Interested in the Office Environment? Become an Eco-Rep! |
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August 26, 2014, Volume 61, No. 02 |
Penn’s Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps Program is currently accepting applications for the 2014-2015 program year. Eco-Reps are employees to who want to reduce Penn’s environmental footprint and enhance the workplace by educating and engaging others in more sustainable actions.
Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps get the tools to spread environmental awareness through “green” tips, projects, events and creative informational campaigns.
• Attend monthly lunchtime meetings (lunch provided)
• Coordinate a Green Team in your department to get support, spread the word and be a change agent.
• Share your successes with other Eco-Reps and ask for advice on your challenges; use the expertise of the group at meetings and in the email listserv.
• Communicate with your department about sustainability at least once a month.
• Contribute to University-wide sustainability events, such as ReThink Your Footprint waste minimization campaign and the Power Down Challenge.
In the coming year, Eco-Reps will kick off their Reading Group with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, learn how to conduct a waste reduction assessment in their office and go on a field trip to a local recycling processing facility.
Apply by sending the completed application form (available on the Green Campus Partnership website,www.upenn.edu/sustainability/eco-reps/staff), to Andrea Kreiner (akrein@upenn.edu) by 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12. The September Staff & Faculty Eco-Reps meeting will be held on Friday, September 25 in The ARCH, room 108.
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