final presentations 2014 - pdf
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2013-2014 Internship Program Presentations
• R&DE Dining
• PSSI Zero Waste Events
• R&DE Give n Go
• PSSI Café Study
• R&DE Communications
• R&DE Winter Heating
• R&DE Zero Waste
• Office of Sustainability Behavior
Change and Outreach
Final Presentations
2013-14 Sustainable Food Update
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4
Intern Program
5
ResEd Collaboration
6
Stanford Seed Library
7
Gardens
8
Cooking Classes
9
Sustainable Seafood Program
10
Events
11
Waste Reduction
12
Waste Audit with PSSI
13
Green Restaurant Association Audits
14
Sustainable Food Newsletter
By Sonja
Lockhart
SUSTAINABILITY
INTERNSHIP WITH PSSI:
CASE STUDIES ON
WASTE REDUCTION
What did this event do to in
order to reduce waste?
What can this event do better
in the future?
Any tips for people organizing
events on campus?
OBJECTIVE/PROCESS
Identify on-campus
event dealing with
waste
Interview organizer
Ask key questions
Write up findings in
easy to understand
format
Wrote about 4
events of varying
nature and size
Reunion
Homecoming
Keys to
Sustainability
BeWell Employee
Wellness Fair
43rd Annual Stanford
Powwow
EVENTS/OVERVIEW
Most common challenges/initiatives
Most common hopes for the future of event
Interesting/surprising initiatives
Significance of case studies?
FINDINGS
Give & Go
Internship
Christina Zhou, Claire Thompson, and Eliza Lupone
Original Problem: Green Move Out 2012
Goals
● Expanding donation locations
● Consistent Outreach
● Collecting Metrics
● Student Coordinator Program
● Service Agreements
Implementation of Proposal
1. Logistical
2. Marketing & Outreach
3. Give & Go Student Coordinators
Logistics
● With help from Vendor Management, we oversaw an
official “Request for Information” (RFI) process, which
resulted in the selection of Goodwill as our partner
organization
Logistics
Marketing & Outreach: Existing
Website
Barrel
Labels
Flyers
Emails
Newsletter
Student
Groups
Marketing & Outreach: New
Student Coordinator Program
Success Indicators
1. General satisfaction of all
stakeholders
2. Participation of students
3. Reduction in waste sent to landfill
4. Reduction in labor clean-up costs
5. Feedback from Goodwill
Reflection
Past challenges: ● Differing expectations with partner organizations
● Lack of response/interest
● Difficulties in hiring process for coordinators
Room to improve: ● Clearer communication and understanding
● Establishing precedent
● Improving metrics collection
Thank you!
We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to:
Building Managers
Office of Sustainability
Student Coordinators
Goodwill
R&DE, including Nicole, Laura, Kristin, Imogen, Rodger
Waste Disposal at Stanford Cafes
Fabian Bock | Mauricio Antuñano
Project Plan
Problems:
- Improper Waste Servicing
- Garbage Separation
Solution:
- Signage
- Education
- Tracking
Timeframe: Oct 2013 – May 2014
Initial Outreach
Olives Café - sustainable products - waste separation Cool Café - sustainable practices - purchasing Cubberley Café - waste separation - employee education
Next Steps
Behavior Tracking
Waste Audit
Expansion!
Sustainable
Living Video
Kendall Cody
Problem
● R&DE lacks a comprehensive, long-term
program to incentivize energy, water and
waste reduction among students in housing
beyond the Sustainable Living Guide. This
leads to unnecessary costs and
environmental footprint.
Goals
● Encourage and incentivize more sustainable
living habits and awareness among Stanford
Students
● Reduce overall resource consumption,
specifically focusing in on student energy
use, water use and waste
Investigation
Focus groups and interviews were conducted in
order to determine the best way to effectively
reach the Stanford student population.
Investigation
Key Findings:
● A lighthearted, yet educational approach to
these issues is the best way to reach
students
● Communicate tangible results/metrics
legitimizes the sustainability program and
inspires students to actually perform
● Create a community network for reinforcing
behavior change
Solution
● Make information on our website more
applicable and available to students & staff
through more frequent updates to the
sustainable housing website
● Develop and script an effective video series
on “How to Live Sustainably in the Student
Housing”
Implementation
● Update the Sustainable Stanford website to
include more recent initiatives and
information so that students have
information available to them
● Create and distribute Sustainable Living
video series implementing familiar Stanford
faces to deliver the message of how to live
sustainably on campus
Reflection
I learned about how to effectively reach a
university student body and useful tools for
eliciting behavioral change in regards to
sustainability initiatives as well as other general
initiatives.
I look forward to the eventual creation and
distribution of the video series and hope it has a
positive impact on Stanford sustainability efforts.
Thank you!
I would like to give a special thanks to Nicole
Greenspan and Laura McKaughan who have
provided immense guidance and support
throughout the planning and conceptualizing
of the video series as well as my entire
internship experience.
Fiona & Oliver
Winter Heating
Project Overview
● Problem
o wide open windows in residence halls during
Winter months
● Goal
o reduce energy used for winter heating
o determine cause of window opening
● Study
o comfort surveys
o data logging
● Consultation
o kW Engineering
Survey Results
temp & air quality
comfort
temp control
opened window to
improve comfort
very
uncomfortable
very
comfortable
no control complete
control
never many times
Ventilation Data
Next Steps
● Analyze kW
recommendations against
behavioral conclusions
● Determine best choice
for Stern Hall
● Document study to
advise future projects
Reflection
● Project challenges
o maximizing resources
o correlating infrastructural data with
behavioral data
● Next time
o more preliminary research
o strive for understanding instead of
verification
Thank you to all the awesome people
that made this project possible!
Zero Waste Internship R&DE Student Housing
Morgan Abbett & Ariel Bobbett
Paper towels used in Stanford residences are currently
landfilled even though they are compostable
Problem #1
Problem #1 Paper towels used in Stanford
residences are currently landfilled even though they
are compostable
Solution Install composting
infrastructure in residence restrooms and educate
residents
Problem #1 Paper towels used in Stanford
residences are currently landfilled even though they
are compostable
Solution Install composting
infrastructure in residence restrooms and educate
residents
Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms,
but there are two major recycling streams
Problem #2
Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms,
but there are two major recycling streams
Problem #2
Solution Install multi-stream recycling
bins in student rooms
Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms,
but there are two major recycling streams
Problem #2
Solution Install multi-stream recycling
bins in student rooms
Results: • Survey feedback from students generally highly
positive
• Both programs increase diversion of recyclable and compostable materials from landfill
• More detailed results to come in the next two weeks
Results: • Survey feedback from students generally highly
positive
• Both programs increase diversion of recyclable and compostable materials from landfill
• More detailed results to come in the next two weeks
Thank you to Nicole Greenspan and the rest of R&DE Student Housing for advising and making these
projects possible, and thank you to the Green Fund for supporting the restroom composting pilot!
RecycleMania “We Recycle, Stanford Wins”
Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014
Outcomes
Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014
• Surpassed Pledge Goal
• Improvement from last year in RecycleMania competition
• Awareness of the Campaign
Outcomes
Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014
Highlights
Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014
!
RECYCLEMANIA TRASH TALK
Red Solo Cups:
Landfill
Non-compostable
Coffee Cups:
Landfill
Plastic bags:
Paper
Pizza box:
Compost
Visit us at: sustainable.stanford.edu/recyclemania
Lessons
Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014
• Outreach Methods
• Outreach Locations
• The Messenger