Green Buildings Get involved with the new construction on campus by encouraging green standards Contact: Adam.Frank(at)tufts.edu; Daniel.Brady(at)tufts.edu Alternative Energy Help get the Joey running on biodiesel and promote alternative energy and efficiency on campus with RECs (renewable energy credits) Contact: Rebecca.Gallagher(at)tufts.edu Fair Trade, Local and Organic Food, Composting Help coordinate with dining services and on-campus eateries to promote fair trade, local, and organic foods Contact: Caroline.Wick(at)tufts.edu Think Outside the Bottle Continue to promote drinking tap water rather than bottled water and help spread awareness of the need to support public water sources Contact: Kathleen.Daniel(at)tufts.edu Bag the Bags! Help make Tufts plastic-bag-free! Contact: Paula.Kaufman(at)tufts.edu; Adam.Fischer(at)tufts.edu Want to Write about Environmental Issues? Write an Op-Ed for the Daily and have your peers edit and critique your writing. Contact: Carrie.Jones(at)tufts.edu EarthFest! ECO promotes Earth-friendly practices, hosts documentaries, panels, and clean-ups, and leads celebrations for the Earth for the week leading up to Earth Day, Tuesday April 22, 2008. Help us plan and coordinate our biggest event of the semester! Contact: Carrie.Jones(at)tufts.edu; Emily.Shields(at)tufts.edu; Yosefa.Erhlich(at)tufts.edu Focus The Nation Focus the nation on climate related issues via nation wide teach ins and discussions. Taking place for the second year in a row on Feb 5th, 2009. Contact: Adam.Frank(at)tufts.edu A national campaign to promote discussion of climate issues.  Check out http://www.tufts.edu/programs/sustainability/FocustheNationatTufts.htm for more info. Main Event: January 31st at 5pm in ASEAN Auditorium at the Cabot Center. (Map, Google Map). Keynote speeches by Congressman Ed Markey (via live-feed from DC),  Adam Markham of Clean Air – Cool Planet and Wood Turner of Climate Counts a panel on climate change and a reception for informal discussion Do It In The Dark Turn off the lights and save energy with ECO every fall to win a party and raffles! Contact: Emily.Shields(at)tufts.edu Do It In the Dark Results are In!!! Check Out http://www.tufts.edu/programs/sustainability/DoItInTheDark.htm for more info.

Past Projects

Do It In The Dark 2007 Do It In The Dark is our annual energy reduction competition.  The dorms will compete to reduce energy use by the greatest percent from October 15th to November 14th.  We will be holding Climate Fest on November 29th to celebrate the completion of Do It In The Dark.  The winning dorm's students will be eligible to enter raffles for fabulous prizes! Alternative Transportation We are currently investigating converting the Joey and/or diesel powered Tufts grounds vehicles to use bio-diesel.  We will be collaborating with the chemical engineering department to build a processor to convert with the waste oil that dining services produces. Think Outside the Bottle Have you thought about where the water that you drink comes from?  Tufts students are teaming up wit the national Think Outside the Bottle Campaign to educate about the environmental impacts of drinking bottled water. Wind Energy Power your dorm with wind energy! Thank you to the over 300 students who bought wind power in the Fall 2006 semester.  ECO is again selling $10 wind renewable energy credits to offset the dirty energy used by students. RECs can be purchased at any time by following the instructions at http://www.tufts.edu/tie/tci/getclean/, or via the 3phases website online at http://www.3phases.com/footprint-calculator/. Step It Up! Tufts Participates in the National Step It Up Rally. Check out images of the event. Did you know? Climate change education campaign.  Keep your eyes posted for informational displays around campus.  Information will be from various sources including the Stern Review on economics of climate change. For now here is some info you can read about. Fair Trade Tufts Dining Services has agreed to make fair trade coffee available in the dining halls.  If they see enough interest they are considering changing to entirely fair trade coffee, so drink up! NEW: Fair Trade bananas are coming soon! EarthFest This year EarthFest will be spread across the month of April.  Events to be posted soon. Do It in the Dark A campus wide competition to reduce energy usage in the dorms. 2006: Do it in the Dark, Climate Fest and RECs 2005: Do It in the Dark Boston Coal Party Wind REVOTE - Wind referendum on 4/20/06!! EarthFest 2006 - Tufts's week for the Earth. New Ideas: ECO is always open to new ideas. If you have a project in mind, just let us know.