Undergraduate Sustainability Newsletter: How green will you be this semester?

[UA Sustainability]

Mar 2016
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Stay Green: Monthly News
Welcome back to campus and have a great, sustainable semester.

Dorm Electricity Competition: Kickoff Feb 29th!
Where: La Sala, Second floor, Student Center
When: Monday, February 29th 7-9pm
What: DEC is a campus wide competition, where all dorms compete to use the least amount of energy for three weeks. This year, the competition will have weekly themes including Personal Energy, Waste, Food and Lifestyle. Check out our promotional video (http://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=b9201b1b86&e=216a6745a4) here (http://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=bc588dac56&e=216a6745a4) !

For more information, visit dec.mit.edu.

Committee Updates

We have a lot of exciting plans for this semester and want all undergrads to get involved and be a part of the change on campus!

Garden Committee

This semester Garden is working on several projects. The first will be renovating the undergraduate garden with a GREENHOUSE. If you did not know, the undergraduate garden is located in the Westgate Parking lot across from Next House. Feel free to check it out!

The next project will focus on installing Indoor gardens in high traffic hallways in the academic buildings. Specifically, UA Sustain will be working with Facilities to install a living wall somewhere on campus. Please let us know if you have suggestions! Garden will also be opening up the undergraduate community garden for the spring term, so keep an eye out for a sign-up form. They will be planting the garden in early April.

Eco Committee

The ECO committee has and will continue to provide the ECO-Foodware program (http://mit.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=7753cff3d0&e=216a6745a4) offering compostables to the MIT community at affordable prices. The program makes it easier for student groups and other members of the community to have sustainable events. ECO has also been working on replacing plastic utensils with their compostable counterparts in the dining halls. Their current focus is to increase knowledge of proper recycling on campus.

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Compost Committee

Composting will continue its mission of providing educational events on composting as well as adding additional composting bins in various areas and dorms. They are current working on expanding completely student-run, voluntary compost programs in Burton Conner and MacGregor. If you want a compost bin in a certain location, reach out to the composting committee at mission-compostable at mit.edu.

Trashion Show

Trashion (http://mit.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=094db6491d&e=216a6745a4) was a success this year thanks to the incredible designers, models, judges, performers, sponsors, and of course attendees! We were impressed with the incredible craftsmanship and creativity of every Trashion piece, and several award-winning designs will be displayed at the Prudential from February 1 to February 10. Pictures and a full video of the show can be found on ourFacebook page (http://mit.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=174f017df9&e=216a6745a4) .

UPCOMING EVENTS
DEC Kickoff
2/29 7-9PM
W20-306 Twenty Chimneys
Energy Club Career Fair
3/3 6:30-9PM
Lobdell, Student Center
Maria Zuber- MIT Climate Action Plan Q&A
3/14 5-6PM
TBD
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Campus Sustainability Task Force [CSTF], in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability, has launched a Sustainability Solutions Idea Bank (http://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=79583272c5&e=216a6745a4) http://mit.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=4037a13dff&e=216a6745a4 an effort to activate the creativity of the MIT Community. Make your contribution to the Idea Bank (http://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=e8fe0d6dbe&e=216a6745a4) today!
Undergraduate Student Sustainability Survey
The goals for this survey (http://mit.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f43efc8e7fde8d82abef05f08&id=8de588bf6c&e=216a6745a4) is measure student’s awareness and habits when it comes to sustainability. Results will be published and shared with all students. You can enter to win $10 TechCash awards.

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