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Hi, all. I think Roger Guzowski raises some good points. Maybe we
should make this a checklist rather than a pledge? <br>
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Also, along with not bringing a mini fridge, we might want to add
not bringing a microwave to the list. (Or maybe encourage people to
collaborate with their hallmates to put just one microwave in the
lounge? I don't know if they have a way to contact all the people
on their hall, though...)<br>
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-Rebecca T.<br>
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P.S. Are new students going to get waterbottles from Hampshire this
year? If so, we could probably say something about that rather than
telling people to bring their own.<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 7/5/11 10:10 AM, Roger Guzowski wrote:
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi everyone. Great
to see so much New Leaf activity over the summer.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Just one quick word
of caution on the sustainability pledge.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">If you are doing the
pledge as an education tool to make people aware of ways to
be more sustainable at Hampshire, I would say to go forward
with it. Though I would suggest it take the form of a
checklist or display table rather than a pledge. In
whatever form it takes, I think it's a great idea at
orientation to make new (and returning) students aware about
all of the opportunities to live more sustainably at and
around Hampshire.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">However, if you are
envisioning the pledge to drive behavior change, I would
suggest doing something else. We have done a number of
pledges at the other schools over the years (around Focus
the Nation, Earth Day, etc.) and I would suggest that the
results from a behavior change standpoint have been
underwhelming at best. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">There are often
barriers (perceived or legitimate) that prevent certain
people from adopting sustainable behaviors. My experience
has been that to get sustainable behavior change, we need to
identify and work on strategically removing those barriers
(i.e. systematically overcoming the excuses). A pledge can
be a part of that, but my experience is that a pledge alone
will not overcome those barriers, at least not for long. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">Here's my concern.
This is going to be one of your first activities of the
year. As such, it is not just a stand alone activity, but
also something that is going to help you attract and retain
new members. As such, I think you want your early
activities to be positive momentum builders. My experience
with pledges (if you are expecting them to drive behavior
change - which I think is implied by the very term pledge)
is that folks end up disappointed in the results. I don't
think you want your lead-off activity to be something that
someone might perceive as disappointing. I think there are
other opportunities or ways to proceed with this that might
help both from a results standpoint and from a membership
standpoint.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">If you're still
meeting over the summer, I would love to meet with you and
share some ideas for orientation and the fall semester. </font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Roger Guzowski</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Five College Recycling Manager</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">cell: 413-658-5558</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
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Simone Siegel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tue 7/5/2011 7:34 AM<br>
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<p><font size="2">Hi Folks,<br>
I think that the first step with the sustainability pledge
is to figure out<br>
content. I thought we could make a list of all the things
it could include.<br>
So, what do YOU think should be on it?<br>
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Here are the suggestions that we have so far:<br>
- leave your car home and only use the zipcars and buses<br>
-reusable mugs for coffee/tea (which also gets you a
discount)<br>
- not bringing a mini fridge<br>
- bringing your own water bottle instead of buying bottled
water<br>
- buying used things<br>
- turning off lights and power strips,<br>
-biking a lot at hampshire<br>
- using reusable bags<br>
-keeping the heat at a reasonable level<br>
- using cold water for laundry<br>
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-Rebecca<br>
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