RecycleMania
RecycleMania is a ten week contest that challenges colleges and universities across America to promote waste reduction on their campuses. See the RecycleMania commercial
Boston College has been involved with RecycleMaina since 2005. This year, Boston College came in first in the ACC and third in Massachusetts with a cumulative recycling rate of 42 percent! See the RecycleMania website for more competition information and results. Also, check out the Heights article "RecycleMania Comes to BC"
NRG Games - Ever to Conserve
The campus-wide NRG Games, running throughout the month of February, encourage each hall to compete to conserve the most energy. Significant energy reductions have been witnessed during this time period, illustrating that students can do their part to help the environment simply by turning off some lights, taking a shorter shower, or lowering the heat. For more energy saving tips, including things you can do in your dorm, see our What You Can Do Page.
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2009 NRG Games!
Keyes took the Upper/Newton Campus division with an 8.63% reduction in energy use.
90 St. Thomas More Rd. finished victorious on Lower Campus with a 9.77% reduction.
Ignacio beat out Rubensteing with a reduction of 4.72%.
Keyes and 90 St. Thomas More Rd. will receive a private BBQ in their honor, sponsored by UGBC and Facilities Management. Ignacio will also be rewarded with an ice cream party.
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Overall, Boston College residence halls saved 44,139 killowatt hours of energy. This is the same as:
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Saving 63,118 lbs of carbon dioxide from being released into our atmosphere.
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Taking 67 cars off of the road for one month.
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Planting 9 acres of forest, which absorbs CO2 and releases oxygen.
Results:
*Positive numbers represent the percent reduction in energy consumption. Ignacio and Rubenstein use electricity only.
Final Results:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-25:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-22:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-18:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-15:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-8:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
February 1-4:
Newton and Upper Dorms
Lower Dorms
Ignacio and Rubenstein
Newton Recycling Contest
In the fall of 2007, Hardey Cushing had a recycling contest to raise awareness about the recycling totes that were piloted in select residence halls.
The object was for a floor to recycle the most bottles and cans over a two-month period. When the residents of a room filled up a tote with bottles and cans they brought it to the RA on the floor for an official count. Once the bottles and cans were tallied, the RA added it to the floor total and the students brought their bottles and cans to the large recycling bins in the basement of the building.
This program was successful due to the excitement and buy-in of the Resident Assistants. About 2 weeks prior to receiving and distributing the recycling totes, the RAs hung signs (made of newspaper with green paint) that said "They're coming..." though out the building. The totes were hand delivered to each room and the RAs told the residents about the contest. The RAs sent out e-mails and hung large signs in the hallways to track the amount of bottles and cans that had been recycled to date.
In total the final count was over 11,000 bottles and cans recycled with the winning floor averaging about 70 bottles and cans recycled per person.
Better Off Contest Winners
Reduce/Active
Julissa Jimenez, Joseph Melvin, Matthew Mara, Farooq Pasha, and Brian Gaulzetti of CLXF
CLXF Plants Flowers - Building wide program where over 50 students, painted flowerpots and planted flowers – all while learning about the importance of plants in the ecosystem.
Reduce/Passive
Brendan Dailey of V9
Great Green Inventions
Bulletin Board explaining green inventions such as Solar Powered Cell Phones, Frictionless Wind Turbines, and Greener Aircrafts.
Reuse/Active
Elizabeth Del Real of FitzShawGa
Green Thumb Wars – Students colored their thumbs green and participated in a bracketed thumb wars competition. Before the competition began, students were informed on how materials can be reused to nourish soil and create compost.
Reuse/Passive
Cooley Horner of College Road
Waste Makes Al Gore Cry: Save the Tears, Save the World
Hilarious bulletin board with hlpful tips on how to reuse materials and reduce one’s personal consumption.
Recycle/Active
Rachel Michalczyk, Jason Long, Joycie Ferdinand of WalshCliff
Shoot for Sustainability
A photo shoot where residents from Greycliff Hall demonstrated how to recycle and reduce energy consumption. The top 12 photos were pulled together to create a calendar to remind us to be green 365 days a year!
Recycle/Passive
Nicholas Grasso of Keyes
Captain Planet and the Keyes 2 North Planeteers
Bulletin Board that included a drawing of Nicholas as Captain Planet, and pictures of all of his residents with quote bubbles filled with information on how to recycle, reduce consumption, and reuse materials.