Congratulations on making it to the end of the semester! The ASCP has a variety of exciting programs and opportunities available to students, faculty, and staff. Keep scrolling to learn more! |
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The ASCP is conducting its bi-annual survey! Help us direct our next campus initiatives by giving us your feedback! The ASCP is a student fee-funded department that serves all four institutions with a mission to reduce campus-wide ecological impact and dependency on carbon-based fuels. Visit our website for more information on previous survey results. |
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Sustainable Labs Committee Meetings Are you passionate about sustainability in the lab? Do you have ideas to share, or do you want to connect with others across CCD, CU Denver, and MSU Denver? Join us at the Sustainable Labs Committee meetings! Collaborate with others from all three institutions to help make our campus labs more sustainable: - Monthly meetings on the first Friday of the month at 1:30 pm
- Open discussion and idea sharing
- Faculty and research students welcome
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The Free Store will also be closed temporarily December 9 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. The Free Store will reopen after Winter Break on January 20. Looking to donate? Drop donations in the bin outside Room 346. If you have a large item/several bags to donate, email scp_contact@ahec.edu. |
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Join us in our fight against hunger and food waste on campus by using the Share Meals app! Sign up to see which events around campus have food that will be available to community members. You can find free food nearby through Share Meals; see how much is available and how long it’s up for grabs. The app also has a list of centers across campus where students can find free food, personal care items, and other helpful resources. Sign up today by downloading the app on your phone or by using the web version! Click here or the image above to navigate to our webpage for more information and to get started. |
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Instead of traditional gift giving, consider more sustainable options like donating to a cause in someone's name, volunteering together, gifting an experience, or giving second-hand, DIY, or local and handmade gifts instead. |
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A student at Auraria asked, “Is it more sustainable to buy products that are recyclable or products that are made of recycled materials?” When a product is recyclable, it means it can be collected and remanufactured into new products. Different locations can have different recycling rules, because different companies have varying capacities for what they can process. Even Auraria Campus and the City and County of Denver have different recycling rules, so make sure you check the bins and their websites. Labels can be confusing and misleading, and many companies will “greenwash” their products to make them seem more sustainable, or label products that are only recyclable through special programs, like plastic bags, as “recyclable”. This can lead to high contamination rates in single stream and curbside recycling, so remember when in doubt, throw it out (in the landfill). The best materials for recycling are aluminum and glass because the process can end up with the same raw material of equal value, and these materials can be recycled many times or infinitely. It is estimated that two thirds of all aluminum ever produced is still being used today, and using recycled glass is 33% more energy efficient than creating new glass. Metal is also a good material to buy recycled, because it reduces the demand for newly mined materials. All of these materials are great alternatives to plastic because plastic loses quality and value after only being recycled once or twice, which is called downcycling. However, it can still be recycled into useful products, like clothing made of synthetic fabrics or plastic products made of recycled plastic. Buying products made of recycled content makes the recycling system more economically viable and creates a higher demand for these products. It shows companies that as consumers, we want to see materials actually get recycled instead of just saying that they have the potential to be. Check the label to see if a product is recycled and recyclable because it could be both! |
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Thank you to all who joined us for Auraria Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week! We had another successful AHHA week. In fact, there were: - Roughly 350 attendees from the campus community
- 100 jackets donated and 100 jackets matched (purchased)
- Over 200 free hot meals provided
- 10 presentations and workshops
- 9 free haircuts
Thank you to our 38 community partners, 15 participating campus departments, 13 volunteers, and our presenters! |
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Interested in how we all help to reduce Auraria's ecological impact and dependence on fossil fuels? Check out our team page! |
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