Olivia Kirkland, PROPS Program Coordinator

1. Olivia Kirkland, PROPS Program Coordinator

2. The Sustainability Office collaborates with students, staff, and faculty to implement projects which work to institutionalize sustainability and bring UCSC closer to reaching the goals outlined in the Campus Sustainability Plan. The UCSC Sustainability Office works to foster a culture of sustainability across the UCSC campus. 

3. Funding Sources for PROPS • Student Fee measures: • UCSC Carbon Fund • UCSC Campus Sustainability Council (CSC)

4. PROPS Overview The Sustainability Office's Green Office Certification Program, PROPS, works with UCSC's faculty and staff to implement sustainable practices into the workplace. This is accomplished through: • Creating a Green Team • Office Energy, Waste, and Sustainable Behavior Assessments • Educational Workshops and Commitment Plans • Certification based upon Assessment Results

5. Step 1: Create a Green Team • Consists of 2-4 staff from the office   • Their main responsibility is to act as a liaison between the office and PROPS staff. *The Green Team should be comprised of staff whom have a genuine interest in both encouraging their peers to make the move towards sustainability and in setting a prime example of how a sustainable staff should manage oneself.*

6. Step 2: Conduct Office Assessments 3-5 Week Process • The Sustainable Office Assessment defines appropriate starting points for each office. • Assessments look at office behaviors regarding: • Purchasing • Recycling/Waste • Paper/Printing • Computers • Energy • Lighting • Travel and Transportation • Kitchen and Shared Areas • Innovation

7. Step 2: Office Assessments Continued •  General Behavior Assessment • Using a predetermined score sheet, office practices are assessed by PROPS team members.  • Behavioral survey helps PROPS to understand individual behaviors

8. Step 2: Office Assessments Continued Energy Assessment • Use energy audit tools such as: • Lux meter • Kill-o-watt meter • Discriminator • Calculate phantom loads and other energy conservation or efficiency measures.

9. Step 2: Office Assessments Continued Waste Assessment • Characterize employee behavior regarding trash and recycling. • Office’s waste stream is evaluated and weighed.

10. Step 3: Sustainability Workshop • Before the workshop we meet with the office Green Team to report back assessment results and recommendations. • During the Sustainability Workshop we: • Present results of assessments to all office staff • Facilitate a brainstorming session where staff can identify their three commitments to sustainability • Present their Green Office Certification based upon current level if they so choose.

11.  Step 4: Commitment Plan Implementation • PROPS provides offices with appropriate next steps toward gaining a higher certification level or simply to advance sustainable practices.  • After the office's workshop, PROPS aids them in implementing their commitments.

12. Step 5: Office Certification • Based on office sustainability practices and commitment plan implementation, offices receive a Green Office Certification. • This certification has four tiers based on point levels: • 1. Seed • 2. Sprout • 3. Sapling • 4. Tree

13. FollowUp • After 3 months follow-up meetings are had with office Green Teams to address concerns, feedback, and further improvements. • PROPS provides offices a resource guide to aid them in understanding campus sustainability initiatives and ways in which they can utilize services.

14. PROPS4Slugs • Provides students with the opportunity to institutionalize sustainability! • The Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) allows students to learn of sustainable office practices and gain hands-on experience through participation in office assessments.

15. Why this model works • Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) • Student led • Catering to individual office’s specific needs

16. Obstacles • Accountability • Campus policies • Unsupportive staff

17. Contact Info Questions? Olivia Kirkland, Outreach and Education Internokirklan@ucsc.edu