Sustainability @ JCU

JCU to Host Sustainability Forum

mknestrick13 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:32:05 +0000

John Carroll University will be hosting a Sustainability Forum Thursday, February 21. This panel discussion will be form 7-8:30PM in the Dolan Science Center Auditorium. The Panel will discuss sustainability issues both on campus and in the Cleveland area, and will address questions about involvement in sustainability. Panelists will include:

Maureen Brennan, environmental attorney and partner in Baker & Hostetler
Barbara Brown, Co-owner of BrownFlynn
Carol Deitz, JCU’s associate VP of facilities & on-campus sustainability coordinator
Mark Rabkin, Co-owner of DeConstruction Management
Christopher Rhodes, Swagelok sustainability manager
R. Scott Thomas, Sherwin-Williams sustainability officer
Dennis Wolcott, Parker-Hannifin sustainability director

Check on-campus bulletin boards for more information on the Sustainability Forum in the upcoming weeks.

Environmental Issues & Recycling Committee Meetings

mknestrick13 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:12:57 +0000

The Environmental Issues Group (EIG) and Recycling Committee (RC) are starting the Spring semester strong. EIG & RC meet every other Tuesday at 3:30PM. Meetings are held in BR32. Anyone interested in EIG & RC and their events for the spring semester are more than welcome to join!

Activities for this semester include:

Green Streak Week (April 15- 19)– A week full of events highlighting sustainability missions, goals, and acomplishment of John Carroll’s campus. Events include an information fair, an educational movie, and a SUPB-partnered Dinner & a Movie.
Service Activities– EIG & RC are partnering with CSSA (full name) to encourage service that pertains to the sustainable and environmentally-friendly mission of EIG & RC. Specific projects TBD.
Fundraisers– EIG & RC are in the process of planning fundraisers for late February to raise funds for T-Shirts and other group activities.

Keep an eye open for future updates!

Questions? Contact Co-Presidents:

Esther D’Mello (edmello13@jcu.edu)

Matthew Knestrick (mknestrick13@jcu.edu)

New JCU Clothes Closet Coming Soon!!

mknestrick13 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:16:02 +0000

The newest feature of sustainable living at John Carroll University, JCU Clothes Closet, where community members can shop for donated clothes and accessories, will have its grand opening by Thanksgiving. The JCU Clothes Closet will be located in the basement of the Graselli Library, with hours of operation being Tuesdays and Thursday from 7-10PM.

The JCU Closet was started by Junior Maggie Hutchinson. An Economics major with a history of service at JCU, Maggie was one of three recipients of the George B. Sweeney Endowed Campion Award for Service, or the Campion Award. The Award grants the recipients $500 to fund an on-campus service initiative. Maggie used her funding to start the thrift-store inspired JCU Clothes Closet.

The Clothes Closet is donation-based, with John Carroll students and neighboring community donating clothing items. Once open, the Clothes Closet will act as a clothing-exchange thrift store. Customers can shop through donated clothes. The Clothes Closet is exchange-based, so items of equivalent value are exchanged. Currently, the shop exchanges clothing, accessories, and some small other items, though Hutchinson hopes to eventually expand to include electronics or furniture.

While the grand opening is still tentative, details on the location and grand opening are soon to come, so keep your eyes peeled for news on this great JCU Service & Sustainability initiative!

What to Recycle?? On Campus-Recycling Guidelines

mknestrick13 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:25:55 +0000

Check out a new, student-made presentation about what can and can’t be recycled in our new, campus-wide recycling bins!

Screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Sun Come Up

mtayek — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:31:04 +0000

The Sustainability Committee and Campus Ministry are co-sponsoring an important national climate change education event, a nationwide screening of the Academy Award nominated documentarySun Come Up on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Donohue Auditorium. The event is being held in conjunction with the Feast of Saint Francis, who was named patron saint of those who promote ecology by Blessed Pope John Paul II.

The film depicts some of the world’s first “forced climate migrants,” inhabitants of the Carteret Islands just north of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The Catholic Church has been instrumental in helping to relocate these “environmental refugees.”

After the film, there will be a discussion about the film and action steps that viewers can take to respond to the unfolding climate perspective based on authentic Catholic teaching.

For more information, contact sustainability@jcu.edu or visit the Catholic Climate Covenant website.

Sustainability and the Jesuit Mission

khatgas — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:05:10 +0000

Healing a Broken World: Task Force on Ecology

khatgas — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:59:17 +0000

Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education

khatgas — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:57:01 +0000

Green Streak Week 2012

khatgas — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:18:33 +0000

April 23-28, 2012

Monday: Earth Day Lunch and Movie Night
Stop by the dining hall during lunch hours for our very first Earth Day Lunch! We’ll finish off the day with a screening of the movie YERT, a documentary looking at environmental sustainability throughout America. (7:00-9:00PM in the Jardine Room)

Tuesday: Waste Audit on the Quad
Check out the Keller Commons from 12:00-3:00PM for a waste audit with recycling expert Kathleen Rocco from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District. We’ll also be showcasing our bike co-op and have a WeCar parked in front of the LSC from 10:30-2:00PM!

Wednesday: Water Wednesday
Join UNICEF Club and Aramark staff in the LSC Atrium from 11:00-1:00PM for a water tasting. Be sure to pick up your free reusable Green Streak Week water bottle as well!

Thursday: Think Green Thursday
Pick up some information on how you can go green! We’ll be hosting an in- formation fair in the Atrium during lunch hours with info on sustainability, our bike co-op, nutrition, environmental work through our Center for Service and Social Action., Fair Trade, and more!

Friday: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Be sure to sign up for the tour of Tremco in Beachwood (from 1:30-4:30PM) and stop by the Atrium from 8:00-10:00PM to make a pop can lamp with SUPB!

Saturday: Jesuit Day of Service
Jesuit Day of Service is a spring service event in which JCU students, alumni, faculty, and staff partner with Saint Thomas Aquinas Elementary School, the Tri-Street Neighborhood Association, and other area organizations in Cleveland, to lend a helping hand.

Sustainability Committee Presents at University Town Hall Meeting

sustainability — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:16:46 +0000

The Sustainability Committee had an opportunity to share their work and the current state of sustainability with the university community on Monday, November 15, 2010, at a campus wide town hall meeting. Presenters included committee co-chairs Carol Dietz and Chris Sheil, PhD., Bernie Beyer, Mike Bestul, Andrew Fronczek, Rory Hill, and Heather Losneck.

The presentation can be viewed by click here.