Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 27 January, 2010
In honor of National Green Week, The Green Committee is offering a one-hour faculty development session at 12:00pm, Thursday Feb. 4, in Main 130 on how to be more sustainable by example as an instructor and how those approaches can be useful in the teaching process. Jan Merle will lead the presentation and discussion. We hope to see many of you there!
“Seeing RED When You Hear GREEN: 10 Ways To Begin Teaching Sustainably in a Green-Washed World”
Presented by Jan Merle
Session Topics:
• Use E-Companion to enable 24/7 paperless instruction, interaction and communication. You can use E-Companion and other electronic tools (e.g.: faculty website, blog, podcast, emailed quizzes and homework submissions, etc.) to deliver course content and to facilitate a variety of instructor/student and student/student communications and learning. (sustainable benefit: saves raw materials such as minerals, trees, and other resources used in the manufacturing process, such as water & electricity; reduces landfill content)
• Deliver lectures using PowerPoint presentations. Its more dynamic than traditional “chalk & talk.” Your students are likely visual learners – they’ll appreciate it! (sustainable benefit: saves raw materials such as minerals, trees, and other resources used in the manufacturing process, such as water & electricity; reduces landfill content)
• Learn to create a .PDF file and deliver it electronically, instead of printing & handing out a document. (sustainable benefit: saves raw materials such as minerals, trees, and other resources used in the manufacturing process, such as water & electricity; reduces landfill content)
• Photocopy double-sided instead of single-sided, if you must photocopy at all. (sustainable benefit: saves raw materials such as minerals, trees, and other resources used in the manufacturing process, such as water & electricity; reduces landfill content)
• Turn off the monitors (only) in the computer classrooms when computers are not in use. (sustainable benefit: saves electricity, which reduces reliance on non-replaceable fossil fuels, pollution & GHGs)
• If possible, open the blinds and use natural daylight in the classroom instead of artificial lighting. (sustainable benefit: saves electricity, which reduces reliance on non-replaceable fossil fuels, pollution & GHGs. Also access to daylight improves human performance and meets other psychological needs such as orientation to geographical place & time of day)
• Recycle waste materials (especially paper) in the classroom, and encourage your students to do the same. (sustainable benefit: saves raw materials such as minerals, trees, and other resources used in the manufacturing process, such as water & electricity; reduces landfill content)
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Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 20 November, 2009
Join us Tuesday, November 24th from 12:00 – 1:00p in HW332 to discuss plans for our Green initiatives in 2010! National Green Week is coming up quickly, February 1-5, 2010! See you Tuesday!! (contact Vicky Kennedy with any questions at vkennedy@aii.edu)
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Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 30 September, 2009
The Green Committee would like to invite you to join us for our Fall Quarter meeting on Tuesday, October 20th, 12-1pm in HW Suite 202. Our membership has dwindled, but there is much Green work yet to be accomplished! We will be working on fundraising events in the near future, to raise money for even more Green improvements to our campus. Carpooling is the next big agenda item! We continue to move forward with recycling, green maintenance solutions, green paper /printing efforts, and our new restroom hand-dryers. Also, look out for our newer, better plastic bottle recycling container in the Main Lobby – Coming Soon!!
Your membership is needed! It only takes one hour a quarter to join us at our meeting, and just a small bit of your spare time to volunteer for our events and awareness efforts. Think Green, Live Green, Go Green! See you on the 20th!
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 14 August, 2009
Congrats to Vicky Kennedy and to The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for recycling more than 850 gallons of plastic bottles!
The “plastic cage” in the main building lobby has been a huge success for our recycling efforts – did you know that recycling plastic bottles saves twice as much energy as throwing them away?
Keep up the efforts and be sure to recycle your drink containers.
Also, join us for the Employee Green Committee Meeting on Tuesday, August 18 at Noon in HP300.
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 4 August, 2009
Hello Green Team,
Green is back and growing!
Join us for our first Employee Green Committee meeting of the quarter on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 @ NOON in HP300
We will revisit our mission, reassess our goals, and get back on track to greening AiFL one footprint at a time.
For questions or comments, contact Melanie De Vito at aiflcommunications@aii.edu.
See you there!
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Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 20 May, 2009
In the US, 2,000,000 plastic beverage bottles are used EVERY 5 MINUTES!!!
At The Art Institute, we have recycled over 100 gallons of bottles from our “Plastic Bottle Collection Cage” in the Main Lobby. It is still half full! Keep adding to it!
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Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 30 April, 2009
Join us for our next Employee Green Committee Meeting!
May 18th 12-1pm in HP300
This is an open committee to any and all employees, and membership is ALWAYS open!
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Posted by Vicky Kennedy on 24 April, 2009
AiFL celebrated this year’s Earth Week with a bang! Bake sales, recycled paper-making, “Project Recycle” fashion show, Carpool events and a great presentation by Serge Atherwoord on Sustainability and its Creative Future. We also demonstrated “How Much Plastic Do We Really Need?” in the Main Lobby. The installation has been motivating to all, encouraging passers-by to throw their own plastic in!
Thank you to all who helped in organizing this week’s events, with a special shout-out to Suzanne DePetro and Natalie Lara for raising awareness with the plastic collection and for taking charge of Wednesday’s paper-making. Thanks to all other supporters: Alicia Nestor, Karen Nir, Val Vigil, Scott LeBlanc, Arlene Wites, and everyone who has chipped in with plastic to recycle!
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 4 February, 2009
Students and Employees,
Did you know that if ONE non-recyclable item contaminates an AiFL blue bin, the entire bin’s contents are sent to the dump?
Recycling is not only about reducing the load on the landfills, it’s about changing a culture and modifying old habits. Though it can be a difficult task, it is important for everyone on campus to lend a hand, so that little-by-little being green becomes second nature.
That’s why it is critical for The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale’s employees and students to be familiar with the rules of recycling and understand what can and cannot be tossed in the blue bins.
Things that CAN be recycled:
- Aluminum Cans
- Brown Paper Bags
- Cardboard
- Catalogs, Magazines, and Phone Books
- Chipboard (Cereal Boxes, Shoe Boxes, etc.)
- Colored Paper
- Computer Paper
- Envelopes
- Glass Bottles and Jars (Without the Caps)
- Newspapers and Junk Mail
- Plastic Bottles and Jugs (Without the Caps)
- Tin and Steel Cans
- Empty Aerosol Cans
- White Ledger Paper
Things that CANNOT be recycled:
- Aluminum Foil
- Auto Glass or Ceramics
- Batteries
- Film Canisters
- Food
- Light Bulbs
- Painted Wood
- Paper Towels and Napkins
- Plastic Grocery Bags
- Plastic Wrap
- Porcelain
- Styrofoam
- Treated Wood
- Wrappers
A good rule of thumb to follow is: “If you don’t know, in the trash can it goes!”
Remember, it isn’t easy being green, but a little bit goes a long way for our school, for our community, and for our planet. Please do your part and spread the word.
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 3 February, 2009
Congratulations, students and employees – we did it!
The school is officially recycling and the Kick-Off party was a hit!
Special thanks to Suzanne DePetro for organizing the event and leading the recycling team, Jamie Furman-Saralegui and Natalie Lara for their research and hard work, our Facilities team for realizing our goals, the Green Committee, the Student Green Club, and Emerging Green Builders for their help and support, Gillian Sang for creating ‘Cyclo,’ Jennifer Rodriguez for bringing him to life, Trina Nicklas for hosting a fabulous paper-making project, Ryan Brissett for energizing the crowd with the groovy tunes, the AiFL Fashion Club for hosting Drop/Swap/Shop, the Communications Department for passionately promoting this cause, and to all employees and students for recycling.
The event was created to raise awareness and educate the employee and student body on recycling. We raised $36, thanks to Christy Denton, Sheila Getman, and Vicky Kennedy, who baked up some tasty treats – the cash will feed the school’s “Green for Green” fund.
For more information on recycling and AiFL’s green efforts, please contact Melanie at mdevito@aii.edu.
Check out a few photos from yesterday’s event:
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 29 January, 2009
Hello everyone!
You’ve probably noticed the new blue bins that are beginning to populate the campus.
These receptacles are no longer a place to dispose of trash, food, and goo – they’re for recycling!
(Check out what you can and can’t recycle by clicking on the link)
We will officially be launching our new recycling program on Monday, February 2. …but, by all means, go ahead and begin today!
Join us for the party in the Main Building Lobby on Monday (2/2) from 11am to 2pm.
We will have info, music, fun/games, baked treats and more!
Our Drop/Swap/Shop travelling consignment shop will be available and on campus for the clothes you no longer wear and any new ones you’d like to pick-up.
To show your support on Monday by wearing your favorite green gear and we’ll see you at the party.
Thank you for your effort in making AiFL a greener place and stay tuned for more info to come!
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Posted by Green Is Growing on 23 January, 2009
Cyclo… Coming Soon! (2/2)
For more info, contact aiflcommunications@aii.edu
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