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TheGreennessofUniversity of South Florida:

Recycling and Energy Efficiency

White Paper, April 08, 2011ENC3250.797S11: Professional Writing

Professor Francis Tobienne, Jr.

The Green Team:Terrace Stephens, Editor

Ann Butler, InterviewerJohn Brown, InterviewerJaneis Lindsay, ResearcherIstral Joseph, Researcher
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Executive Summary.. ... iii

Introduction .. 1

How Is the University of South Florida Going Green..... 2

Interview with Kevin Cartmill 5

Green to Green...... 7

Florida Atlantic University.. 7

University of South Florida, Tampa . 8

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.. 9

Creating Green Awareness 10

What is Ahead for the University of South Florida. 13

Conclusion .. 16

Works Cited . 17

Annotated Bibliography.. 18

Table of Contents


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With more and more attention being placed on preserving our environment, it is no surprise thatgoing green has become a top priority at the University of South Florida. This research isprimarily focused on energy efficiency and recycling at University of South Florida, St.Petersburg (USFSP).

We will begin this research by giving detailed information on (1) how is the University of SouthFlorida going green, (2) a green to green comparison between University of South Florida,Tampa, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Wewill also explain (3) ways USFSP is creating green awareness. Then we will look at (4) What IsAhead for the University of South Florida as a whole in its efforts. In the section, how USFSP isgoing green, we will discuss the USFSP Green Group, which is the overall contact for allinformation regarding USFSP going green. The Green Group has been actively participating inall of USFSP green projects.

In our green to green comparison of the three universities, USF Tampa, USFSP and FAU are allFlorida schools which have taken drastic steps in making the environment more eco-friendly.According to the greenreportcard, USF Tampa received an overall B+ in sustainability. As forFAU, their grade was C+; however, USFSP was not included in the greenreportcard.

Finally, the creating green awareness section describes ways that USF can promote awarenesson campus. The key to a successful greener environment is awareness.

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Environmental sustainability is development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising theability of future generations to meet their own needs.

World Commission on Environment and Development. Our Common Future. (1987)

Environmentalism isnt a cult, fad, or act of hysteria; it has been around since the mid 1800s and

the term has taken on different names and faces throughout its evolution. Every so many

decades we have had a reawakening of the movement which has catapulted us to this undeniable

dire state we are in today. But now the Green movement is here to stay because we are all going

green and the University of South Florida is leading the way.

The Green Team will report on efforts being made by the University of South Florida (USF) to

go green by recycling and being energy efficient. Our focus will include the efforts of USF,

Tampa and USFSP. The topics we have researched are: (1) How the University of South Floridais Going Green, (2) A Comparison of Other Green Schools to USF, (3) Creating Green

Awareness, (4) What is Ahead for the University of South Florida.

Our main sources have been the Websites of the University of South Florida, University of South

Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida Atlantic University and interviews with Dr. Joseph Dorsey

(assistant professor of environmental policy and Coastal Environmental Justice Community

Ambassador) and Kevin Cartmill (member of USF St. Petersburgs Green Group).

The Purpose of this report is to provide decision makers with information on the many efforts the

University of South Florida is making to go green.

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USF St. Petersburg Green Group

The USF, St. Petersburg Green Group is the

campus main organization and direct

channel for all that is green at USF St.

Petersburg. The mission of the USFSP

Green Group is to conceptualize and

promote environment-friendly ideas and

processes relating to recycling, energy

management, waste reduction and

conservation. The groups members meet at

least once a semester; members include the

following: Kevin Cartmill, Custodial

Superintendent Operations and Maintenance

of Facilities; Gabe Leandro, Technology and

Systems Analyst; Jim Grant, Office of

Campus Computing Director and Architect

Facilities, Planning and Construction

Services; John Husfield, USFSP

Webmaster; Melanie Marquez, University

Relations Communications and Marketing

Officer; Cathy McClish, Custodial

Supervisor; Sudsy Tschiderer, Operations

and Maintenance of Facilities, Conference

and Events, University Relations; Thomas

W. Smith, Director USFSP Honors Program,

Government and International Affairs;

Student Government; Student

Environmental Awareness Society (SEAS);

Student Life; Thomas Hallock, Languages,

Literature and Writing; Ray Arsenault Co-

Director Florida Studies Program. Anyone

concerned with sharing, supporting or

acclimatizing more affable environment

practices for USF St. Petersburg arewelcome to attend meetings.

USF St. Petersburg Green Group Projects

The USFSP Green Group Projects include

the Earth Week Alternative Transportation

Challenge Pledge, the USFSP Recycling

Program, Green Cleaning, SEEDS

Technology, the Science & Technology

Building, and the Central Lawn Project.

The Earth Week Alternative Transportation

Challenge is for the week of April 19-25; the

purpose of this project is to challenge as

many USFSP employees and students as

possible to conserve energy by using an

alternative form of transportation for one

day, or trip. Ideas suggested on the USFSP

Green Group website for alternative forms

of transportation include the following: car

pool; walk; bus; sail; bicycle; skate. The

collective energy savings will be computed.

Members of the USFSP community can find

and take the pledge for this challenge at the

groups website.

The USFSP Recycling Program includes the

collection of paper, plastic, and aluminumby Recycling Management Solutions, Inc.,

which is a business responsible for

compiling considerable amounts of

recyclable goods from establishments, in

turn selling them, contributing a percentage

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of the sales to charity. Seventy cans for

paper products as well as twenty to thirty for

plastic and aluminum are throughout USF

St. Petersburg; a drop-off location can also

be found near the Central Utility Plant foremployees and the public to unload

recyclable commodities.

The Green Cleaning Project includes the

modification of campus cleaning products as

well as lengthened recycling opportunities.

The all-purpose cleaner and the glass and

hard-surface cleaner used by custodial staff

have earned Green Seal approval, acertification available through Green Seal, a

non-profit organization. This accreditation

certifies that upon appraisal, testing, as well

as a plant visit, the cleaner has met the

Green Seal environmental standard for the

product category. As more floors at USFSP

are converted from carpet to hard surfaces,

two new floor strippers purchased by the

university will clean building floors using 70percent less water and chemicals previous

machines. The machines are also more

efficient, requiring the work of only one

person for four to six hours on a standard

floor stripping job as opposed to the work of

three people for eight hours with previous

machines.

Thanks to the Office of Operations and

Maintenance of Facilities, over ten small

recycling centers have been established

throughout the USFSP campus. These

centers each include the following threecontainers: plastic, paper and aluminum.

The main recycling center includes a

container for glass, and a container for

cardboard can be found behind the Coquina

Club. Upon request, USFSP employees can

even have cardboard or glass retrieved from

their office. The all-purpose cleaner and the

glass and hard-surface cleaner used by

custodial staff have earned Green Seal approval, a certification available through

Green Seal, a non-profit organization.

The SEEDS Technology Project involves

the newest energy technology, known as the

Sustainable Electrical Energy Delivery

System (SEEDS). Its ability to collect and

store renewable energy for later use could

help the environment and broaden energysources while actually decreasing the costs

to consumers. Due to the collaboration of

the University of South Florida, the City of

St. Petersburg, Progress Energy Florida, and

the Florida High-tech corridor, twin

installations were industrialized. The USF

St. Petersburg SEEDS site can be found on

the east side of the chiller plant.


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USF Tampa Office of Sustainability

The mission of the USF Tampa Office of Sustainability is to coordinate and build partnerships

for university-wide initiatives that advance the University of South Floridas strategic goal of

creating a sustainable campus environment. USF Tampa began including sustainabilitypractices throughout the campus years ago, because it was the right thing to do. The Office of

Sustainability staff include the following: Christian Wells, Director; Nina Biermann, Assistant

Director; Susan MacDonald, Coordinator of Administrative Services; Ken Getty, Sustainability

Fellow; Melanie Coughlin, Sustainability Whitney Goodwin, Sustainability Fellow; Alejandro

Figueroa, Sustainability Fellow; Susana Alvarado, Sustainability Scholar; Karissa Gerhke,

Sustainability Scholar. The Office of Sustainability is advised by the Sustainability Initiative

Steering Committee; each member is chair of a subcommittee intended to address one of the

universitys ten strategic areas in sustainable development. Faculty Research Affiliates are also

part of the office, appointed to delve into comprehensive regional and worldwide sustainabilitymatters. Their expertise serves as an asset to the Office of Sustainability.

USF Tampa Office of Sustainability Programs

Four funded programs within the Office of Sustainability include the Sustainability Champions

Program, Sustainability Mentors Program, Sustainability Fellows Program, and Sustainability

Scholars Program. These programs are part of an effort to promote and impede the involvement

of faculty, staff, and students in sustainability efforts. The Sustainability Champions Program

recognizes two Champions each semester, who are devoted to helping USF go green. The

Sustainability Mentors Program acknowledges faculty and staff who mentor students in campus

sustainability activities. The Sustainability Fellows Program and Sustainability Scholars

Program are service-learning programs, giving students the chance to work with the Office of

Sustainability.

USF Tampas Incorporation of Going Green

USF Tampa has incorporated its initiative to go green throughout the university in the following

ways: research; teaching; service; events. Tampa faculty, centers, and committees have

accomplished an extensive list of going green research publications thus far. USF has integratedseveral undergraduate as well as graduate courses spanning across all college and academic

divisions into its curriculum. The USF Tampa campus, as well as the rest of the Tampa Bay

region, hosts many events regarding sustainability issues throughout the year. These include

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Interviewwith Kevin Cartmill

The following is an e-mail conversation on 14 March 2011 with Kevin Cartmill, the prime

member of the Green Group at USF St. Petersburg. Ann Butler conducted the interview due to a

lack of abundant information on the Green website. Kevin Cartmill

AB: When and why did USF St. Petersburg begin its efforts to Go Green?

KC: We started to go green 2006 first by changing custodial chemicals they

used and the way they cleaned. Our recycling program has been in effect for

some time but only included cardboard and paper, which cost the University to

dispose of monthly. In the spring of 2007 we started looking into ways to

recycling in a larger capacity and cost effective way. We began putting out 96

gal. Two Wheeled Totes for paper and Plastic/ Aluminum we installed a cardboard baler. Wepartnered up with a company to remove our recyclables at no charge with an added benefit of

20% of the profit received from this recycling to go to Ronald McDonald House in our name.

We started this as we seen the trend for the future and of things to come. We have since added

plastic, aluminum, batteries, light bulbs and electrical products.

AB: What are the steps that the USF St. Petersburg Green Group is taking in order to carry out

its mission?

KC: The first step that we took was to remove the control of the recycling program from the

students and put in under the Facilities Services Custodial Section. This was done with the

assistance of the Student Body. Then we started with the education of the Custodians, Students

and Facility with the basics of recycling and the use of green chemicals.

AB: What are some of the biggest challenges facing the green movement at USF St.

Petersburg?

KC: Educational knowledge is a big problem in the fact that people get misinformed on what is

recyclable or not. By trying to recycle objects that are not recyclable makes the bin become trash.

Some people do not wish to be put to the added step of recycling. Some people just do not care

and will throw trash in recycling bins just because it is closer than the trash can. This defeats the

purpose of the ones who do recycle; mixing trash with recyclables makes the whole bin become

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AB: What are some of the simple, green changes employed that have made a great difference at

USF St. Petersburg?

KC: USFSP has the support of the Student Government and Administration. Student

Government has awarded us help in the way of recycling bins and educational programs at the

dorm. This helps us to get the message out about the importance of recycling. With the recycling

program we, at USFSP, can see the benefits of recycling. We do not generate any more trash

with the increase of Students and Staff. We are recycling at approximately 42%. Our students are

being educated on the importance of recycling which will carry forth to future generations. It

also helps to keep our Campus healthy as well as beautiful.

AB: Has the USFSP Earth Week Alternative Transportation Challenge during the week of April

19-25 been in existence in the past? If so, how many pledges are usually made each year? If not,

how many pledges are expected or hoped for this year?

KC: Yes, it has, and several Staff has participated in car pooling and bicycling to and from

work. Each year the amount of pledges of participation grows a little larger.

AB: What are the Science & Technology Building and Central Lawn Projects, which are listed

on the Green Group website?

KC: Science & Technology Building and Central Lawn Projects were included as green

because when the building started it included any and all recyclable materials possible. The

Science Tech Building used recycled concrete pieces and recycled asphalt from the parking lot it

replaced. The Central Lawn Projects used low maintenance plants and recycled material as much

as possible. They are also maintained with green chemicals and techniques. We also

encouraged the use of native plants to both projects.

AB: How can a student or faculty member obtain information regarding joining the USFSP

Green Group and/or meeting dates and times?

KC: Student Life website contains this information I am told.

AB: What does the USFSP Green Group see for its future?

KC: We are looking to increase our recycling program and percentages, continuing our

education and keeping updated in procedures such as the Bio-degradable chemicals which is

becoming the new green standards. All this, while continuing the education of the Students,

and Staff, will improve our recycling program.


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How are academic institutions meeting the challenge to become less wasteful, and more energy

efficient? We compared three colleges: University of South Florida (USF) St. Petersburg,University of South Florida Tampa, and Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Raton, FL in

the categories of energy efficiency and recycling efforts primarily using The College

Sustainability Report Card website (www.greenreportcard.org).

Florida Atlantic University

Today, FAU is a college of 28,000 students on seven campuses.

FAU has a sustainability committee of four students, eight

administrators, eight faculty, and eight staff which has met nine

times since 2009. It received an overall grade of C+ and runsawareness campaigns throughout the campus on energy

conservation and recycling. FAU received a grade of C in their

efforts to save energy. Some of their energy saving projects have included temperature setbacks

to save on heating and cooling; electric metering, making energy consumption easier to read;

LED Lighting, which contain no mercury and turn on and off instantly; T5 and T8 lighting and

temperature control timers.

The school received a grade of B for recycling efforts. They reduce waste by using trayless

meals and recycle their cooking oil for biodiesel production. They audit food waste and their

reusable to-go containers are sold at discounted prices. The campus recycles all traditionalmaterials and electronics. They also have the Move It out Dont Throw It Out campaign.

FAU is requiring that all new construction and renovations meet LEED standards which

encourage a sustainable green environment. Recently during an annual environmental

competition, energy use was reduced by 5 to 10 percent.

New Innovations

The Mission Green Student Association has a new motto for this spring semester: Back to Home

Base. On land that they have recently received, they have created Pearl City Community Garden

where they grow fruits and vegetables to feed the low income. This semester they will hold

meetings every other week and had a fund raiser where they sold bowls made from recycled

vinyls for $5.00 and bracelets for $2.00 - $3.00. They will participate in Power Shift 2011 where

thousands of young people will reunite in Washington, DC for its third annual conference for

environmental and social justice. They will be holding an event encouraging students to bring in

standard light bulbs for exchange with more eco-friendlier lights. They are starting a free waste

recycling program in their residence halls called Terracycle which turns waste (such as candy

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rappers, juice pouches, etc.) into affordable green products and an eco-product design contest.

They will be participating in a beach cleanup, Earth Day events, and Gulf Stream energy

harvesting research. The Mission Green Student Association also has a facebook group page.

They have started a composting program and are also working to reduce waste in the dining hall

University of South Florida, Tampa

The University of South Florida (USF), Tampa campus

received an overall B+ on the greenreportcard for 2011

green efforts. USF Tampa has over 47,000 students and

the sustainability office employs eight staff members.

The school received a B on its energy efforts. The

school has decreased energy use by using heat recovery

systems, a natural exchange of air between indoors and

outdoors; installed energy efficient lighting, audit individual energy use, have energy monitoring

displays on campus, generate renewable energy using solar panels and it purchases electricity

from renewable sources. All of USFs new building and several buildings which are under

construction are LEED certified and sunscreen solar controls have been established for some

windows.

The school also received a B on recycling efforts. Students receive a discount on refills if they

use reusable mugs. USF uses trayless dining saving the school 32,992 gallons of water per year.

USF recycles traditional materials, electronics, and used cooking oil.

New Innovations

The Office of Sustainability oversees four funded programs which encourage faculty, students

and staff to get involved in sustainability efforts: Sustainability Champions Program,

Sustainability Mentors Program, Sustainability Fellows Program, and the Sustainability Scholars

Program. There are also many student sustainability groups: Green Living Learning

Community, the USF Student Community Garden, the Student Environmental Association and

Emerging Green Builders.

USFs sustainability efforts earned the school a Gold rating by the Association for th e

Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The School hosts and co-hostsan extended list of events which are listed on its website.


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University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

The University of South Florida, St. Petersburg (USFSP)

campus was not included in the Sustainability

Endowment Institutes report. The school is a waterfront

campus located on Bayboro Harbor in downtown St.

Petersburg on 46.5 acres. It serves approximately 4,600

students with half that number enrolled full-time. The

University started out in 1965 as an extension of

University of South Florida, Tampa; but in 2001, the St.

Petersburg campus began to operate as a fiscally

autonomous and separate budget entity from Tampa.

USFSP is still growing and emerging. It developed the Green Group, an institutional

organization of ten employees who meet once a semester to promote and create environmentally

friendly ideas for the campus.

They promote recycling with their convenient recycling centers around the campus for plastic,

paper and aluminum. These commodities are collected and processed by Recycling

Management Solutions, Inc. and a percentage of the profits go to Ronald McDonald House of

Tampa Bay. There is also an electronic recycling program for computers, and other electronic

equipment.

New Innovations

The new Sustainable Electrical Energy Delivery System (SEEDS), a cutting edge renewableenergy system, is a project partnership with the City of St. Petersburg, Progress Energy Florida,

and Florida High Tech to make energy more efficient. The schools 35,000 square feet Science

and Technology building was built just last year and is its first LEED building (certified for

environmental and energy design).

Dr. Joseph Dorsey, assistant professor of environmental policy and Coastal Environmental

Justice Community Ambassador, acts as a sustainability steward. In an interview with him, he

stated that sustainabilityis simply us living within our means (In-Person Interview, 23 March

2011) rather than stretching the environment as far as we think it will go. He stated that a

steward of the environment is someone who takes a personal accountability in their day to dayactions to change the environment. He feels that we are entering into a state of

dematerialization, where we will need to learn not to create waste, but to do more with fewer

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USF, St. Petersburg

As USF, St. Petersburg progresses towards a greener and more energy efficient campus, a

campus wide effort to move forward to a greener environment is required. In todays society,

people are thinking more green than they were several years ago. In the top environmentally

friendly schools, students play an important role in the success of the schools green programs.

Environmental sustainability is not only about the school campus but also making a difference in

the world. Our team believes that promoting awareness among students will help USF, St.

Petersburg to move forward in becoming a greener campus. We believe that students are not

aware of the various programs that are available on campus.

USF, Tampa

USF, Tampa has created a name for itself excelling in green project competitions.

USF, Tampa campus has also participated and excelled in different recycling

competitions. However in contrast to St. Petersburg, USF, Tampa has a very

active sustainability program focusing on the following areas.

Educating first year student about recycling on campus Recycling bins on campus, Recycling at Dining Halls Participating in recycling competitions

USF, Tampa promotes recycling awareness on campus by educating the first year students about

USF recycling and how they can help. During Welcome week, reading materials and recycle

items are distributed to new students. These recycle items are shopping bags and bottles.

USF, Tampa has distributed clearly marked recycling bins around campus. Having recycling bins

around campus, this helps to remind students about the importance of recycling. At USF Tampa,

there is a recycling center located on Sycamore Drive and it recycles plastic, glass, aluminum,

paper, cardboard and newspaper. This recycling center is not only open to the USF community,

but everyone who chooses to recycle.

USF dining hall has also joined the effort in participating in the promotion of recycling on

campus. USF Tampa has discontinued using food trays. Dining on campus is tray less, which

results in the conservation of energy and water consumption. Reusable cups are also available to

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everyone purchasing discounted fountain beverages. Some restaurants are now using napkins

which are 100% recycled contents.

In addition, USF Tampa has a car pooling program called Zimride. It allows USF Tampa

students, faculty, and administration to commute together and split the cost by offering a ride.

Car pooling is more environmentally friendly and it reduces the carbon emissions and the needfor parking. USF Tampa offers reduced fees such as discounted parking passes and reserved

parking spaces for employees and students who car pools more than 4 times per week.

USF Tampa has also participated in a friendly waste management competition called

Reyclemania. Recyclemania was started back in 2001 as a friendly competition between Ohio

University and Miami University to promote recycling on campus. It runs for a ten week period.

During this period of time, each college or university collects and report waste data. Over the

years, the number of schools that participate has increased drastically. Below is bar chart taken

from the website recyclemaniacs.org, this chart shows the increasing number of schools who

participated in recyclemania from 2002 to 2009.

Ways that USF, St. Petersburg Can Promote Recycling on Campus

USF, St. Petersburgs efforts to become a greener university is the responsibility of everyone.

We all have to participate to make USFSP more environmentally friendly. The Green Team

believes that USF, St. Petersburg should be more drastic in promoting awareness to the current

students. It has been such an eye opening experience to our group that USF SP has a recyclingprogram on campus but only a few of the students knew that this program existed. Even though

the school currently has different awareness programs in place; there are other ways that USFSP

can promote recycling on campus.

USF, St. Petersburg can promote recycling by creating recycling competitions between the

different USF campuses or student groups. Competitions can be USF Tampa verses USF ST.


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Petersburg. These events will not only promote the awareness of recycling but also educate

everyone on the benefits of recycling. Each USF campus will have to think of creative ways to

advertise this event around campus. Campuses can advertise this event with flyers, e-mails and

bulletins. This event can also be advertised in the Oracle, USF campus newspaper. These

recycling activities and competitions can be used to educate students.

Selling recyclable products is another step that the USF, St. Petersburg campus can take to

promote recycling. These days, recyclable bags have been prominent more than ever. They are

located in almost every grocery store these days. Therefore, this is a good to start selling these

recycle bags on campus at a reasonable price.

E-mail marketing is becoming more popular than traditional mail. Most internet users check his

or her e-mail daily. Therefore, e-mail blast is a good form of advertisement for USF, St.

Petersburg to promote recycling events. All USF students, faculty and administration have an e-

mail account. Therefore, an e-mail with the event location and details of the event may give great

results. USF, St. Petersburg will be celebrating Earth Week on April 19-25. We shouldnt haveto the web to find out what is going on at our school. This should be readily available in our e-

mail or even on the schools website.

Improving student awareness will play an important role in making the USF, St. Petersburg

campus a greener environment. Recycling is not the sole responsibility of a particular group,

everyone is responsible for his or her part. As students, we all can work together to make a

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Environmentaal sustainability is definedas, Development that meets the needs of

the present generation without

compromising the ability of future

generations to meet their own needs

(WCED 43). This couldnt be any less

true for The University of South Florida.

It is rapidly growing into one of the front

runners in sustainability and proving this

through the magnitude of projects thatare being undertaken by many professors

and students. It is not hard to miss the

excitement of the efforts that are

surrounding us as students or neighbors

in or around the community. There are

many projects that are in progress, some

of the upcoming projects include the

nations first School of Global

Sustainability, a USF Solar Power Plant,LEED certified building, carpooling

programs, and the new green bike

program.

The University of South Florida has

taken a huge leap in not only ensuring

that our campus is a greener one, but

also taking steps to offering degrees in

Global Sustainability. With many great

researchers and professors at their fingertips they will provide research on water,

clean and renewable energy, climate

change, coastal environments, human

health and sustainable cities in programs

which identify the global encounters to

creating global sustainability. Global

Sustainability is a rapidly growing field,

there are an expected 2.5 million jobs

that will be opening up with in the nextfew years. USFs new school of

sustainability courses differ in many ways

from the courses which are currently

offered. These classes are built and

designed to use online learning with up

and coming technology to cater a unique

educational experience to students of the

college. The two year process was a

lengthy one for the creation of theSchool of Global Sustainability the first

school of its kind. With a global focus in

mind, it will be taking on the local

challenges that face our community of

climate change, protection of threatened

natural resources and population growth,

these being some of the more important

topics.

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These programs listed above are just a few of the up and coming sustainability projects being

implemented at The University of South Florida. Coming from a student it is very exciting to see

how much effort is being put in by my fellow students and professors. USF is on the right track to

becoming the best university headed towards sustainability, and it is definitely a proud thing to

say as a student as well as a neighbor in the community.

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The University of South Florida is moving forward and becoming greener but there is muchmore that can be done in the areas of recycling and energy efficiency.

Due to a large quantity of accumulated waste during University of South Florida (USF) games,the school took part in a national 2010 EPA Game Day Challenge which en couraged reuse,reduce, and recycle of plastic bottles and cans from homecoming games. USF volunteersdonned bright green Go Green, Go Bulls t-shirts and collected recyclables from tailgaters andthose left in the stands after the game.

The Sierra Club partnered with the USF Office of Sustainability to establish this nationwidecompetition with other colleges and universities to design a waste reduction program which they

implemented at a home football game in October 2010. The winner was determined by howmuch waste was accumulated and recycled. Of 88 schools, University of South Florida wasnumber 74. This all proves we still have a long road ahead.

We need to bring more awareness and individual accountability to the green movement not juston campus, but to our communities, who look towards USF Tampa and St. Petersburg as leadersin the evolution.

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Florida Atlantic University, Mission Green Student Association 27 January 2011. 15

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Oxford University Press, 1987 p. 43.

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Cartmill, Kevin. Re: Green USFSP Message to the authors. 14 March. 2011. E-mail.

Kevin Cartmill is the Custodial Superintendent of Operations and Maintenance of Facilities at the

University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. He is a prime member of the USFSP Green

Group, an institutional organization and direct source for all that is green at the campus. Because

of the lack of abundant information on the USFSP Green website, Kevin Cartmills interview has

proved to be an essential part of our understanding of this green movement.

College of Arts and Science. Student Environmental Awareness Society at USF St. Petersburg (SEAS)

16 March 2011. 20 March 2011.

Student Environmental Awareness Society (SEAS) is an organization at the USF St. Petersburg

campus. It is open to anyone who is interested in promoting environmental awareness on campus.

Enrollment is open to USF ST. Petersburg students, faculty and administration.

Dr, Dorsey, Joseph. professor of environmental policy and Coastal Environmental Justice

Community Ambassador.In-Person Interview, 23 March 2011. The USF, St. Petersburgcampus doesnt have a sustainability leader. Dr. Joseph Dorsey acts as a sustainability

steward encouraging environmental accountability and awareness of the green movement

on the campus.

RecycleMania. What is RecycleMania 10 March 2011

Recyclemania is a competition between colleges and universities to promote recycling on

campuses. Recyclemania was started in 2001 as a friendly competition between Ohio University

and Miami University to promote recycling on campus. It runs for a ten week period. During this

period of time, each college or university collects and report waste data. Over the years, the

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number of schools that participate has increased drastically. In 2010, USF was placed 25th out of

a total of 199 universities.

Sustainability Endowments Institute, The College Sustainability Report Card; University of

South Florida. 2007-2011. 8 March 2011

GreenReportCard.org is the first website to provide in-depth sustainability profiles for hundreds

of colleges in all 50 U.S. States and Canada. The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and

universities yearly that are leading by example in their commitment to sustainability, enabling

readers to compare colleges on the components which are rated by the Sustainability

Endowments Institute.

USF Office of Sustainability. University of South Florida, 2007. Web. 08 March 2011

The USF Office of Sustainability coordinates and builds partnerships for university-wide

initiatives that advance the University of South Floridas strategic goal of creating a sustainable

campus environment. The use of this website was vital to the understanding and reporting of the

USF Tampa campus stride toward green.

University of South Florida St. Petersburg Green Group, 02 USF St. Petersburg Green Website.

April 2009. Web. 14 March 2011.

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg Green Group is an institutional organization and a

direct source for all that is green at the campus. The website includes information regarding the

groups mission, members, and projects. This site provides insight into the green movement at

USFSP.

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Our common future. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 1987 p. 43.

This report is also known as the Brundtland Report and provides basic arguments on

the need for sustainable development and the interconnectedness of global processes.
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