Campus Sustainability Day at UT Austin

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Jeff

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Date: Thurs, Oct 25 2007 3:05 pm
From: “Hallahan, Michele M”

Friends

I want to share the success of our first ever Campus Sustainability Day
at UT Austin, which we celebrated yesterday. Attached is the flyer we
sent out to over 3,000 email recipients on campus. I also had this
printed in our Daily Texan newspaper and posted it online on various UT
websites. The event brought together 24 distinct groups/ departments
from across UT Austin, all of which had some responsibility/ involvement
in sustainable practices on campus. Most students and staff are not
even aware that we have had water conservation measures in place since
the 1980s, not to mind a highly efficient power plant. This event was
organized to expand people’s awareness of the great stories that are not
told here on campus!

Everything from tree planting to LEED building to water and energy
conservation to student groups were present to raise the level of
awareness campus-wide about how people can make a difference in their
own lives. We were featured on KUT radio this morning and the Daily
Texan had a front page story about the event also.

My plan is to recreate this event for Earth Day in a bigger way, in a
better location, and to invite city organizations also. Did anyone else
have a campus sustainability day? Will you share your stories?

Best regards,

Michele Hallahan BA Mod, MSc, ALCM

Environmental Operations

Environmental Health and Safety

University of Texas

Phone: 512 471 2039

Pager: 512 935 9045

www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/