student conservation association

Student Conservation Association

Erica Larson

The Green Up TeamMission Statement: The Green Up Team is committed to reducing SCA's ecological footprint by encouraging environmentally responsible behavior through research, education and promotion at the organizational and individual levels.

• The GUT is made up of staff from all departments, regions and field offices.

• Each member has permission to take time away

from their position to work on Green Up Team efforts.

• The team is divided into subcommittees which focus on specific aspects of sustainability

• Each has a list of short term and long term goals

Subcommittees

• Transportation

• Energy Usage

• Education

• Product Use

• Composting

• Recycling

• Community Outreach

My Day at SCA• Full Green Up Team meetings

• Subcommittee meetings

• Hours of research

• Troubleshooting

• Phone and E-mail communications

• Preparation for presentations

Environmental Education with Erica

• A presentation each month during the Green Up Team meetings

-Topics Have Included:• Native Energy – Carbon Offsetting• Low/No VOC paints• Solar Panels• Geothermal Energy

Current Big Projects• Implementation of SCA’s own community

garden

• Educational materials on the new LEED certified building

• Calculating SCA’s carbon footprint

• The second day of SCA’s first Earth Day Celebration happens tomorrow!

Quantifying SCA’s carbon footprint• 4,000,000 miles flown on Milne tickets in 2008 (staff and

members). This doesn’t include tickets purchased outside of Milne, nor staff and member vehicle travel.– We have since changed companies and now require all SCA to

make travel plans through this company. It will be much easier to track our staff travel next year!

• We’ll be spending 2009 calculating SCA’s baseline carbon footprint in the following areas:

• Travel by plane• All types of vehicle travel by staff and members

(including commuting)• Heating and cooling• Electricity consumption• Paper consumption

SCA’s Footprint

• I have spent many hours compiling data on SCA’s 2008 usage of the following:– Electricity– Oil– Water & bottled water

The last chart I swear…

• There is a lot more to do!

There are many more aspects to incorporate in our footprint!

There is a lot that I have not been able to gather (so far) about the regional offices!

Alternative Transportation Committee

• OUR PURPOSE:

• “To encourage alternative transportation as much as possible and to think strategically about SCA’s collective travel impact.”

Justin Laue races to work in Oakland

Alternative Transportation Accomplishments

For the year of 2008, SCA staff started participating in our SCA wide

Alternative Transportation Program (ATP).  The results were phenomenal, see below. 

3001 days carpooled784 days telecommuted

1845 days biked511 days walked

1835 days publicly transportedTotal:  7,976 days!

95 Staff participated!

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Pete, Patty H, Rick& Hannah -- BrattleboroTo Charlestown

Liz, Em & Robin commuting

Keep moving

alternatively, SCA!

Earth Day at SCA Charlestown, NH

• SCA headquarters in Charlestown, NH has never before put on an Earth Day celebration

• This year we’re doing it!

Wednesday April 15th, 2009

• A group of SCA staff took 20 students from Stevens High School in Claremont, NH to clean up a trail near their school!

I had fun finding a REALLY old Pepsi can!

• We even had an ATV club to help us haul trash, tires, and carpets out of the park!

Saturday April 18th 2009

• #5 Plastics collection• Old cellular phone collection• Activities

– Tours of the Green building– Kids craft table– In Jeopardy bike – includes quiz questions

about the environment– Recruiting booth– Mock base camp

Anyone need a Practicum?

• We’re looking for my replacement!

the work goes on…

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