Massasoit - Sustainability Task Force

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Spring 2012

Sustainability Task Force Meetings
All meetings will be Noon-1:00 p.m.
in the Louison Board Room

Sustainability Showcase
In Celebration of Earth Day on the Brockton Campus - Wednesday, April 25th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Green Courses @ Massasoit

Summer 2012

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Important Links

Are You Environmentally Literate?
Take the Environmental Literacy Quiz (PDF)

Massasoit Community College publishes its
2010 Climate Action Plan - Download Here

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Green "Tip" of the Day

What are the top three ways
Good Neighbors are Cooling the Planet?

Turn off the lights when not in use.
Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.
Run the dishwasher and washing machine only when full.

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Green Team News...

Don't Miss The Sustainability Showcase!
April 2012In Celebration of Earth Day the One Book/One College Committee & the Sustainability Task Force present a Sustainability Showcase at the Brockton Campus on Wednesday, April 25th from
11:00 am – 1:00 pm featuring:

On the Quad Activities include: Sustainability Yard Sale, Give Your Old Bike A New Life Campaign, Old Colony Planning Council with Mass Bike Week Information, Veggie Bus Tour

Upper Student Lounge Activities include: Spotlight on Landscaping, Recycling and Dining Services, Solar Panel Display, Reusable Water Bottle Sale, Canton Campus HVAC Student Projects, Johnson Controls – Energy & Water Conservation Project, More Than Words – Book Recycling, Friends of East Bridgewater Trails Information

Louison Board Room:
Screening of the documentary film “Tapped"

Give Your Old Bike a New Life!
April 2012

Massasoit Community College and Old Colony Planning Council are collecting bicycle donations in celebration of Earth Day.

Bikes will be tuned up by Travis Cycle and donated to Stairway to Recovery and Boys & Girls Club of Brockton.

Schedule to drop off your gently used bike on or before April 25th by contacting John Caffelle at Massasoit Community College, 508-588-9100 x1502, jcaffelle@massasoit.mass.edu or Kyle Mowatt, 508-583-1833 x214, kmowatt@ocpcrpa.org.

Also accepting donations of bike tools, repair kits and bike accessories in good condition. Older bikes may be donated to be recycled, with the proceeds going toward the purchase of helmets and locks to accompany the bikes. Financial donations will also be accepted for this purpose (checks can be made payable to Massasoit Community College Foundation, Inc., specify "bike").
All donations are tax deductible.

This initiative is sponsored by Massasoit Community College, Old Colony Planning Council,
Stairway to Recovery, Boys & Girls Club of Brockton, Travis Cycle, Brockton’s Promise, and MassDevelopment.

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Last Update: April 20, 2012

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