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Sustainable NSCC Students: Green Sleeves

This is a guide for students at NSCC interested in making the campus more sustainable and in pursuing an environmental career.

Environmental Biking Librarian/Mobilist

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Elizabeth Heffington
She/Her
Contact:
White Bridge Road campus
615-446-3967

Transportation Survey

How do you get to campus?

Transportation Survey
Bicycle: 3 votes (5.45%)
Walk: 1 votes (1.82%)
Bus: 8 votes (14.55%)
Electric vehicle: 5 votes (9.09%)
Gasoline Car (SOV): 37 votes (67.27%)
Ride Share: 1 votes (1.82%)
Total Votes: 55

Bicycle Parking on campus

Do you know where the bicycle parking racks are on campus?

Bicycle Parking on campus
Yes: 27 votes (55.1%)
No: 22 votes (44.9%)
Total Votes: 49

Location of bicycle parking racks?

Where should the bicycle parking be located?

Location of bicycle parking racks?
Next to the buildings: 21 votes (48.84%)
Under cover: 15 votes (34.88%)
In the car parking lot: 7 votes (16.28%)
Total Votes: 43

Would you be interested in carpooling?

Would you be interested in carpooling?
Yes: 27 votes (67.5%)
No: 13 votes (32.5%)
Total Votes: 40

Paper recycling

Would you recycle paper if there were bins on campus for students to use?

Paper recycling
Yes: 45 votes (97.83%)
No: 1 votes (2.17%)
Total Votes: 46

Electric car charging stations

Would you like to see electric vehicle charging stations on campus?

Electric car charging stations
Yes: 36 votes (87.8%)
No: 5 votes (12.2%)
Total Votes: 41

How often do you recycle plastic bottles/cans on campus?

How often do you recycle plastic bottles/cans on campus?
I always look for a recycling container to recycle my bottles and cans in.: 27 votes (64.29%)
I sometimes look for a recycling container to recycle my bottles and cans in.: 7 votes (16.67%)
I never look for a recycling container to recycle my bottles and cans in.: 2 votes (4.76%)
I throw trash wherever I find any kind of trash can: 5 votes (11.9%)
I throw it on the ground. It's not my problem.: 1 votes (2.38%)
Total Votes: 42

Would you be ok with e-mail updates?

If Yes, please email jessica.rabb@nscc.edu, or the Environmental Biking Librarian (using the Librarian box above)

Would you be ok with e-mail updates?
Yes: 27 votes (90%)
No: 3 votes (10%)
Total Votes: 30

Environmental Librarian Blog and others

Labels for "trash" bins:

Recycling bin message

 "Way to go!

 Saves more $ than landfilling trash

Saves valuable land"

 Recycling: giving second, third, and endless chances.

Climate Politics

The AWAY Project

Environmental quotations

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
- Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax"

"The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard."
- Gaylord Nelson, former governor of Wisconsin, co-founder of Earth Day

If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, composted or recycled then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.
- Berkeley Ecology Center

Environment Science

Green Sleeves documents

Environmental Concerns Committee

NSCC faculty and staff committee.