Talk:Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Working Green"

Accomplishments

2007

• Interviewed for MyVoice, which aired on MyTV New England, WZMY (May 20, 2007). Program featured groups in New England focused on recycling
• Launched Working Green at MIT website
• Promoted buying local with showing of the film, The True Cost of Food, by the Sierra Club and presentations by Red Fire Farm, a Massachusetts CSA, and Harvest Co-op
• Collaborated with EPO, LFEE, the Department of Facilities, SAVE and others on the third annual Earth Day Fair
• Sponsored a presentation of An Inconvenient Truth slide show, presented by Sarah Griffith, during Earth Week

2006

• Created "Green Your Catering" fact sheet and distributed to attendees at the MIT Events Fair
• Developed and distributed "Ask Me" signs to all Ambassadors
• Presented Recycling 101 training for Recycling Ambassadors
• Received 2006 MIT Excellence Award in the category of "Creating Connections"
• Teamed up with MIT Police to promote bicycle recycling for students who are leaving campus
• Organized second annual Earth Day event at Stata Center
• MIT wins the 2006 Cambridge Go Green Recycling Award for Large Businesses
• Sponsored with the Sierra Club "Save Money, Save the Environment," a forum on how to save money by saving energy in the home
• Coproduced third annual "Clean Out Your Files" event in July-August 06 with the Department of Facilities

2005

• Instituted first collaborative environmental calendar with sponsorship by MIT depts., labs, centers, and vendors (Jan. ‘05)
• Sponsored IAP workshop for Recycling Ambassadors, "Tools for Communicating Your Recycling Message" by Jan Aceti (Jan. '05)
• Featured in Tech Talk article (Feb. 9, 2005)
• Began expansion of the Recycling Ambassadors Plus Program for Support and Administrative Staff through focus groups centered on outreach programming (Mar. '05)
• Expanded prior year's "Clean Out Your Files" event, coproduced with Facilities, to the full month of July
• Sponsored first Earth Day@MIT event at Stata Center in collaboration with EPO, Dept. of Facilities, Office Depot, Sodexho, ABD, Commuting Task Group, and Membership Committee, among others (Apr. ‘05)
• Successfully advocated Office Depot to add more environmentally friendly cleaning products to its catalogue (Seventh Generation cleaner available beginning July '05)
• Sponsored Environmental Writing Contest for MIT students, faculty, and staff "Exploring Solutions: Preserving the Future" (Fall '05)
• Provided eco-friendly gift wrapping service at the ABD holiday gift fair (Dec. '05)

2004

• Created first campus-wide "paperless calendar" distributed through WGR website as computer desktop wallpaper.
• Sponsored showings of "Escape from Affluenza" for America Recycles Day '04.
• Joined forces with Facilities for first annual "Clean Out Your Files" event, held for a week in July
• Published first on-line environmental newsletter, The Monthly Bale (Sept. ‘04)

2003

• Presented discussion on "Solar Power: Trends, Technologies, and Innovations" on March 1, 2003
• Conducted web-based recycling survey targeted at MIT staff; April-May 2003
• Sponsored, participated in MIT Earth Day activities
• Sponsored viewings of PBS show "Affluenza" and coordinated outreach to other university campuses for the City of Cambridge's "40% by 2005" recycling campaign.
• Participant in Laboratory for Energy and the Environment's "EnviroForums"

2002

• Sponsored presentation to the Working Group on Support Staff Issues (WGSSI) by Bill Van Schalkwyk, Justin Adams, and Dan Winograd at March WGSSI Meeting
• Shared presence with EPTF/Share a Vital Earth (student recycling group; SAVE) during MIT Earth Day activities
• Sponsored Stuff Fest 2002 with SAVE, providing donations of student items to charities at the end of the academic year.
• Worked to address recycling issues at Commencement 2002 activities
• Engaged Aramark and other catering vendors on campus in ongoing recycling efforts
• Composed and distributed recycling survey during MIT's America Recycles Day educational activities
• Sponsored talk on Cape Wind project in Cape Cod, MA for America Recycles Day

2001

• Advocated for purchase and placement of 200 sets of paper/plastic recycling bins for distribution in public areas on campus
• Initiated contact with MIT real estate management companies to coordinate efforts in reducing service gaps.
• Met with MIT Residential House Managers to help targeting recycling efforts.
• Became a working sub-committee of the Environmental Programs Task Force (EPTF)