University-Community Partnerships: Sustainability

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Jacqui Bauer, Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Bloomington and Bill Brown, Director of Sustainability at Indiana University gave a presentation on university-community partnerships focusing on sustainability for the 2012 Inter-City Visit to Bloomington, IN.

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Partnerships in SustainabilityIndiana University - Bloomington

Bill BrownDirector of SustainabilityIndiana Universitybrownwm@indiana.edusustain.indiana.edu

Jacqui BauerSustainability Coordinator

City of Bloomingtonbauerj@bloomington.in.go

vbloomington.in.gov/

sustainablecity

Two bus systems, > 6 million rides/year

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Fixed Route Ridership-Bloomington Transit

Population density in Bloomington

Driving factors in college selection

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Sustainability Internship ProgramSince 2007: Over 170 Internships

Hoosier to Hoosier Community SaleSale Day 201235 Tons Collected2500 Shoppers$29,000 Dollars Raised

Million Gallon Challenge

Can IU Students, Faculty and Staff save 200 tanker trucks full of water in one month through behavior change?

Big Red Eats Green

Electronic Waste Days

Over two million pounds diverted in four years

www.indiana.edu/~sustain/ehouse

Questions?

Bill Brown

Director of Sustainability

Indiana University

brownwm@indiana.edu

sustain.indiana.edu

Twitter: @IUsustain

Jacqui Bauer

Sustainability Coordinator

City of Bloomington

bauerj@bloomington.in.gov

bloomington.in.gov/sustainablecity

Facebook: facebook.com/sustainbtown

Twitter: @sustainbtown