Leaving a Legacy
Moving From Implementation to
Integration of Student Run Projects
Chase Schulte
Gators Going Green –
Director of Student
Outreach
Christian Blue
Campus Division Manager
Agenda:
> How Did We Get Here?
> Program Overview
> Outcomes / Impact
> Insights / Hindsights
> Feedback / Q&A
Chase Schulte 2010-Present
(the abridged version)
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3rd year student at University of Florida
Freshman year signed on as Eco-Rep
Promoted Sustainability within Res Life
Awarded internship sophomore year
Majoring in Sustainability in the Built Environment
Rebuilding Together
Director of Student Outreach for the Gators Going
Green program
Christian Blue (as he relates to BWB)
• Online Bookseller
• Students and Bookstores since 2002
• Triple Bottom Line Social Venture and Bcorp
(http://www.bcorporation.net/)
• I came to BWB in 2007
• Started Leading Campus in 2009
• AASHE Member in 2010
Start your business case with “Why”
Because…
• A good book should never be thrown away
• Books contain knowledge and knowledge is the key
to opportunity
• One person’s trash is another’s treasure
• The “value” of a book is not limited to it’s buyback
price, price per ton
Any Given Campus…
• Students have limited options for their unwanted
books
• Recycling or Landfill are the accessible next steps
• Students can benefit from more opportunity to
directly impact their community, their world
Better World Books
• Fills in the gap between keeping it local and paper
pulp
Then Add “What”
Therefore we need…
• A new innovative waste diversion program
• That is budget friendly/revenue generating
• Through complete campus engagement
• And serves as a beacon of sustainability
Approvals
• Who will this impact positively, negatively?
• Who can help launch your project?
How’d we do it (30,000ft)
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Identified campus departments to involve
Invited them together to discuss mutual benefits
Define the process with key players
Implementation
Evaluation
Program Overview
Implementation
• Bookstore on boarded
• Delivered a position description to attract the best
student leaders (AKA Chase Schulte)
• Sustainability team engaged
• Meetings with buyback leaders to set expectations
• Collection bins deployed and serviced
• Books boxed, consolidated and shipped
Sustainable Impact: People
• The National Center for Family Literacy receives
funding from books sold to continue their family
literacy programming
• Students gain increased exposure to sustainability in
action.
• Unsellable textbooks were donated to Books for
Africa when appropriate.
• Better World Books supports over 350 full time jobs
with benefits
Over $6 million raised for literacy and over 6 million books donated
Sustainable Impact: Planet
• 1000lbs diverted from landfill in just 2 weeks!
• The equivalent of:
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9 trees
over 5,000gal of water
1 cubic yard of Gainesville, FL landfill space
over 750lbs of ghg
• Books sold are shipped carbon balanced
Sustainable impact: Profit
• Money saved on your campus trash bill
• Money from book sales for your campus
• Money from book sales for worldwide literacy
initiatives
• Bookstore gains a caused based marketing strategy
How would we do it in hindsight
• Earlier start
• Help bookstore with training buyback staff
• Press release to campus newspaper / Awareness
campaign
• Invite residence hall move out to participate
• Invite academic depts to an “office wash” mid term
• Identify local literacy/education initiative to benefit
Tools for Leaving a Legacy
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Position description
Integrate departments
Deliverable value proposition for all
Educate the next generation
Compete
Stay involved
Feedback / Q & A
We’d like to know about:
• your successes
• your obstacles
• your interests
• your questions
EMAIL CBLUE@BETTERWORLDBOOKS.COM
or
CHASE4279@UFL.EDU