Results

Here is our progress report.

Progress

Long-Term Work Goals:

  • Volunteer and give food preparation demonstrations at farmer’s markets.
  • Post recipes and growing instructions on the website.
  • Inform and educate faculty at the fall in-service about the sustainability task force work plan.
  • Add the topic of recycle bins to College 101
  • Talk to culinary instructor regarding a cooking demo for event.
  • Meet again in August to determine what “green day” would look like on our campus.
  • “Green day” event during fall quarter.
  • Need another sustainability intern.

Sustainable Programs

Programs and what they are doing on campus to be sustainable

  • Accounting; using angel to eliminate paper usage, recycling paper, aluminum, and plastic.
  • Automotive; recycling metal, oil, cardboard, paper (not too much used), aluminum, and plastic.
  • Aviation; recycling paper, and using back side for scratch paper, aluminum, plastic, batteries, and oil.
  • Construction; build solar panels to heat water, collect water in rain barrels, growing a garden and watering with a drip system, use 90% recycled material and when a project is completed they are able to reuse 80% on the material.
  • Cosmetology; recycles paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, and separate out there hazardous waste to be disposed of properly. They also wash their materials in a washer and dryer and reuse them.
  • Culinary Arts; gathers and separates food scraps to be composted, and buys local grown vegetables when possible.
  • Early Childhood Education; there are recycle bins for paper in the office.
  • Environmental Science; has recycle bin in class rooms for paper, aluminum and plastic.
  • Heating and Air Conditioning; recycle paper, plastic and aluminum.
  • Hemodialysis Technician; recycle paper in classroom.
  • Landscape Management; will use the compost created by worms to grow native plants. Recycle paper, plastic, and aluminum.
  • Massage Studies; recycles cardboard, paper and uses 100% organic material in the program.
  • Nursing, Practical Nursing, RN, Pharmacy Tech; recycle paper.
  • Child Care Center; There are recycling paper in the office.
  • Sustainable Building;  90% of materials are recycled and after a project is completed 80% get reused. Solar heating hot water, garden with a drip system, rain barrels and composting.

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