Vanderbilt Web Communications named greenest group on campus
Vanderbilt Web Communications won this year’s football sustainability competition and was named the ‘greenest group on campus’ this football season. This competition is sponsored by Waste Management Inc., Vanderbilt Athletics and the Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO). The group celebrated their win with a catered tailgate and an on-field award ceremony at the Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky football game on November 14.
Chelsea Hamilton, sustainability outreach coordinator with SEMO, and Tim Wells, area vice president for Waste Management, Inc., presented a commemorative football autographed by Coach Mason and an engraved recycled glass plate to Lacy Paschal, director of Web Communications, and Beth Fox, director of web content strategy and project management.
The university’s Web Communications department was recognized for their efforts to reduce printing needs across campus. They routinely work with different campus departments to convert applications to digital formats, reducing printing and saving paper. Web Communications staff also recycle in the office, use occupancy sensors to turn lights off when the office is empty, and encourage the use of alternative transportation.
The athletics sustainability competition invites all Vanderbilt groups, teams, departments, classes and campus organizations to compete for the title of ‘greenest group on campus’ by completing a checklist of sustainable actions under the categories of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Energy and Water Savings; Transportation; and Innovative Actions. Entries are accepted twice per year, once during football season and once during basketball season, and are judged using a standardized scoring rubric by a panel of judges.
For more information on sustainability efforts at Vanderbilt, visit the SustainVU website.
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