jennifer joslin lori manson terrie minner the university of oregon one less hand-out?: a roundtable...

JENNIFER JOSLINLORI MANSON

TERRIE MINNER

THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

One Less Hand-out?: A Roundtable Discussion about Eco-Friendly Advising

The Plan

It’s not trivialVampiresKey trendsNext steps!

Living Green: It’s Not Trivial

1. A typical computer, monitor, and associated peripherals , if left on all day, can easily consume __________ cents worth of electricity a day (or $____ /year/system).  

Living Green: It’s Not Trivial

2. Energy efficient laptops consume $ ____ of power per year.

Living Green: It’s Not Trivial

5. An example of an “energy vampire” is:

a)The office microwaveb)Rechargeable battery-pack for the office dust-buster or cell phone

c)The office television or VCR d)All of the above

Living Green: It’s Not Trivial

6. About 9% of your buildings’ facilities costs come from:

a)Lightingb)Coolingc)Heatingd)Energy used by vending machines, computers, and drinking fountains

Living Green: It’s Not Trivial

We order ____ reams of paper every year in our office and it’s ____ % post-consumer recycled paper

How Are Vampires Involved Again?

Common terms: oSustainabilityoEnergy vampiresoDelampingoPlug loadsoCarbon footprint

Thinking Green: Key Trends

It all started with AdvisorTrac…

Thinking Green: Key Trends

We’re asking these questions: Is it possible for advising to be sustainable? How does technology-reliance affect advising? How do we retrain ourselves and our students?

What questions are you asking?

What questions should we ask as a field?

Thinking Green: Key Trends

Collective thoughts

Thinking Green: Key Trends

Collective thoughts

Thinking Green: Key Trends

Collective thoughts

Thinking Green: Key Trends

Collective thoughts

Next Steps

Living Green: Self-assess, set goals, communicate, evaluate

Thinking Green

Living Green Resources

Checklists for office (and home) environments:

CalTechhttp://sustainability.caltech.edu/purchasing/GreenOfficeChecklist

Northwestern http://www.northwestern.edu/fm/operations/recycling/additional%20information.html (click on Sustainable Office Checklist)

Blog Resources

Great site with green blogs (in English & Spanish): National Resource Defense Fundhttp://www.nrdc.org/blogs/

The Society of Environmental Journalists regularly updates a list of environmental blogs: http://www.sej.org/resource/blogs.htm

Resources

Nationwide initiatives: Power Down for the Planet- campuses pledge to reduce energy consumption

http://www.powerdownfortheplanet.org/

For Your Web Site

“We think about our carbon footprint”

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Thanks to Katie Schumm for her technical assistance!

The University of Oregon

Office of Academic Advising

Jennifer Joslin Lori Mansonjjoslin@uoregon.edu loric@uoregon.edu

Terrie Minnertminner@uoregon.edu