Sustainability Team seeks volunteers
Fanshawe's environmental coordinators
are looking for volunteers
from across the College to come
together to create a new
Sustainability Team. If you find
yourself wondering why London
doesn't have green bins, why students
continue to buy plastic water
bottles, or how Fanshawe can
become greener, this opportunity
may be for you.
The new Sustainability Team will work in collaboration with a new environmentally friendly group on campus, the Fanshawe Ecos. "We would like to create a group called Eco Reps, which would work in collaboration with facilities and operations on the projects that they have and the whole outreach towards students and education towards students," said environmental coordinator Jana Vodicka. "It's a good collaborative because you get to have the expertise from the operations side and you get to have the outreach from the students."
The new team will work on a variety of projects dealing with recycling, waste management, waste diversion and student education. "It's a lot about awareness and education, because the College has done a lot for sustainability already," said sustainability coordinator Mary-Lee Townsend.
Team members may spend an hour or two each week helping to plan, organize and run collegewide educational events, help with promotions, and increase student participation in recycling and composting. "You don't necessarily have to be a 'rah-rah' environmentalist — it touches on everybody's life," said Vodicka. "Let's say you have a skill you would like to contribute like media and design we need to develop those aspects as well."
Townsend is hoping to provide students with more hands-on experience and community involvement. "We're moving towards a mode of education where we're encouraging students to use this campus as a living lab — the whole experiential learning … students will hopefully learn as they do, because when they get out into the workforce, we want to be able to give them the tools that they need to move forward, particularly with environmental sustainability initiatives."
If you're interested in the opportunity, contact Vodicka at j_vodicka@fanshawec.ca.
The new Sustainability Team will work in collaboration with a new environmentally friendly group on campus, the Fanshawe Ecos. "We would like to create a group called Eco Reps, which would work in collaboration with facilities and operations on the projects that they have and the whole outreach towards students and education towards students," said environmental coordinator Jana Vodicka. "It's a good collaborative because you get to have the expertise from the operations side and you get to have the outreach from the students."
The new team will work on a variety of projects dealing with recycling, waste management, waste diversion and student education. "It's a lot about awareness and education, because the College has done a lot for sustainability already," said sustainability coordinator Mary-Lee Townsend.
Team members may spend an hour or two each week helping to plan, organize and run collegewide educational events, help with promotions, and increase student participation in recycling and composting. "You don't necessarily have to be a 'rah-rah' environmentalist — it touches on everybody's life," said Vodicka. "Let's say you have a skill you would like to contribute like media and design we need to develop those aspects as well."
Townsend is hoping to provide students with more hands-on experience and community involvement. "We're moving towards a mode of education where we're encouraging students to use this campus as a living lab — the whole experiential learning … students will hopefully learn as they do, because when they get out into the workforce, we want to be able to give them the tools that they need to move forward, particularly with environmental sustainability initiatives."
If you're interested in the opportunity, contact Vodicka at j_vodicka@fanshawec.ca.
