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Vanessa & Jen ’ s Service Learning Adventures

Vanessa & Jen ’ s Service Learning Adventures. Sustainable World Reports from the Field. OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.

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Vanessa & Jen ’ s Service Learning Adventures

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  1. Vanessa & Jen’sService LearningAdventures Sustainable World Reports from the Field

  2. OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY • The mission of the sustainability office is to use the strengths of George Mason University - innovation, responsiveness, flexibility, and community strength - to provide leadership in environmental, social, and economic stewardship on our campuses and throughout the local and global communities of which we are a part.

  3. MENTORS  ECO SUPERHEROS • LENNA STORM • Sustainability coordinator • DANIELLE WYMAN • Sustainability projects specialist

  4. SO WHAT DID WE DO? • RECYCLING SURVEYS • 352 responses • Determine Mason community’s knowledge • Recycling audit

  5. WORKS IN PROGRESS.. • Designing interior recycling centers • “One stop spot for everyone’s recycling needs!”

  6. WORKS IN PROGRESS.. • Composting food waste on campus • UVA model • Outsourcing • Transportation • Involvement

  7. COURSE RELATIONSHIP • Christopher Uhl • Three-step process of developing sustainability indicators • Edwards • Ecology/environment • Economy/employment • Equity/equality

  8. COURSE RELATIONSHIP • Orr – “Four Challenges of Sustainability” • “2. The transition to sustainability will require a marked improvement and creativity in the arts of citizenship and governance. There are some things that can be done only by an alert citizenry.” • “3. The third challenge…is to inform the discretion of the public through greatly improved education. Students of all ages will need the kind of education and skills appropriate to building a society with fewer cars but more bicycles and trains; fewer power plants but more windmills and solar collectors; fewer supermarkets and more farmer’s markets…”

  9. WHAT DID WE LEARN? • Students need motivation and education! • Communication • Effective citizenship • Strategic problem-solving • Valuing

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