| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 68.39 |
| Liaison | Marianne Martin |
| Submission Date | Sept. 22, 2021 |
University of Colorado Boulder
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.56 / 4.00 |
Marianne
Martin Associate Director Environmental Center |
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Part 1. Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer, sustainability educators program
35,528
Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
34,275
Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
96.47
1st program
Residence Hall Eco-Reps
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
EcoReps is a program for students who would like to blend their interests in sustainability with a desire to develop some valuable leadership skills—all while living in a residence hall community.
This group of first- and second-year students embarks on a year-long journey to learn about sustainability and green living through experience-based classes, field trips and training sessions. EcoReps then share this new-found knowledge with their residence hall communities through active programming and dialogue that builds community and provides invaluable professional experience for the EcoReps themselves.
This group of first- and second-year students embarks on a year-long journey to learn about sustainability and green living through experience-based classes, field trips and training sessions. EcoReps then share this new-found knowledge with their residence hall communities through active programming and dialogue that builds community and provides invaluable professional experience for the EcoReps themselves.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All students living in on-campus residence halls.
Number of trained student educators (1st program):
25
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
4
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
3,200
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
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2nd program
Residential Sustainability Outreach: Eco-Visits, Green Teams
A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
ECO-Visits is a free service for students living both on and off-campus that saves energy, water, and money! The main goal of the program is to help student renters save money while reducing their ecological footprint. We make it easy and even fun by providing them with the tools and information they need in a free home visit. First level involves a basic assessment and an eco-kit. Second level involves installation of improvements such as weather stripping and faucet aerators. Prior to 2020 residential programs consisted of energy green teams, zero waste green teams, eco-visits. Restructuring of resources and strategy merged these programs into a cohesive ECO-Buffs program.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
1- All students living on campus in residence halls and graduate and familiy housing. 2- All students living off campus in City of Boulder.
Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
15
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
6
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
2,880
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
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3rd program
Green Labs
A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
CU Green Labs Student Assistants are usually undergraduate students hired by the CU Green Labs Program in their freshman or sophomore year to accomplish a wide variety of functions for the program including peer-to-peer outreach in campus laboratories. Examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities include delivering event and specialized recycling flyers directly to laboratories and discussing these topics with lab members, doing outreach to labs about new opportunities to conserve resources in labs such as offering free waterless condensers for chemical reactions for labs to try, and outreach to labs to line up an “Eco Leader” in each lab who serves as an important point of contact between the lab and CU Green Labs.
CU Green Labs also has four paid Team Leads, which are graduate student peer-to-peer educators. They outreach to some of the same departments targeted by our student assistants. In addition, CU Green Labs Eco Leaders can be students, faculty, or staff that are champions of lab sustainability in within their own labs. We have about 150 Eco Leaders in labs on campus, of 400 total labs.
CU Green Labs also has four paid Team Leads, which are graduate student peer-to-peer educators. They outreach to some of the same departments targeted by our student assistants. In addition, CU Green Labs Eco Leaders can be students, faculty, or staff that are champions of lab sustainability in within their own labs. We have about 150 Eco Leaders in labs on campus, of 400 total labs.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
Students performing research in lab environment
Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
8
Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
42
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
6
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
2,016
Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
Additional programs
Green Greeks: Greek Sustainability at the University of Colorado at Boulder aims to help the Greek houses become more environmentally friendly and energy efficient. Zero Waste Outreach Team: this team of students holds programming for the campus-wide community to educate about waste reduction initiatives, recycling procedures. Energy Outreach Team: this team of students holds programming for the campus-wide community to education about energy efficiency and renewable energy actions that make an impact on climate. Transportation Outreach: bus and bike ambassadors educate student commuters about safety and how to get around in a less polluting mode.
Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
14
Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
32
Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
6
Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
2,688
Part 2. Educator hours per student served by a peer-to-peer educator program
10,784
Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.31
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