SSTF 08 RPI Vision Conference

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January 2008 "What's Your Vision? Changing the Climate at RPI" conference

Conference Activities Image:Kick-off Event Agenda.doc


Contents

[edit] Media

  • The Troy Record (Troy) - Posted on Thu, Jan 31, 2008

Troy Record

  • Channel 9 News – January 30th 2008

Channel 9 News

  • The Business Review (Albany) - January 30, 2008

Business Review

  • Inside Rensselaer – February 14th 2008

Internal Communication


[edit] Ideas

The result of a brainstorming session for ideas of how to promote sustainability at Rensselaer, compiled from 350 students. Organized by levels of importance. Derived from this document.

If you have more ideas, please add them to the SSTF proposals page, rather than here. Additionally, feel free to take these ideas and develop them further on the SSTF proposals page.

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  • Carbon Inventory
  • Advance Modeling Education
  • Bike Systems
  • Buildings Energy Stars
  • Monthly Transportation Surveys
  • Campus as an Arboretum (Campus Master Plan)
  • Sustainability Website
    • Presentations from Speakers
    • Alumni Network & Appeal to the alums (“featured alums”)
  • Developing Local Zero Waste Systems
    • Playing on “frenzy:” 50% threshold
    • Reliable Audit Mechanisms
  • Filterized Water System to reduce water bottle use (dorm-level project)
    • on campus bottle return site
  • Expand Greenhouse
  • Culture Change
    • Creating the “motivating” programs
  • Grow more food to be eaten on campus
  • Put plants in dorm rooms
  • Make Warren Warmer
  • Make it illegal to throw away recyclables
  • Get Dr. J a hybrid
  • Student involvement
  • The wind never stops blowing – use it
  • Cellulosic biofules
  • Buy local
  • No more printer RCS cover papers in VCC – too much waste
  • More green research
  • Sustainability competition with cash prize
  • Live off of current sunlight income
  • Advertise the Troy Farmer’s Market on campus – bring it up the hill
  • Zero waste
  • Share marketing sustainability materials when catering (Sodexho)
  • Speaker’s stuff on website
  • We want to know what the administration is doing about sustainability at RPI


[edit] Level 5

  • Identify green-minded trustees
  • Conduct a professional waste audit i.e. computer program inputs: waste by volume and weight; calculates: total from all participants; output: to compost truck carriers; feedback: communicate accomplishments regularly thereafter
  • Sustainability office on campus
    • Dean of Sustainability
  • Getting the word out
    • alumnae and others
  • Need to gather baseline info
  • Need stronger sustainability curriculum
  • Get college to make a commitment to zero waste
  • Regional Composting & Reuse Center
    • Dorm end of year; RPI Recycle/summer storage
  • Community Based Social Training
    • In RPI
    • Beyond RPI – the broader community – with RPI @ helping/communiversity
  • Local food – more in the cafeteria
    • Forming relations with local farms
    • Starting with Terra Café, create an extensible model
    • Closing the loop – surplus food to shelters
  • Get the President to read and sign university climate change
  • Better coordinate transportation
    • connect to town and stores

[edit] Level 3/4

  • Hybrid/LNG/Electric vehicles for public safety, shuttles, facilities vehicles
  • Strengthen organization
  • Media/PR person – have a designated one
  • Continued education to the community
    • Bi-weekly sustainability column
    • Tip box in the poly
  • Get RPI to affiliate with study abroad and transfer financial aid/credit
  • Internship office, List – put up on website
  • Getting a “challenge” going
    • Residence Hall – energy saving competition
    • Academic Buildings
  • Old Buildings reuse
    • challenge to architecture students
    • on campus design competition
  • Green Procurement
    • low VOC paint (chemicals used on campus)
    • Extend K12 Policy to colleges
    • Follow procurement guides that exist
  • Shredded paper for building products
    • More waste
  • Energy Star as a standard
  • Computer Recycle
    • Service for students
    • Student disposal policy and education
  • Coalition of Ecologic and other institutions in area

[edit] Level 1

  • Bring compost to campus
  • Thermal control in dorms
  • Electric car club on campus
  • Redesign old car
  • Coordinate with Vasudha LLC
  • Open bi-weekly meetings
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