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Becoming a
Sustainability Learning Lab
Ways to Increase Environmental Awareness
in Students and the Community
St. Louis Community College at Wildwood
E X PAN D I N G M I N D S ● C HAN G I N G LI V E S
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Campus Sustainable Features
30+% REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE
DROUGHT-RESISTANT GREEN ROOF
LOW TEMPERATURE A/C SYSTEM
EFFECTIVE VENTILATION
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30+% REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE
DAYLIGHT HARVESTING
OCCUPANCY SENSORS
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League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
Campus Sustainable Features
30+% REDUCTION IN WATER USE
RAIN WATER STORAGE – 80,000 GALLONS
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Campus Sustainable Features
30+% REDUCTION IN WATER USE
NO IRRIGATION, DROUGHT TOLERANT NATIVE PLANTS
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Campus Sustainable Features
TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUS
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St. Louis Community College Mission
• St. Louis Community College expands minds
and changes lives every day. We create
accessible, dynamic learning environments
focused on the needs of our diverse
communities.
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The Wildwood Campus as a
Learning Lab for
Sustainability
Campus Initiatives in
Policy & Procedure,
Campus Life
and
Community Projects
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Policy & Procedure
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USE OF GREEN CLEANING
PRODUCTS
GREEN CLEANING WORKSHOP
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CAMPUS RECYCLING PROGRAM
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ELECTRIC MAINTENANCE VEHICLE
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DEPARTMENTS
• Electronic Communication
– Paperless Campus Newsletter
– Paperless Meeting Minutes and Agendas
• E-mail Signature
• Printing Double-Sided
• Encouraging Students to Use On-line
Resources
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WILDWOOD CAMPUS BOOKSTORE
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Sustainability
Education
GROUP TOURS
SELF-DIRECTED TOUR &
INTERACTIVE KIOSK IN LOBBY
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Campus Life
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League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
CAMPUS CLUBS & COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS
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Rockwood Schools
“Go Green” Science Days
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“Today made me think there are lots of things we
can do to help the environment.”
Nick Rebecca, Rockwood Student
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“It’s interesting to be able to
test and see how strong
recycled versus regular
products are.”
Jacob Hesterberg,
Rockwood Student
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“Students
can see things
that we teach being put into
practice in the real world,
and they’re so excited to be
able to come to a college
campus.”
Serena Crisp,
Rockwood Teacher
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Virtual Learning Center
A Blackboard course that
provides communication,
discussion, support and
professional development
resources and opportunities
to part-time faculty
• 24 hours a day
• From any location
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League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
Faculty Best-Practices in Sustainability
Virginia Paez
Physical Education
• Accept assignments on the
clean side of used paper.
• Encourage students to print
on both sides of the paper.
• Brings used paper to class
for student note taking.
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Faculty Best-Practices in Sustainability
Philosophy
• Accept and encourage
submission of assignments
electronically.
• Post all teaching resources and
assignments on Blackboard
• Encourage research assignments
to be fulfilled using electronic
databases .
Katherine Bradfield
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Activity Orienting Students to the
Wildwood Campus
•Where can you smoke on the Wildwood Campus?
•What color are the paper recycle bins? What color are the
recycling bins for cans & bottles?
•What are rainwater cisterns and where are they?
•Where are the outlets for electric cars?
•Where is the shower and locker storage for individuals that
may jog or bike to campus?
•Where can you access the green roof and what is its purpose?
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League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
Art and
The Earth
• Using artifacts
from nature to
study expressive
drawing (a
drawing with
expression and
energy, versus a
tight more
accurate method.)
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Sustainability Education
• Interdisciplinary Studies
Course: Topics in Green
Living
– The course explores different
value systems with regards to
how we utilize resources and
the impact of those values on
the quality of life for future
generations.
• Course: Green Building
Technologies & LEED
Certification
– Field Trips to Wildwood
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Integrating Sustainability into the
Curriculum
• English – (Layla Abuisba)
Placed-based Profile
– “The lighting, as I was walking up the
steps to the 3rd floor, seemed to come
from these honeycomb mirrors that
were reflecting light off each other from
the outside light coming in.”
– “I can’t stop wondering why the ceiling is
not attached to the walls or why there
are huge circular holes with ceiling fans
slowing spinning.”
– “The campus offers a fresh & new
environment for learning.”
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Integrating Sustainability into the
Curriculum
• Earth Science (Julie Allman)
– Students use the natural
surroundings to study weathering,
erosion, native grasses and the
benefits of limited cultivation.
• Ecology & Conservation
– Students study the campus as an
example of how social & economic
needs of a region can be
connected to the ethical need to
preserve the environment.
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Expanding Opportunities for
Students’ Learning Outside of the
Classroom
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Student Clubs Sponsored by Faculty
• Wildwood
Environmental Club
• Sponsored by Andy
Bates and Patrick
Vaughn
• One of the first student
organizations on
campus launched in the
Fall 2008
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Does Any of This Belong to You?
• Trash Audit (3
days) Fall 2008
– Paper Products –
12/hr
– Bottles – 5 /hr
– Cans – 3 /hr
• Awareness
Campaign followed
by another trash
audit Spring 2010
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Campus Walking Trail
• Environmental Club
– Interpretive hikes
– Educational pamphlets
to be recycled
– Benches of recycled &
recyclable plastic
– Labeling of flora
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League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
League Reaffirmation Site Visit, February 19 and 20, 2009
Campus –Wide Service Learning Project
Co-sponsored by the Open Space Council of St. Louis – Fall 2008
Open to faculty, staff & students (30 attended)
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Student Reflections
• . . . I began to take Mother Nature a bit for granted, assuming
that social consciousness had risen to the point that I didn’t
have to be a participant in caring for the messes we humans
make and leave behind. It’s when I went out looking for those
messes that I realized a few people still have not got the
message.” (Linda Neel, nursing)
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Student Reflections
• “While I was outside on this trail on Saturday I was
able to recall what we learned in our Biology class
about the classification of living things and the three
domains of life: Domain Archaea, Domain Bacteria,
and Domain Eukarya. What I saw on Saturday was
mainly from the Domain Eukarya. I saw many forms
of molds, yeasts and mushrooms. I also noticed
many mosses, ferns, and woody flowering plants
from the Plantae kingdom.” (Natalie Norman, business)
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Inspired by the Building as Art
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A Different Kind of Green: Celebrating the
Environment through Art
• An Eco-Art Festival &
Exhibition
– Juried high school art
exhibit
– Artist demonstrations
• All activities address
sustainability through
subject matter or use of
materials.
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1st & 2nd Place High School Award
Winners
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Reception featuring a menu of items
made with organic ingredients
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Artist Lectures & Demonstrations
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Children’s Eco-Friendly Art Activities
Developed and Led by Wildwood
Education Students
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Vendors
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World Bird Sanctuary &
The Audubon Society
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Sustainability
• The ability to meet the
needs of the present
without compromising
the ability of future
generations to meet
their own needs (social,
environmental and economic).
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
JoAnn Ordinachev
Chair, STLCC Board of Trustees
Pam McIntyre
President, STLCC-Wildwood
E-mail: pmcintyre@stlcc.edu
Patricia Aumann
Manager, Campus Community Relations
E-mail: paumann@stlcc.edu
Dorothy Welty
Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences
E-mail: dwelty@stlcc.edu
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