Education
Ideas
This
list is compiled from all previous educational idea's lists that. The list is organized by event/campaign and
is in alphabetical order. Each
event/campaign is BLUE FONT. Other events/campaigns are referenced in PINK FONT.
Audits:
Ø
Garbage/Dumpster
Sort/Audit or Demo
Ø
Food
Waste Audit: Follow through with comparison to prior audits.
Ø
Food ware Audit of foodservices. The goal is to try to get rid of disposables.
Ø
Waste-Audit
Ø
Food
Study of Cafeteria(s)
Ø
Sustainable
Office Audits
Campaigns/General Ideas:
Ø
The
Life of Stuff
Ø
Don't
Take Recycling for Granted
Ø
Change
the perception of recycling: get specific information out so people KNOW it's
not just doing something that feels good; it saves resources, reduces
greenhouse gasses, etc.
Ø
Get
Fraternities/Sororities to host the Haute Trash Fashion Show
Ø
Buying
Recycled Content Products
Ø
Recycling
is Patriotic: it is a part of protecting
Ø
Energy
Reduction Tips for Students
Ø
Give
Away tools for a Better World: Tire Gauges, compost buckets, recycle mug, bike
lights
Ø
Neon
Kills
Ø
Anti-Trash
Recycling
Ø
Beyond
Recycling: A Guide for Change Through Student Activism
Ø
Campus
Waste exchange
Ø
Eco.
Olympics: Can Display
Ø
"Wait! Can that be Recycled?" Campaign
Ø
Packaging
Reduction Campaign
Ø
Faculty
Recycling Campaign
Ø
Compost
on Wheels
Ø
Paper
Use Reduction
Ø
Ball
of Foil
Ø
Scavenger
Hunt: Sustainability Across Campus. Have
passport stamps at sites of importance
Ø
Buy
Recycled Game: This can involve displays as well as shopping games
Ø
Eco-Pledge
for Graduates
Ø
Green
Campus Manual
Ø
Sustainability
Summit/Events Zero Waste
Ø
Ø
AFPA
schools project; surveys
Ø
Green
Textbook Initiative
Ø
Sustainability
Hero Awards
Ø
Interactive
Computer Stations on Campus: these can be used to calculate eco-footprints as
well as carbon emissions.
Ø
Refuse
RefUSE
Newspaper Commentary/Ads Ideas:
Ø
Buying
recycled- energy savings from recycling
Ø
Protect
the USA-Recycle; ads with US Flag
Ø
Commentary
on Global warming
Ø
Create
a Recycling Column
Ø
Ad
Sponsoring Places that Honor Refillables
Ø
Coffee
Discounts: Icon for offering discounts; Promote places with an ad in the local
newspaper
Earth Day:
Ø
Eco-Footprint Signs and quizzes
Ø
ACTIONS:
o
Refillables
Campaign-give away
o
Global Warming campaign
o
Trash
Audit
o
Recycle
Jeopardy)
o
Give
Aways (mugs, keychains, t-shirts, reusable bags)
o
Bike
Station for Refilling Tires and Greasing Chains
o
Give
Away Coupons for Bike Helmets and Lights
o
Costumes
o
Recycle
Family: Guerilla Theatre
Ø
SIGNS/DISPLAYS:
o
Trash
Can signs
o
"The
anatomy of a coffee cup" diagram
o
Refillable
Mug signs for Coffee Shops
o
Bottle
Bill Display: Create two piles of bottles and cans, one of deposit versus
non-deposit
o
Coffee
Discounts: Create an icon for offering discounts; promote places with an ad
Ø
Petitions:
Refillables, Bottle Bill Reform, Stop Global Warming-Recycle
Ø
SET-UP:
o
Arrange
in three sections: Knowledge, Awareness (issues) and Action
o
Set
up screen with an on-going slide show, playing socially responsible music
o
Place
signs on stakes around campus
Eco-Footprint:
Ø
Set
up booth during Earth Day that has computers
calculating one's eco-footprint.
Ø
Handouts
& Posters of 5/10 things one can do to reduce his/her eco-footprint.
Ø
Fact
Sheets based on your university, focusing specifically on EMU consumption,
reducing w4aste facts, and a brief on
Ø
Run
Newspaper Ads with trivia questions. If one emails in the correct answer s/he is
entered in a raffle for a free mug/reusable bag.
Game/Competition/ Interactive Ideas:
Ø
Recycle
Jeopardy
Ø
Sorting
Game
Ø
Stop
Global Warming Game: Have people sort recycling and give prizes. While they are sorting give them factoids on
how recycling helps reduce carbon emissions
Ø
Inter-Dorm
Competition
Ø
Ad
Competition/Talent Show: Use this to generate a pool of possible radio/TV/poster
ads. Use the winning ads and possibly
give prizes to winners.
Ø
Conduct
on the spot dorm room trash audits for prizes.
Try to televise.
Ø
Treasure
Hunt: Create a green check list with passport stamps as various locations on
campus
Ø
Guess
the Weight of the Aluminum Block/Guess the Number of Plastic Bags
Ø
Paint
a Picture in the Recycled
Ø
Get Caught Green Handed
Get Caught Green Handed:
Ø
Green
Tickets for Being "Caught" in the Act
Ø
Treasure
Hunt: Create a green check list with passport stamps as various locations on
campus
Global Warming:
Ø
Create
a car out of recyclables to show correlation between energy savings and
recycling
Ø
Petition:
o
Renewable Energy Action
o
Expansion
of the Bottle Bill
Ø
Large
display showing the effects of global warming and where energy comes from
Ø
Ø
Have
signs for people to walk around campus with factoids on their backs
Ø
Emphasize
that recycling saves energy/reduces green house gasses
Ø
Portable
Display: Beverage Containers & Global Warming
Ø
Commentary
on Global Warming
Ø
Stop
Global Warming Game
Ø
Display:
Global Warming Awareness:
o
Refillables
o
Buy
Recycled Paper
o
Water
Bottles
o
Reusable
Shopping Bags
o
Compact
Fluorescent
Ø
Reduce
Global Warming-Recycle!
Ø
How
Recycling Reduces Green House Gasses Calculators
Internship Ideas:
Ø
Visual
Media/Advertising/Marketing to help implement campaigns
Ø
Use
Environmental Studies club for Labor
Media:
Ø
Weekly
installment in Daily Emerald
Ø
Surveys
Ø
Recognizable
Mascot/Ad Campaign/Slogan
Ø
Raffles
and Promotions (once a month)
o
Public Service Announcements
Ø
New
Costumes:
o
Refillable
Mug & Water Bottle
o
Polar
Bear ("Don't Kill Bears: Stop Global Warming!")
Ø
Create
a Newsletter
Ø
Letter
Writing Campaign on Bottle Bill
Ø
MySpace
Website
Ø
Facebook
Website
Ø
MySpace
Recyclemania Website
Ø
Press
Releases for All Campaigns
Networking Ideas:
Ø
Partner
with the
Ø
Develop
a standardized PowerPoint presentation of landfill/recycling clips to have to
present to groups.
Ø
Ø
Class
raps
Public Service Announcements/Radio Ads:
Ø
Bottled
H2O
Ø
Refillables
Ø
Reusable
Bags
Ø
Compact
Fluorescents Light Bulbs
Questions to Answer:
Ø
Can
we receive sponsorship, in the form of airtime, from radio/TV stations?
Ø
How
do we affect people to get into the recycling habit? More importantly how do we get people to
really believe and know the benefits of recycling?
Recycle Mania:
Ø
Basic
Recycling:
o
Paper
Dive
o
Display
Ideas for Paper
o
Anatomy
of a Product
o
Movie
Circuit of Inconvenient Truth Showing
o
Trash
Audit
o
"Wait!
Is that Recyclable?" Campaign
o
Design
a Logo/Slogan Contest
o
Posters:
'Interviews' with Dorm Leaders on Recycling
o
Info
Posters: Series of posters with energy and recycling facts on it. Energy Savings (1 gallon of Gas = 11 lbs of
CO2)
o
Food
Waste Audit
o
Workshops:
§
Binder
Decorating
§
Paper
Making
Ø
Reuse
and Refill:
o
Mug
Give Away
o
A
reusable bag for an idea
o
Reusable
Mug Discount Advertising
Ø
PROMOTION
(2003):
o
Find
out about Resident Hall Activities/Functions
o
Collaborate
Promotional Events
o
Create
Attractive, Competitive Slogan
o
Kitchen
Presentations on Recycling Competition
o
Door
Hangers
o
Table
Tents, Posters, Flyers
o
Web
site as source of communication
o
Post
information on community "Calendar of Events"
o
Involve
Students and Student Organizations
o
Use/Create
a Mascot or Logo or Costumed Mascot
o
Combine
efforts with other student groups/departments
o
Email
List Serve
Ø
CONTACT
o
Resident
Hall Directors/Representatives/Leaders
o
Volunteer
Recycling Hall Coordinators
o
Student
Government
o
Kitchen
Staff
o
Coordinate
regular meetings with all parties involved
Reduce, Reuse, Refill:
Ø
Coffee
Discounts: Icon for offering discounts; promote places with an ad
Ø
Coffee
Discounts at Local Vendors-Survey on where folks get refillable discounts
Ø
Disposable
Cup Pile for Demos
Ø
"The
Anatomy of a Coffee Cup" Diagram
Ø
Refillable
Mug signs for Coffee Shops
Ø
Place
Ad in Paper about Places that Honor Refillables
Residence Halls:
Ø
Reusable
Promotion
Ø
ROSE
(Reusable Office Supply Exchange) Promotion
Ø
Freecycle
Ø
Move
Outs
Ø
Games/Competitions
Ø
Paper
Making
Ø
Removing
Name from Junk Mail List
Ø
Think Before you Drink
Ø
Pack
it in-Pack it OUT!
Ø
Housing
Dumpster Audit
Ø
Custodians-Lights
off Through Shifts
Ø
Food
Waste Audit: Follow through with comparison to prior audits
Seminars:
Ø
Sustainable
Purchasing Forum: Office supplies, Paper Purchasing
Ø
Stadium
Waste Management
Surveys:
Ø
Why
do you recycle? We want to know what
motivates you to recycle.
Ø
Sustainability
Practices and Attitudes
Ø
Survey
on Where Folks Get Refillable Discounts
Think Before You Drink (No more Bottled Water!)
Ø
Refilling
stations
Ø
No
Water Bottles at Catering-Only Pitchers
Ø
H20
Taste Test
Ø
Giveaways
Ø
Lug-A-Jug
Ø
Water
Bottle Trivia Game
Ø
Place
Ad in Newspaper about Places that Honor Refillables
Ø
Refill
Single-Use Water Bottles with Dirty Water (Image of Unclean Bottled Water)
Ø
Alternate
Labels for Bottled Water: These would be based on facts about bottled water.
Ø
Order
Water Bottles for Giveaways with Slogans
Web Text Ideas:
Ø
Food
Waste Audits
Ø
Napkin
Audits
Ø
Junk
Mail Campaigns
Ø
Family
Housing Yard Sales & Donation Drives
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