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Leaving a Legacy Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects

Leaving a Legacy Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects. Chase Schulte Gators Going Green – Director of Student Outreach. Christian Blue Campus Division Manager. Agenda:. How Did We Get Here? Program Overview Outcomes / Impact Insights / Hindsights

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Leaving a Legacy Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects

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  1. Leaving a Legacy Moving From Implementation to Integration of Student Run Projects Chase Schulte Gators Going Green – Director of Student Outreach Christian Blue Campus Division Manager

  2. Agenda: • How Did We Get Here? • Program Overview • Outcomes / Impact • Insights / Hindsights • Feedback / Q&A

  3. Chase Schulte 2010-Present (the abridged version) • 3rd year student at University of Florida • Freshman year signed on as Eco-Rep • Promoted Sustainability within Res Life • Awarded internship sophomore year • Majoring in Sustainability in the Built Environment • Rebuilding Together • Director of Student Outreach for the Gators Going Green program

  4. Christian Blue (as he relates to BWB) • Online Bookseller • Students and Bookstores since 2002 • Triple Bottom Line Social Venture and Bcorp (http://www.bcorporation.net/) • I came to BWB in 2007 • Started Leading Campus in 2009 • AASHE Member in 2010 • Students are dissatisfied with their buyback options • Books end up in the waste stream • Resulting in our campus having an outrageous trash bill • And we’re trying to make our entire campus body more aware of sustainable choices in their day to day

  5. Start your business case with “Why” Because… • A good book should never be thrown away • Books contain knowledge and knowledge is the key to opportunity • One person’s trash is another’s treasure • The “value” of a book is not limited to it’s buyback price, price per ton

  6. Any Given Campus… • Students have limited options for their unwanted books • Recycling or Landfill are the accessible next steps • Students can benefit from more opportunity to directly impact their community, their world Better World Books • Fills in the gap between keeping it local and paper pulp

  7. Then Add “What” Therefore we need… • A new innovative waste diversion program • That is budget friendly/revenue generating • Through complete campus engagement • And serves as a beacon of sustainability

  8. Approvals • Who will this impact positively, negatively? • Who can help launch your project?

  9. How’d we do it (30,000ft) • Identified campus departments to involve • Invited them together to discuss mutual benefits • Define the process with key players • Implementation • Evaluation

  10. Program Overview Implementation • Bookstore on boarded • Delivered a position description to attract the best student leaders (AKA Chase Schulte) • Sustainability team engaged • Meetings with buyback leaders to set expectations • Collection bins deployed and serviced • Books boxed, consolidated and shipped

  11. Sustainable Impact: People • The National Center for Family Literacy receives funding from books sold to continue their family literacy programming • Students gain increased exposure to sustainability in action. • Unsellable textbooks were donated to Books for Africa when appropriate. • Better World Books supports over 350 full time jobs with benefits Over $6 million raised for literacy and over 6 million books donated

  12. Sustainable Impact: Planet • 1000lbs diverted from landfill in just 2 weeks! • The equivalent of: • 9 trees • over 5,000gal of water • 1 cubic yard of Gainesville, FL landfill space • over 750lbs of ghg • Books sold are shipped carbon balanced

  13. Sustainable impact: Profit • Money saved on your campus trash bill • Money from book sales for your campus • Money from book sales for worldwide literacy initiatives • Bookstore gains a caused based marketing strategy

  14. How would we do it in hindsight • Earlier start • Help bookstore with training buyback staff • Press release to campus newspaper / Awareness campaign • Invite residence hall move out to participate • Invite academic depts to an “office wash” mid term • Identify local literacy/education initiative to benefit

  15. Tools for Leaving a Legacy • Position description • Integrate departments • Deliverable value proposition for all • Educate the next generation • Compete • Stay involved

  16. Feedback / Q & A We’d like to know about: • your successes • your obstacles • your interests • your questions EMAIL CBLUE@BETTERWORLDBOOKS.COM or CHASE4279@UFL.EDU

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