| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 67.63 |
| Liaison | Konrad Schlarbaum |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
EN-5: Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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4.00 / 4.00 |
Konrad
Schlarbaum Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at students and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes
Has the institution held a sustainability-related outreach campaign during the previous three years that was directed at employees and yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes
1st campaign
Positive Impact Points (PIPs):
A brief description of the campaign:
The PIPs Program is a mobile app which rewards students, faculty and staff for actions they take that have a positive outcome for the environment, their health, or the community with PIPs, Positive Impact Points. PIPs are awarded through QR code scans. Students who download the app and log in using their UCCS login can earn Positive Impact Points (PIPs) for actions that benefit personal wellness, the environment and community good. Using the PIPs for School feature on the app, students can then turn the PIPs they earn into a scholarship to pay toward their tuition and fees.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign:
UCCS saw 920 students join the PIPs for School (P4S) program in September 2019. By the program’s end, in July 2022, there were 2,865 student users. After removing all students who had graduated or had not enrolled from the roster each fall, the program added an average of 648 new student users each year. UCCS PIPs users took an average of 83,000 sustainable actions a year, with the three most popular actions in 2021-22 being refilling water bottles, recycling on campus, and taking a tour of the UCCS Sustainability Demonstration House. Over the three-year program, 121 grants totaling $41,767 were awarded to P4S student users. As of June 2022, student users had reduced 161,476 lbs of carbon. Driving decreased by 13% among PIPs users, there was an increase in reusables, and student users exercised more regularly. The PIPs program was discontinued in the Fall of 2022 due to funding constraints and a lack of data on users practicing new sustainable behaviors.
https://gaf.uccs.edu/projects/projects-funded/pips-pilot-program, https://uccs.academicworks.com/opportunities/3015, https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=126009, https://pipseducationfund.org/cale-k/
https://gaf.uccs.edu/projects/projects-funded/pips-pilot-program, https://uccs.academicworks.com/opportunities/3015, https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=126009, https://pipseducationfund.org/cale-k/
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2nd campaign
CU President's Sustainable Solutions Challenge 2023
A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):
The CU President’s Office invites students to present their ideas for sustainable innovations and solutions in competition for a cash prize. The CU President’s Sustainable Solutions Challenge (PSSC) is a competition series that seeks to encourage student-led innovation in sustainability at UCCS or throughout the entire CU System.
For the competition, students (as individuals or teams) are invited to develop short-pitch presentations that propose sustainability solutions that provide long-term financial, social, and environmental benefits at UCCS or throughout the CU System. Qualifying teams presented their ideas to a panel of judges and were evaluated on how well they understand the problem, develop a sustainable solution, and discuss the impact and feasibility of the idea. The finalist pitch night was held on December 1st.
https://sustain.uccs.edu/pssc
For the competition, students (as individuals or teams) are invited to develop short-pitch presentations that propose sustainability solutions that provide long-term financial, social, and environmental benefits at UCCS or throughout the CU System. Qualifying teams presented their ideas to a panel of judges and were evaluated on how well they understand the problem, develop a sustainable solution, and discuss the impact and feasibility of the idea. The finalist pitch night was held on December 1st.
https://sustain.uccs.edu/pssc
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):
In 1st Place, $1,000- Dailyn McAdoo. Topic: innovative approach to improve the soil at UCCS Farm using hugelkulture systems, which involves creating raised beds filled with decaying wood and organic matter.
2nd Place, $750- Ellie Carroll. Topic: Transportation accessibility on campus in regards to extending the UCCS shuttle route to University Village primarily for students to obtain groceries.
3rd Place, $500- Madeline Metzger. Topic: Addressing food waste and food insecurity on campus through offering more to-go containers, increasing food donations to Clyde's Cupboard, and better data and communication on our waste diversion data.
2nd Place, $750- Ellie Carroll. Topic: Transportation accessibility on campus in regards to extending the UCCS shuttle route to University Village primarily for students to obtain groceries.
3rd Place, $500- Madeline Metzger. Topic: Addressing food waste and food insecurity on campus through offering more to-go containers, increasing food donations to Clyde's Cupboard, and better data and communication on our waste diversion data.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://uccs.academicworks.com/opportunities/3015, https://communique.uccs.edu/?p=126009, https://pipseducationfund.org/cale-k/
https://sustain.uccs.edu/pssc
https://sustain.uccs.edu/pssc
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