[UA] Earth Week Newsletter

Wed Apr 22 09:47:18 EDT 2015

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In This Issue:

  *   Idea Bank: How can your living group improve?
  *   Earth Days Events
  *   UA Sustainability Committee Earth Days Events
  *   How should MIT address Climate Change? Voice your ideas.
  *   Dorm Electricity Competition Updates!
  *   Compost Bins in the Student Center!

Idea Bank: How can your living group improve?
Is your dorm/living group sustainable? Do you think it can do better?
UA Sustainability wants to know!
Tell us what sustainability or energy related issues you believe your dorm/living group is struggling with, so your voice is represented in the report that we will send to the Climate Change Conversation's Idea Bank<http://climatechange.mit.edu/ideabank>.
Please fill out this quick 2-minute survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bf4DhNWcGV1Sr_kjIzgpGc6zrfVmocM-Yv6bLjDTEvU/viewform> --- let your voice be heard!

Earth Day Events:
MIT Earth Days: mit.edu/earthday<http://mit.edu/earthday>
April 21 - 24: Join us for a week-long celebration of our planet!

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This year, the theme is “little things add up“ — together, we can take big steps towards a sustainable planet. This year, clubs and organizations across campus have come together for an action-packed week of events, including "Compost Collection in your Office/Lab" workshop; Choose to Reuse; Waste Research & Innovation Night; MIT Sustainability Summit; and W20 Public Waste Audit.

Visit our website for a complete list of MIT Earth Days events: mit.edu/earthday<http://mit.edu/earthday>
Don’t miss an event! Subscribe to our MIT Earth Days Google Calendar: https://mitearthday.wordpress.com

UA Sustainability Committee Earth Days Events:

  *   UA Planting Event (April 22)- Come plant some vegetables in the new Undergraduate Cooperative Garden (in the parking lot across from Next House), and take them home with you!
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Trash on my Back Challenge (April 22-26) - Challenge yourself to go zero-waste for 5 days. To participate, click here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AJ_1CRlUfsSwDxLhHD4pHKMVWIt9qF-9C82wi12NF9I/viewform>.

How should MIT address Climate Change? Voice your ideas.
Attend the Climate Change Conversation<http://climatechange.mit.edu/>'s Listening Tour<http://climatechange.mit.edu/blog/mit-climate-change-conversation-committee-embarks-listening-tour> to voice your ideas for how MIT should address climate change. The next event is TODAY, 7-8pm in the Student Center, Twenty Chimneys (W20-306). Dinner and Finale desserts will be served. Stop by for 10 minutes or the whole hour!

Can't make it? There are more opportunities to join the Climate Change Conversation Committee for lunch/dinner and discussion. Find the full schedule of listening tour dates here<http://climatechange.mit.edu/events#The%20MIT%20Climate%20Change%20Conversation%20Committee%20Embarks%20on%20a%20Listening%20Tour!>.

Project Spotlight: Dorm Electricity Competition
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DEC is in full swing with one week left!

Check out how your dorm is doing above; this graph compares energy used per person per day in each dorm over March 2014 to energy used per person per day in each dorm from April 2nd to April 16th, 2015. You want a bar above the x-axis (Congratulations to Simmons and Baker).

Come to our finale on April 28th at 9PM in Lobdell to eat free food and talk about all the electricity you saved. Until then, keep turning off your lights and contacting talktoDEC at mit.edu<mailto:talktoDEC at mit.edu> with proof of your sustainable actions to get your dorm extra spirit points.

Visit our Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/MITdormelectricity?fref=ts> or website<http://mitdormelectricity.weebly.com/> to learn more about the competition.

Compost Bins in the Student Center!
The Composting Team helped the Department of Facilities and the GSC Sustainability rearrange waste bins and install new compost bins on the first and second floor of the student center.

Here's how to use them:

  *   All food goes in the compost bin (yes, even meat and dairy!)
  *   All paper products and compostable plastics may go in the compost bin (but if they are recyclable and clean, please recycle instead)
  *   No trash (especially styrofoam) in the compost bin

Email mission-compostable at mit.edu<mailto:mission-compostable at mit.edu> with any questions and concerns.

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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
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mituasustainability

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 event or research in our next issue.

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