October 30, 2023

Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop Is November 3

Sustainability workshop on campusHow green is your office?

Share ideas about implementing or expanding environmentally friendly practices on campus with colleagues from all departments at the free Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop on Friday, November 3. Registration is still open and repeat participants are welcome.

The University’s Green Office Program (GOP) is an example of how the Brandywine Project workshops can inspire. GOP was developed by a small team of WCU staff members motivated to make a change through conversations during breakout sessions of one of the Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshops. The program now offers our employees helpful guides divided into separate information sheets: transportation, energy use, dining and catering, waste and recycling, purchasing, working digitally, and campus printing. Checklists encourage users to track progress; the sheets include links, contact information, and useful facts.

In addition, the Green Office Team has created a Green Office Community Sharepoint site where WCU employees can connect and share ideas and resources. The idea is to encourage everyone in the campus community to help the University’s Green Office Program evolve and improve.

Since the first Brandywine Project workshop in the fall 2017 semester, more than 140 WCU employees have participated, meeting and networking with colleagues, learning about progress on the University’s ambitious sustainability goals, and contributing thoughts about collaborative solutions.

The Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop takes place Friday, November 3, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in SECC 101-A. Light vegetarian breakfast and lunch are included.

 

More Cross-disciplinary Learning

In addition, you can increase your knowledge with the weekly Sustainability Research and Practice Seminars that the Office of Sustainability organizes. Offered at noon each Wednesday, you can attend in person in Sykes Student Union 255 A/B or via Zoom at https://wcupa.zoom.us/j/91259797459, password 194422. Most of these presentations are recorded and archived on the Digital Commons website. The remaining programs for the semester are:

November 1: Devin Arne, Music Theory, History, & Composition – Listening to the Gordon Natural Area: Field Recording as means of connecting with the more than human world.

November 8: Jordan Schugar, English; Rebecca Chancellor, Anthropology and Sociology; Aaron Rundus, Psychology; Trachanda Garcia, Global Engagement Office; and Thierry Amiable, Forest of Hope Association – Sharing Resources with Rwanda: Multidisciplinary Opportunities for Community Engagement with the Forest of Hope Association in the Gishwati-Mukura National Park.

November 15: Greg Turner, Biology – Lichen ecosystem services and a study from the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

 

Sustainability Council

The next meeting of the Sustainability Council is Friday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m. in SECC Ballroom A (101A) or via Zoom. Anyone can attend; contact Sustainability Council Chair Aliza Richman or Office of Sustainability Director Brad Flamm for more information.

For more information on the Brandywine Project, the Sustainability Research and Practice Seminars , the Green Office Program, and other sustainability topics, visit the Office of Sustainability website.

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