Dickinson College
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

The sustainability newsletter is managed by a student intern in the Center for Sustainability Education. It is a bi-weekly e-publication produced in MailChimp and is distributed to an actively managed list of over 1,400 students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members, and sustainability partners. The newsletter provides current information about sustainability events, programs, opportunities, job opportunities and achievements. Users can subscribe to the newsletter in a variety of ways and campaigns are conducted every semester to encourage subscriptions.

https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2752/sustainability_newsletter

The Center for Sustainable Living (Treehouse), Althouse Hall, Waidner Admissions House, the Rector Science Complex (James and Stuart Halls), and the Durden Athletic Training Center, all LEED gold certified, have multiple signs in the buildings to showcase green building features. Althouse has additional signage that details its LEED score. High Street Residence Hall, our LEED platinum residence hall, has signage detailing LEED features. Green building features are also highlighted online, and full LEED submission reports are available for review. This highlights many of the building design, construction, and operational highlights that make this building very sustainable.

We also have a campuswide sustainability signage program that includes features such as edible landscaping, solar power, biking, electric car charging stations, bioswales, sustainable landscapes, and water-filling stations. These are located at over 15 locations across campus.

Sustainability "green tours" of campus are provided by the Admissions Department in partnership with the Center for Sustainability Education (CSE) staff and student interns. These are an official visit option, available by request and on a regular schedule. Special tour programs are also offered for a variety of events, including alumni weekend, admissions visit days, and Parents and Family Weekend. Sustainability tours are also available upon request from any visitor through CSE.

A sustainability walking tour of the Dickinson farm is offered by student farmers and farm staff upon request. A podcast for the farm tour is available online for self-guided visits.

Additionally, a Google map of all sustainability projects, programs and locations is posted on our website, and visitors are directed to this resource for self-guided visits.

Our campus sustainability map with all features is available here:
https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2488/campus_community

Our Eco-Reps website is an online resource for prospective and current students, especially during move-in, orientation, and throughout the first-year experience. This online resource provides students with ways to conserve energy, tips for green living, and ways to pack/purchase more sustainably when starting at Dickinson. This site houses our Green Guide, green packing list and Green Devil certification program available for online viewing or download.

This information and links are provided in newsletters distributed from the Office of Residence Life to incoming students and families each summer via e-mail and social media as part of the orientation and welcome week process.

https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2977/eco-reps/4

Dickinson’s comprehensive Sustainability Report highlights important achievements and the backdrop from which they emerged. This publication is produced both in a print (limited) and electronic publication.

The overarching goal of our sustainability initiative is to create a learning environment that prepares our students to participate in creating an equitable, environmentally aware and sustainable society. This reports highlights that progress and outcomes.

https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2196/performance

Dickinson is committed to sharing the latest news, opportunities, and events related to sustainability and supports a broad-spectrum approach of inclusive ways to reach our diverse audiences. We employ students to work solely on sustainability outreach for the college and community through the internship program at the Center for Sustainability Education. We support print and digital publications, social media, blogs, a sustainability e-newsletter, signage, and extensive web resources to diversify sustainability at Dickinson.