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• Director
• Energy and Water Coordinator
• Recycling and Waste Coordinator
• Campus and Community Outreach Coordinator
• Sustainable Food and Landscape Coordinator
• Social Marketing and Graphic Design Coordinator

DIRECTOR

• Post Consumer Composting for Dining Services
• Solar energy applications for UNC Asheville
• Pursuing Environmentally and Socially preferable purchasing policies
• Pursuing implementation of sustainable policies for UNC Asheville

ENERGY AND WATER COORDINATOR

• LED lighting applications (art galleries)
• Campus energy policy updates and creation of water policy
• Rainwater catchment systems
• Solar energy applications

RECYCLING AND WASTE COORDINATOR

• Working to improve the recycling process by removing barriers that discourage the behavior of recycling
• Better labeling for containers
• More consistent labeling that is more eye catching
• Labels for trash cans that say “Not for recyclables”
• Better placement of recycling and trash receptacles (i.e. making sure that recycling containers are placed next to all trash cans)
• Posting easy to read guidelines at recycling containers informing people about what can be recycled and how to prepare it
• Streamlining collection across campus
• E-recycling (cell phones, batteries, ink cartridges)
• FreeStore

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR

• Ongoing letter writing and petition signing campaigns to make those in charge, aware of the significant impacts that the Cliffside coal-fired power plant will bring to our environment
• Eco-Rep program

SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND LANDSCAPE COORDINATOR

• Campus gardens
• Working with Dining Services on local food, vegetarian/vegan options, and composting
• Garden Club: Squash Team

SOCIAL MARKETING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR

• Newsletters
• SEC webmaster
• Online Campus Green Tour
• Create brochures for SEC