Sustainability Education

Another exciting element of Wake Forest Sustainability Week is our partnership with Facilities Management. Together, we will work to further inform students about the concept of sustainability and it merits. Some of the methods we will use to promote sustainability include:

1.  Small Blue Recycling Bins: Facilities would like to promote the use of the small blue recycling bins in residence halls and offices/classrooms.  Facilities will provide us with few hundred of these items and they will be distributed to students who pledge to use them ONLY for recycling materials in their dorm rooms (not as a trash can).

2.  Campus Recycling Data: Facilities has a matrix that shows the quantities of recycling the campus has done this year.  We would like to blow this up to show how much we currently recycle/reuse on campus.

3.  Electric cart: There is a possibility that we will be able to display one of the electric utility carts that Facilities is considering buying for campus use by staff.  

4.  Green Cleaning:  Facilities is willing to provide samples of new green cleaning chemicals and papers. We could also provide literature to show how those products are more green than other cleaning supplies.

In addition to these ideas, we are currently investigating other means of promoting sustainability.