Posts Tagged ‘SSI’
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Wednesday, May 29th between the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 pm for our last Repair Fair of the year!
Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things.
Save money, save natural resources and be part of a DIY [...]
Tags: Alternative transportation, Event, SSI, Waste Reduction
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
At OSU, we have been celebrating Earth Day ever since the first one in 1970. But we’re too hardcore for just one day of observance of this amazing planet we live on, so we celebrate for a full week! Hence: Earth Week, a week of fun and educational activities geared toward raising environmental awareness and [...]
Tags: Alternative transportation, earth week, Energy, Event, Food, Landscape, OSUsed Store, SSI, Sustainability Office, Transportation, Waste Reduction
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
OSU received 98 points out of a possible 99 as a ‘green’ school in the latest edition of “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition.” The Princeton Review analyzes data from the survey about the schools’ course offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation to measure their commitment [...]
Tags: leadership, SSI, Sustainability Office
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Congratulations for the Res. Hall Eco-Challenge Month winners, Weatherford for recycling and Hawley for electricity!
Weatherford recycled the most, 3.1 pounds per person over the three weeks, and won the RecycleMania Res. Hall trophy.
Hawley used the least amount of electricity compared to an earlier baseline, and won a certificate.
See the full results here and learn about [...]
Tags: Contest, Energy, RecycleMania, SSI, Waste Reduction
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
Oregon State University and the Department of Student Leadership and Involvement (SLI) invite applications for our newly created Student Sustainability Advisor. This position is 12-month, 1.0 FTE professional faculty appointment. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Applications are due by March 31, 2013.
The Student Sustainability Advisor is charged with supporting and advising the STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY [...]
Tags: Job, SSI, staff
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Come to the Recycling Warehouse at 644 SW 13th Street on Wednesday, February 27th between the hours of 5 and 7 pm for our Repair Fair!
Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things (see list below for what’s on offer this time)! Repair demonstrations also offered. Save [...]
Tags: Alternative transportation, Event, SSI, Waste Reduction
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
RecycleMania is a 10-week national recycling competition between universities, which started Sunday and runs through March 30. We are offering events and other opportunities every week; here’s the line-up for the next couple weeks:
RecycleMania Kickoff Display: January 22-25, Memorial Union Quad
January Repair Fair: Monday, January 28, 6:00-8:00 pm, Recycling Warehouse, 644 SW 13th St.
Res. [...]
Tags: career services, design, Event, OSUsed Store, RecycleMania, SSI, Waste Reduction
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
Want a break from your busy schedule, and a chance to do something hands-on and fun with others who are interested in recycling?
Come to our Jellyfish Sculpture Construction Party this Thursday, January 17 at 5:00-7:30 pm in the OSU recycling warehouse!
There you can lend a hand building a trio of giant jellyfish out of film [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
We want to know what YOU want to see happen for RecycleMania 2013 (Jan 20 – March 30)!
Background
RecycleMania is a 10-week competition for U.S. college and university recycling programs to see who can recycle the most! OSU competes both nationally, as well as locally in the RecycleMania Civil War, created by OSU and the UO [...]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
On November 15, OSU hosted its second annual special recycling collection event in the Memorial Union Brick Mall for America Recycles Day.
The purpose of the event was to give the opportunity to recycle hard-to-recycle items all in one convenient location, as well as educate people about recycling and waste reduction all year long. Materials collected [...]
Tags: Event, SSI, Waste Reduction
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