jennifer joslin lori manson terrie minner the university of oregon one less hand-out?: a roundtable...
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JENNIFER JOSLINLORI MANSON
TERRIE MINNER
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
One Less Hand-out?: A Roundtable Discussion about Eco-Friendly Advising
The Plan
It’s not trivialVampiresKey trendsNext steps!
Living Green: It’s Not Trivial
1. A typical computer, monitor, and associated peripherals , if left on all day, can easily consume __________ cents worth of electricity a day (or $____ /year/system).
Living Green: It’s Not Trivial
2. Energy efficient laptops consume $ ____ of power per year.
Living Green: It’s Not Trivial
5. An example of an “energy vampire” is:
a)The office microwaveb)Rechargeable battery-pack for the office dust-buster or cell phone
c)The office television or VCR d)All of the above
Living Green: It’s Not Trivial
6. About 9% of your buildings’ facilities costs come from:
a)Lightingb)Coolingc)Heatingd)Energy used by vending machines, computers, and drinking fountains
Living Green: It’s Not Trivial
We order ____ reams of paper every year in our office and it’s ____ % post-consumer recycled paper
How Are Vampires Involved Again?
Common terms: oSustainabilityoEnergy vampiresoDelampingoPlug loadsoCarbon footprint
Thinking Green: Key Trends
It all started with AdvisorTrac…
Thinking Green: Key Trends
We’re asking these questions: Is it possible for advising to be sustainable? How does technology-reliance affect advising? How do we retrain ourselves and our students?
What questions are you asking?
What questions should we ask as a field?
Thinking Green: Key Trends
Collective thoughts
Thinking Green: Key Trends
Collective thoughts
Thinking Green: Key Trends
Collective thoughts
Thinking Green: Key Trends
Collective thoughts
Next Steps
Living Green: Self-assess, set goals, communicate, evaluate
Thinking Green
Living Green Resources
Checklists for office (and home) environments:
CalTechhttp://sustainability.caltech.edu/purchasing/GreenOfficeChecklist
Northwestern http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/operations/recycling/additional%20information.html (click on Sustainable Office Checklist)
Blog Resources
Great site with green blogs (in English & Spanish): National Resource Defense Fundhttp://www.nrdc.org/blogs/
The Society of Environmental Journalists regularly updates a list of environmental blogs: http://www.sej.org/resource/blogs.htm
Resources
Nationwide initiatives: Power Down for the Planet- campuses pledge to reduce energy consumption
http://www.powerdownfortheplanet.org/
For Your Web Site
“We think about our carbon footprint”
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Thanks to Katie Schumm for her technical assistance!
The University of Oregon
Office of Academic Advising
Jennifer Joslin Lori [email protected] [email protected]
Terrie [email protected]