Common Green Contest Guidelines
Win some green by helping IUPUI go green.
As part of this year’s Common Theme, “Consuming Well for the Wealth of Communities, from IUPUI to the World,” all IUPUI students and staff are invited to propose new practices to help make our campus more environmentally sustainable. A greener, more efficient campus benefits all of us.
Deadlines: December 1, 2009 for the fall semester
April 1, 2010 for the spring semester
Email to: Colleen McCormick at: cjmccorm@iupui.edu
Awards: $600 for top student proposal, $400 for runner-up student proposal, and $400 for
top staff proposal, with three awards given fall and spring semesters. If a
team of students or staff wins, the prize will be divided among the team.
Contest Guidelines
Participants in the Common Green Contest will propose a feasible change in practices at IUPUI that reduces resource consumption or environmental harm. Contest participants will document, using the best available information, the waste or harm caused by existing campus practices. They will propose a new practice that reduces resource consumption or mitigates environmental harm with minimal costs incurred for the benefits gained. Participants are encouraged to contact Colleen McCormick (cjmccorm@iupui.edu) in the Office of Environmental Health and Safety to discuss ideas or seek advice.
Submissions should be in the form of a written report, with these six sections:
1) Overview of the Problem,
2) Relevance to IUPUI's
Sustainability Principles,
3) Documentation of Resource Waste or Environmental Harm,
4) Examination of Alternative Practices,
5) Explanation of the New Practice, including its environmental benefits and its estimated financial costs or savings, and
6) Steps Toward Implementation at IUPUI.
Reports should be double-spaced with any charts and figures included as appendices. Research sources should be cited in parentheses or in footnotes, with a list of Works Cited included at the end. Maximum length of the written report is 10 pages. Please submit proposals as a Microsoft Word document.
Submissions will be judged by a review committee made up of representatives of the Campus Sustainability Steering Committee, the Common Theme Project and the campus sustainability interns. In addition to choosing the winning proposals, the review committee will identify all recommended proposals, which will be featured on the Common Theme website and sent to the appropriate university offices for consideration.
Win some green by helping IUPUI go green!
The deadline for the fall Common Green Contest is quickly approaching.
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