Resource awareness days
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This is an old project, dating from 2002:
The Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) are lead organizers for Resource Awareness Days Nov 12-14th. With support from PSSI, RASP and Greens at Stanford, we are focusing on food cycles on Wednesday, 11/12, energy on Thursday, 11/13 and solid waste and recycling on Friday, 11/14 (America Recycles Day is the 15th; also the day of action at the local office depot to demand they carry paper with higher recycled content - organized by Greens at Stanford).
The events will be held in White Plaza, hopefully drawing in lots of students, faculty and staff. There will be event continuity, with the below actions present each day
* food not bombs/ would be thrown away-goodies for palate pleasure
* personal eco-footprint test with a running tally of cumulative Stanford score
* “Free Store” tables of item drop off and exchange
* Petitions circling for signatures to ask Stanford Administration to Adhere to the Project Delivery Process and the Guideline for Sustainable Buildings in ALL projects constructed on campus. [awareness of campus plan and infrastructure as resource]
Food Cycle Awareness Day, 11/12:
- table and presentation about organic purchasing, composting program, herb gardens, and buying practices from Stanford Dining Enterprise
- table presentation from Stanford Community Farm on growth cycles, permaculture, compost, etc.
- table presentation from SPOON on dining hall food waste and redistribution
- Video of Composting in Stanford Dining Halls
Energy Awareness Day, 11/13:
- Poster presentations and short speeches from students who have done research into energy issues on campus and abroad (ranging from analysis of campus energy use to distributed generation to energy economics on an international scale)
- Table displays and short speeches from Housing and Dining Services (residential energy use), Facilities and Operations (energy and refrigeration), Biological Sciences (info on Energy Efficient Field Station at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve)
- Poster displays and speech on renewable energy production/consumption for campus power
- Demonstration from the Stanford Solar Car Project
- Display and Talk from the Stanford Marguerite free shuttle service
- Poster display on fuel economy and CAFE standards
- Keynote speaker on CA energy policy [hopefully - this is still in the works]
Solid Waste Awareness Day, 11/14:
- large embodied energy in our waste bar graph sculpture
- handouts for students to take to departments that tell them how to order recycled paper (for less cost than non-recycled)
- handouts for students to take to houses and dorms to request recycled-content paper
- video on Aluminum production and the external costs not included in price
- presentation from Greens at Stanford on Office Depot Campaign