Working with a talented group of tech-savvy college students on a a pre-cycling outreach website at the largest Universitiy in Oregon. What specific points might be the most convincing for quick distribution to fellow students?
Main Points So Far:
- Recycling is not doing enough to cut down on the amount of waste we
produce at Portland State.
- Pre-cycling focuses on reducing and reusing, which will drastically
reduce waste.
- Each student contributes approximately 320 pounds of paper waste a
year.(Not sure if this is the exact statistic)
- Bringing reusable containers for on-campus eating is an easy and
efficient alternative to using to-go containers.
Any experiences or reflections on this subject are welcomed.
Thanks.
Honore Depew
Student Marketing & Outreach
Portland State University
Good Approaches to Promote Precycling?
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We build community websites for reduce, use (it up), reuse, repair and recycling.
I would stress that as long as you are working within the present economic system, you are discouraged from pre-cycling. Ethics says to repair and reuse, but economics says 'throw it away'.
That being said, we could do better.
People want to reduce, use it up, reuse it, repair and recycle, but lack tools.
-to exchange stuff
-guides
-directories
-news
-events
-calendars of events
-more
We build those things and combine them in one website at prices that communities (universities, municipalities, organizations, etc) can afford.
Norm Ruttan
iWasteNot Systems
Norm Ruttan
iWasteNot Systems
Canada
www.iwastenotsystems.com
Honore,
First, look in your back yard! The Portland Office of Sustainable Development, and Metro have a lot of information online and in print form on precycling for you to access as far as data, guides & strategies. Also, are you working with the Sustainability office at PSU? Or have you visited the Community Environmental Services office on campus to see what resources or suggestions they have? These resources may not only provide ideas for "quick points", but an understanding of the barriers to precycling specific to students (time limitations, stress, etc.), so that you can tailor your points to address those.
Best of luck (and I'll look out for your info. on campus!)
Jane Rosenstein
MPA Candidate, PSU
Jane Rosenstein
Hi Honore
This was featured in our local media recently. May not be exactly what you're after, but then again, may have something really ace!
The Sharehood is all about sharing resources within your neighbourhood. Sewing machines, cars, tools, books and washing machines all have the capacity to be shared. Skills too are meant to be shared, gardening help, handiwork, bike fixing, accountancy and so on, are all both desired and available within your neighbourhood. The Sharehood provides a forum for neighbours to meet, interact, make friends and share skills and resources.
The Sharehood started in Northcote in 2008. For the sake of example, neighbours are trading garden produce for worm juice, babysitting each others kids, having cups of tea with each other, sharing compost heaps, fixing each others cars, have held a backyard bbq and have put on a big neighbourhood garage sale.
www.thesharehood.org
Good luck!
emily physick
local government
Australia
Hi Honore,
I know you are looking for points to promote precycling, but I was wondering if you are aware of the freecycle network? It may be a good link to have on your website, and maybe you can work in collaboration with this program. It has been very successful worldwide and there are is a group operating local to you.
The link to their webpage is: http://www.freecycle.org/
Hope it's helpful.
Good luck!
Rose Childe
Australia
You may want to mention that, as emerging professionals, they could stand to see increase in taxes by X % for siting a new landfill - and tie that back to paying off tuition debt?
Kelly Goyer
Univ. Saskatchewan
Canada