Latest News
- Consider starting seedlings with the Seed Library, soon expandingWalk into the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and you’ll be greeted by stacks of books, rows of study spaces, a bit of construction noise, and a little seed library. The Seed Library at the Eccles Health Sciences Library, located near the front desk, has been restocked for the 2024 growing season. The plastic containers are filled with seeds of all varieties, from asparagus to zucchini, and as the days get… Read more: Consider starting seedlings with the Seed Library, soon expanding
Past News
- Consider starting seedlings with the Seed Library, soon expanding
- Sustainability Accomplishments: 2023 Recap
- Pursuing Green Health in 2023
- Climate Changes Health and Health Equity Virtual Lecture June 23, 2023
- Health Sciences join Earth Week 2022
Mission
The role of the Eccles Health Sciences Library Sustainability Committee is to assist EHSL in meeting the University of Utah’s sustainability mission to create a culture of students, faculty and staff who are socially, economically and environmentally responsible.
Resources
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Goals
- To promote and implement sustainability initiatives
- To facilitate awareness of sustainability issues
- To encourage broader involvement in sustainability efforts
Objectives
Recycling
- Where do/can we recycle various materials?
- Is our current recycling effort effective?
- Is stuff getting recycled?
Energy Conservation
- Signage and reminders – turn off the water, the computer, your monitor, the lights – signs and slides on monitors
- Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund (SCIF) – investigate grant funding of our ideas
- Request a new EHSL energy assessment.
- Green Office Certification
- Promoting sustainability – publicize on panels with slides, on-boarding information, regular awareness raising efforts, programming
Area of Focus
- Equipment and Supplies
- Recycling and Composting
- Energy and Water Use
- Travel and Transportation
- Communication with Campus and Beyond
- Green Education and Training
Membership
EHSL with invitation to other units in the building to join in the effort with communication to the eccles-plus@lists.utah.edu list
Current Members
Alison Mortensen-Hayes
Brandon Patterson
Robert Millsap
Olivia Kavapalu
References
- Jarvis, C, Gregory, JM, LeBer J. Making it Easy: Green and Sustainable Library Event Planning. Medical Library Association. Chicago, IL, May 19, 2014.
- Gregory JM, Nichols K, Wilson M. Building Sustainable Partnerships: Libraries as Partners In Creating and Supporting Campus Green Teams. Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL, May 18, 2014.
- Nichols, KE, Gregory JM, Willson M.Libraries as Partners in Creating and Supporting Campus Green Teams. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Nashville, TN, October 7, 2013.