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Sustainability Goals
Our original goals include:
- Students experience sustainability in curriculums, engage in green practices on and off campus and combat food insecurity through discussions and participation at the Open Petal Farm.
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- 赌钱app可以微信提现 and the Community to increase engagement sustainability initiatives, implement a sustainable transportation plan, increase community partnerships, measure and monitor social, environmental and economic sustainability metrics and performance indicators, resulting in a Gold designation from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
The College has achieved these goals by:
- Creating an incentive for students to enroll in Sustainable Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship.
- Implementing a $1-per-credit-hour student fee to finance ideas tied to the Sustainability Initiatives Fund.
- Diverting 50% of 赌钱app可以微信提现 waste by 2016.
- Achieving 15% of renewable energy by 2020.
- Earning the Silver designation in our 2019-2020 reporting period from the AASHE.
Sustainability Awards and Recognitions
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- 2021 - Director honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Climate + Energy Project in Hutchinson, Kansas
- 2021 - Champion of Sustainability Award by the American College Personnel Association
- 2019 - Top 10 Performer in AASHE's 2019 Sustainable Campus Index
- 2019 - Sierra Club's Cool Schools in North America
- 2019 - 10-year agreement to offset energy production
- 2017-2021 - STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement
Sustainability Reports
- AASHE Campus Report – February 2022 AASHE Report - In June 2017, 赌钱app可以微信提现 completed the requirements to be rated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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Recycling Statistics
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Composting Statistics
- 795,897 pounds of food waste has been composted since 2011—enough to feed 398 Americans for a year!
- 385,385 pounds of wood waste has been recycled since 2011—the equivalent to five 2,000-square-foot homes.
- Approximately 566,760 pounds of compost has been created for use on the campus farm since 2011.
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Energy Statistics
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Noel-Levitz Survey Data
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