueline F Kuo]

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We hope studying is going well, and we wish you the best of luck with finals this week! Enjoy the last issue of the semester, and please don't hesitate to contact us at ua-sustainability-exec at mit.edu for more information.

Safe travels and happy holidays!


In This Issue

  *   Trashion Show Winners!
  *   Energy Saving Tips
  *   Looking for love this holiday season?

Trashion Show:
The MIT Trashion show was last week on December 5th. Over 150 students and designers attended for a night of fun and sustainable fashion. MIT students and other designers showcased 25 designs for the event, using materials ranging from trash bags and plastic cups to ping pong balls and leftover medical supplies. Congrats to the winning designs of the night:

1st place:
Designed by Alissa B. '16
Modeled by Kara P. ‘16


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Photo Credits to Chris Welch

2nd place:
Designed by Kristen W. '16
Modeled by Divya S. ’17 & Bria W. ‘16


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Photo Credits to Chris Welch


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Photo Credits to Chris Welch


3rd place:
Designed by Josefin B. '16
Modeled by Veronica T. ‘16


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Photo Credits to Chris Welch

These designs will be on display in the Prudential Center early next spring, make sure to check them out!
Read Chris Peterson’s (one of the judges) recap here.<http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/trashion-2014>
Pictures of the event<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1557781574457236.1073741874.1455769017991826&type=1>, courtesy of Chris Welch.
Stay #trashionable!


Energy Saving Tips for Winter Break!

To make this more interesting all units are in bananas of energy saved (1 banana = 630 kJ). Use this guide as a checklist before leaving for break. Please find the full guideline for saving energy this holiday season here<http://ua-sustain.mit.edu/#tips>.

Unplug all chargers and appliances!

  *   Plugged in mini-fridge: 80 bananas over winter break
  *   Plasma TV (turned off): 3 bananas per day
  *   Convection microwave: 3 bananas per month

Close your windows.

  *   25% of daily heat loads are due to windows!

Recycle old electronics!

  *   Battery recycling in all dorms and W20.
  *   Cell phones, PDAs, pagers, CDs (CD cases), cables and wires: Technocycle bins located in most Distributed Mail Centers (W20 and all around main campus)
  *   Monitors, CPUs, TVs, printers, copiers, mice, keyboards, speakers etc: Any MIT member can request a free pick from your location through Atlas

Compost old food- your neighbors will thank you.

  *   Compost bins located in all dining dorms and across campus

Resell and reuse old textbooks, clothes and appliances!

  *   sign up @mit.edu/reuse<http://mit.edu/reuse>

Turn off the lights!

  *   Turning everything off for a day in an average dorm room can save about 26MJ or 41 bananas! This adds up to 1800 bananas over holiday break + IAP!

Looking for some love this holiday season? Try some sustainable pick-up lines!

"Turning off the lights is one of my turn ons."
"I just got dumped. Would you recycle me into your boyfriend?"
"Your eyes are as bright as energy saving light bulbs. Will you light up my life?"
"Since cars pollute, can I pick you up on my electric scooter?"
"Hey, are you the environment? Because I care about you."


For more information or to provide feedback
Visit our website: sustain.scripts.mit.edu<http://sustain.scripts.mit.edu/>
Contact us at: ua-sustainability-exec at mit.edu
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If you are doing research related to climate change, sustainability, or energy, or have something you'd like us to share in our next newsletter, please contact us! We would love to feature your research or event in our next issue.
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