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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.

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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.