Internship Program Presentations

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1 Internship Program Presentations

2 Final Presentations R&DE Dining PSSI Zero Waste Events R&DE Give n Go PSSI Café Study R&DE Communications R&DE Winter Heating R&DE Zero Waste Office of Sustainability Behavior Change and Outreach

3 Sustainable Food Update 3

4 4 Intern Program

5 5 ResEd Collaboration

6 6 Stanford Seed Library

7 7 Gardens

8 8 Cooking Classes

9 9 Sustainable Seafood Program

10 10 Events

11 11 Waste Reduction

12 12 Waste Audit with PSSI

13 13 Green Restaurant Association Audits

14 14 Sustainable Food Newsletter

15 SUSTAINABILITY INTERNSHIP WITH PSSI: CASE STUDIES ON By Sonja Lockhart WASTE REDUCTION

16 OBJECTIVE/PROCESS What did this event do to in order to reduce waste? What can this event do better in the future? Any tips for people organizing events on campus? Identify on-campus event dealing with waste Interview organizer Ask key questions Write up findings in easy to understand format

17 EVENTS/OVERVIEW Wrote about 4 events of varying nature and size Reunion Homecoming Keys to Sustainability BeWell Employee Wellness Fair 43 rd Annual Stanford Powwow

18 FINDINGS Most common challenges/initiatives Most common hopes for the future of event Interesting/surprising initiatives Significance of case studies?

19 Give & Go Internship Christina Zhou, Claire Thompson, and Eliza Lupone

20 Original Problem: Green Move Out 2012

21 Goals Expanding donation locations Consistent Outreach Collecting Metrics Student Coordinator Program Service Agreements

22 Implementation of Proposal 1. Logistical 2. Marketing & Outreach 3. Give & Go Student Coordinators

23 Logistics With help from Vendor Management, we oversaw an official Request for Information (RFI) process, which resulted in the selection of Goodwill as our partner organization

24 Logistics

25 Marketing & Outreach: Existing Website s Barrel Labels Flyers Newsletter Student Groups

26 Marketing & Outreach: New

27 Student Coordinator Program

28 Success Indicators 1. General satisfaction of all stakeholders 2. Participation of students 3. Reduction in waste sent to landfill 4. Reduction in labor clean-up costs 5. Feedback from Goodwill

29 Reflection Past challenges: Differing expectations with partner organizations Lack of response/interest Difficulties in hiring process for coordinators Room to improve: Clearer communication and understanding Establishing precedent Improving metrics collection

30 Thank you! We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to: Building Managers Office of Sustainability Student Coordinators Goodwill R&DE, including Nicole, Laura, Kristin, Imogen, Rodger

31 Waste Disposal at Stanford Cafes Fabian Bock Mauricio Antuñano

32 Project Plan Problems: - Improper Waste Servicing - Garbage Separation Solution: - Signage - Education - Tracking Timeframe: Oct 2013 May 2014

33 Olives Café - sustainable products - waste separation Cool Café - sustainable practices - purchasing Cubberley Café - waste separation - employee education Initial Outreach

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37 Next Steps Behavior Tracking Waste Audit Expansion!

38 Sustainable Living Video Kendall Cody

39 Problem R&DE lacks a comprehensive, long-term program to incentivize energy, water and waste reduction among students in housing beyond the Sustainable Living Guide. This leads to unnecessary costs and environmental footprint.

40 Goals Encourage and incentivize more sustainable living habits and awareness among Stanford Students Reduce overall resource consumption, specifically focusing in on student energy use, water use and waste

41 Investigation Focus groups and interviews were conducted in order to determine the best way to effectively reach the Stanford student population.

42 Investigation Key Findings: A lighthearted, yet educational approach to these issues is the best way to reach students Communicate tangible results/metrics legitimizes the sustainability program and inspires students to actually perform Create a community network for reinforcing

43 Solution Make information on our website more applicable and available to students & staff through more frequent updates to the sustainable housing website Develop and script an effective video series on How to Live Sustainably in the Student Housing

44 Implementation Update the Sustainable Stanford website to include more recent initiatives and information so that students have information available to them Create and distribute Sustainable Living video series implementing familiar Stanford faces to deliver the message of how to live sustainably on campus

45 I look forward to the eventual creation and distribution of the video series and hope it has a positive impact on Stanford sustainability efforts. Reflection I learned about how to effectively reach a university student body and useful tools for eliciting behavioral change in regards to sustainability initiatives as well as other general initiatives.

46 Thank you! I would like to give a special thanks to Nicole Greenspan and Laura McKaughan who have provided immense guidance and support throughout the planning and conceptualizing of the video series as well as my entire internship experience.

47 Winter Heating Fiona & Oliver

48 Project Overview Problem o wide open windows in residence halls during Winter months Goal o reduce energy used for winter heating o determine cause of window opening Study o comfort surveys o data logging Consultation o kw Engineering

49 Survey Results temp & air quality comfort very uncomfortable very comfortable temp control no control complete control opened window to improve comfort never many times

50 Ventilation Data

51 Next Steps Analyze kw recommendations against behavioral conclusions Determine best choice for Stern Hall Document study to advise future projects

52 Reflection Project challenges o maximizing resources o correlating infrastructural data with behavioral data Next time o more preliminary research o strive for understanding instead of verification Thank you to all the awesome people that made this project possible!

53 Zero Waste Internship R&DE Student Housing Morgan Abbett & Ariel Bobbett

54 Problem #1 Paper towels used in Stanford residences are currently landfilled even though they are compostable

55 Problem #1 Paper towels used in Stanford residences are currently landfilled even though they are compostable Solution Install composting infrastructure in residence restrooms and educate residents

56 Problem #1 Paper towels used in Stanford residences are currently landfilled even though they are compostable Solution Install composting infrastructure in residence restrooms and educate residents

57 Problem #2 Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms, but there are two major recycling streams

58 Problem #2 Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms, but there are two major recycling streams Solution Install multi-stream recycling bins in student rooms

59 Problem #2 Students receive one recycling bin in their rooms, but there are two major recycling streams Solution Install multi-stream recycling bins in student rooms

60 Results: Survey feedback from students generally highly positive Both programs increase diversion of recyclable and compostable materials from landfill More detailed results to come in the next two weeks

61 Results: Survey feedback from students generally highly positive Both programs increase diversion of recyclable and compostable materials from landfill More detailed results to come in the next two weeks Thank you to Nicole Greenspan and the rest of R&DE Student Housing for advising and making these projects possible, and thank you to the Green Fund for supporting the restroom composting pilot!

62 RecycleMania We Recycle, Stanford Wins Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014

63 Outcomes Surpassed Pledge Goal Improvement from last year in RecycleMania competition Awareness of the Campaign Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014

64 Outcomes Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014

65 Highlights RECYCLEMANIA TRASH TALK Red Solo Cups: Landfill Non-compostable Coffee Cups: Landfill Plastic bags: Paper Pizza box: Compost Visit us at: sustainable.stanford.edu/recyclemania! Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014

66 Lessons Outreach Methods Outreach Locations The Messenger Andrea Martinez: Behavior Change and Outreach Intern 2014