The information presented here is self-reported. Beyond that time, we think the new system for recycling (the trucks, carts, and single stream) will improve recycling numbers. We anticipate the first few months of 2015 will show some adjustment to the new system. The College recycling program is expected to resume by February 2015. The recycling trucks are hybrid hydraulic which will make waste management operations much more green. The City acquired new refuse and recycling trucks by December 2014. It should be noted that recycling numbers will be very poor for this time period. For the almost the entirety of 2014, the College did not have a reliable way to get the majority of our recyclables to the recycling center since the City hauls college recyclables. In 2014, the City of Oberlin's city service complex housing all the refuse and recycling trucks caught fire and all the trucks were destroyed. Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts: Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers New locations have been added in 2014-2015, including DeCafe, the most popular cafe on campus.ĭoes the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?: CDS also installed a compost pulper pulp to facilitate composting this material.The OSCA dining co-ops also send pre-and-post consumer organics to be composted. PA-13: Committee on Investor ResponsibilityĪt the largest campus dining facility students scrape off their post-consumer food waste (in a clear bin so that they have to face their leftovers).
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups OP-24: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion OP-21: Support for Sustainable Transportation OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance Orr’s talk is sponsored by the Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the President.EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications "He lives and breathes the Oberlin Project, which is an excellent example of town-gown cooperation and is not only socially beneficial but economically sound. immigrants historically created enclaves of people who supported one another to make a more hospitable environment," said Baust. Orr’s message is that communities need all of their citizens working together for the greater good, not unlike how U.S. Department of Energy named it "one of 30 milestone buildings of the 20th century." college building powered entirely by sunlight. college campus, Oberlin’s Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, which purifies all of its wastewater and is the first U.S.
In 1996 Orr organized the effort to design the first substantially green building on a U.S. He is the author of seven books, including Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse, and co-editor of three others, and the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. Orr is counselor to the president at Oberlin College, where he was the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics from 2002-14. "He inspires people to become involved in their communities." Joseph Baust, program developer for Longwood’s Center of Excellence for Environmental Education.
Orr is a titan in the fields of community renewal, sustainable communities and environmental education," said Dr. Orr is executive director of the Oberlin Project, a joint effort by the city of Oberlin, Oberlin College and private and institutional partners to revitalize that community’s economy, eliminate carbon emissions, restore local agriculture, food supply and forestry, and create a sustainable base for economic and community development. in Jarman Auditorium on "What Can We Do Together: Community and University Working Together Sustainably." Orr will speak Thursday, April 2, at 7 p.m. David Orr, an environmentalist who helped launch the green campus movement and is leading a community-university partnership to improve his college town’s environmental sustainability, will speak at Longwood University during Earth Month.