Transcript Green Team Kick-off

Green Teams Kick-off
December 3, 2008
Clark Center
Speakers
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Julia Tussing
– Managing Director for Finance and
Administration, Dean’s Office, Stanford School
of Medicine
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Fahmida Ahmed
– Manager of Sustainability Programs,
Sustainability & Energy Management
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Joyce Dickerson
– Director, Sustainable IT, Sustainability &
Energy Management
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Frank Topper
– Facilitator
Agenda
What’s a Green Team??
 Current Status of University Programs
 Green Teams Resources: How to get
started
 Zero Waste: The Recycling Challenge
 Saving Energy in your Office with IT
Equipment
 Success indicators and motivational
ideas
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What is a Green Team?
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Green Team is a dedicated group
of employees, regardless of discipline
or organizational level, which
facilitates the pragmatic
implementation of sustainable
operations principles in their local
work area.
Why Green Teams?
Green Teams are a call to action at a
grass roots level
 Changing the culture can only be done at
the individual level
 Individuals and small groups can have a
huge cumulative impact on sustainability
 Stanford has goals for sustainability;
silicon valley is very active; what are we
going to do about it?
 Time to take personal responsibility!
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Fahmida Ahmed
– Manager of Sustainability Programs, Stanford
University
Why Green Teams at SOM?
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Setting the standard for the University;
creating a model
“Somebody has to do something, and it’s just
incredibly pathetic that it has to be us!”
(Jerry Garcia)
Sheer volume—we are bigger than any other
single unit in the University. What we do will
have a great impact on Stanford
Green teams are congruent with the mission
of the SOM: Education, research, health!
Starting your own Green Team
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We have created resources to make it
easy for you to start your own team.
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Website
Sample email to generate interest in your unit
Sample agenda for your first meeting
Survey for your department to determine
interest (in process)
– Ideas for where to start; simple actions that
can have a big impact
– How-to documents
– Quarterly meetings of Green team leaders
Green Team Leader
Job Description
Be passionate
 Get others interested and involved
 Schedule regular meetings
 Prioritize and act on ideas
 Report back to “Green Team Central”
(SSC)
 Celebrate your successes!
 Share best practices via the Sustainability
website
 Meet quarterly with other Green Team
Leaders
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SOM Sustainability Website
Zero Waste Recycling
 Julie
Muir, PSSI
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Rot
(Compost)
Buy Recycled
– Making new products is energy, water,
and resource intensive and emits
greenhouse gas emissions.
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71 tons are generated for every
ton buried in a municipal landfill, from mining,
manufacturing and distribution
– Recycling is not just about landfill
diversion, it is about replacing virgin
material production which will
significantly reduce energy consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions.
It costs to create waste and it costs
to manage waste. If you don’t
create waste, we don’t have to pay
to manage it!
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more at our web site
– http://recycling.stanford.edu/5r/reduce.ht
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Reuse waste and change your daily habits to reduce waste.
Print double-sided whenever possible.
Dedicate one tray in your printer for reused paper.
Send/receive documents electronically instead of mailing or
faxing them.
Reassess the need to print meeting agendas, regular reports,
time sheets, and other documents.
Preview and reformat documents to use fewer pages; reduce
margins.
Decline promotional materials from sales reps and ask about
digital catalogues or website URLs instead.
Circulate or centrally store reports, memos, periodicals, and
catalogs rather than making/receiving individual copies
Reuse envelopes for non-important mail.
Switch to reusable dishware and utensils – keep them in your
desk
Avoid single portion packages like condiments packs
• Switch to reusable dishware and utensils –
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keep them in your desk
Bring a reusable mug and water bottle to
work and take to meetings
Use a water filter in place of bottled water
or a water cooler
Keep a set of reusable bags handy
Use a mesh filter instead of paper for coffee
Buy reusable office supplies instead of
disposable ones.
Reuse packaging (e.g. bubble wrap,
cardboard boxes, Styrofoam blocks) or find
someone who can.
Be aware of and participate in Reuse
Programs on Campus:
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Property ReUse Website:
https://orasecurestanford.stanford.edu/ora/pmo/r
euse/default.asp or contact your Department
Property Administrator.
Surplus Property Sales:
http://ora.stanford.edu/ora/pmo/surplus_sales/
SPS Store Hours : Wednesday 8-11 am and
11:30- 3 pm. Subject to change. Open to the
public.
EH&S's Surplus Chemical Program
http://freechemicals.stanford.edu
Learn more at our web site:
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http://recycling.stanford.edu/5r/reuse.html
http://recycling.stanford.edu/recycling/caq_reuse.
html
 Recycling
saves energy, reduces pollution,
helps prevent global warming, creates
jobs, spurs investment from the private
sector, promotes economic growth, and
supports innovation.
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Recyclable?
– Bottles and Cans
– Mixed Paper & Plastic Bags
– Corrugated Cardboard
– E- Waste, Batteries…
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There are 4000 recycling bins on campus. Each of them
are emptied once a week.
Recycle batteries in the battery bin.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/enviro/battery_recycling.html
Recycle printer cartridges, toners, cell phones, CDs, and
Consumer Electronic Devices in electronic waste bin.
Recycle large electronic items with Environmental Health
and Safety. Don’t forget that fluorescent bulbs, batteries,
toner, computers, televisions, and cell phones are all
considered Universal Waste in California and must be
recycled through EH&S.)
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/enviro/Electronic_Waste.html
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Recycle and Compost at Special Events
http://recycling.stanford.edu/specialevent/specialevents.html
Other items recycled on campus:
construction/demolition debris, pallets and scrap
wood, and scrap metal.
For more information: http://recycling.stanford.edu
Organics are one of the biggest components of the
waste stream, and keeping them out of the landfill
reduces methane emissions that have 23 times the
global warming potential of CO2.
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Compost yard waste from the Grounds Department
and Faculty Staff Housing
Collect food and compostable material from dining
halls, row houses, 8 cafes and special events.
Next up: all cafes and office composting
Learn more at the web site:
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http://recycling.stanford.edu/food/foodindex.html
http://recycling.stanford.edu/5r/rot_stanford.html
http://recycling.stanford.edu/food/FW%20Yes%20and%20No.pdf
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Purchase sustainable goods that can either be
taken back by the company or fit into one of
our recycling or composting programs once it
has served it’s purpose.
– Buy minimum 30% post-consumer content paper
– Buy recycled content products including promotional
items that are made out of Recycled material. Give
away items that are useful.
– Price and quality is comparable and even better than
virgin paper and products.
Learn more at our web site
http://recycling.stanford.edu/5r/recycledpaper.html
http://recycling.stanford.edu/5r/recycledproducts.html
Material
% of Discards
Basic Recyclables
18%
Organics
27%
Construction
15%
2007 Diversion Rate
60%
Good For Our Economy
Creates Jobs
Reduces Waste
Good For The Environment
Saves Energy
Preserves Landfill Space
Prevents Global Warming
Reduces Water Pollution
Protects Wildlife
Creates New Demand
Holidays are coming!
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We generate an extra million tons of trash each
week from Thanksgiving to New Year's
Lots of products are made with Recycled
Materials: http://greengiftguide.com/
Buy and use recycled/recyclable wrapping
paper (LOTS of websites for this!)
Send an electronic greeting card, or cards or
postcards made from recycled paper.
Creative wrapping paper substitutes include
scarves, tins, baskets, and old maps or used
blueprint paper, the Sunday comics, or even
the sports section
If you want a tree, consider a live or
reusable tree.
Office Equipment Tips
 Joyce
Dickerson
What does a sustainable future look
like? (Brainstorming)
 What
does success look like in 20
years? What will people be doing and
saying? What do you want to be able
to say?
– For the School?
– For my department?
– For me personally or professionally?
 Complete
could.....
the sentence: I wish we
How to get people motivated?
(brainstorming)
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What makes people care?
– Small budget or resources available
– Competitions with other green teams
– Food
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What would be fun?
What would offer a sense of belonging or
community?
What would make people feel that they had
influence and could make a difference?
What would make people feel like they had
freedom to choose, recommend and
implement ideas?
Wrap Up
 Please
consider starting a Green
Team in your area!
 Contact me to let us know what you
are doing, and if you need any help
 Review the website and use the
resources there to get started