Student Employees Working for Sustainability:
Oberlin College Recycling Assistants
The Recyclers are student employees who work for Facilities managing the recycling program, educating the campus about environmental issues, and implementing other source-reduction initiatives.
Website: www.oberlin.edu/recycle
Campus Dining Service Recyclers
The CDS Recyclers are student employees of Dining Services. These students manage the composting program for the campus dining halls, work to reduce food waste, and research ways to make the dining program more environmentally friendly.
Eco-Purchasing Intern
The Eco-Purchasing Intern is a student employee of the College Purchasing Department. This intern is in charge of the on-going work to write an Eco-Purchasing Code with the College Eco-Purchasing Committee (a committee comprised of staff and students).
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Volunteer-based Student Groups Working for Sustainability
Environmental Policy Implementation Group (EPIG)
EPIG is an active coalition of students advocating for and assisting with the full implementation of Oberlin College's Environmental Policy
Listserv: epig@lists.riseup.net
Contacts: Nicolas.Sippl-Swezey@oberlin.edu
Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/epig/
Recycled Products Co-op (RPC)
The RPC is a student group that collects used office supplies and distributes them for reuse for a donation. These donations fund the bulk purchase of recycled-content office supplies that the group then sells at cost to help make environmentally preferable products an economically viable option for a wider range of people.
Listserv: rpc@oberlin.edu
Website: www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/recyprod/
Oberlin College Transportation Committee (OCTC)
The OCTC is a student group dealing with alternative transportation issues at the college.
Contact address: OberlinTransit@gmail.com
Website: http://octransit.droneything.net
SEED House
The Student Experiment in Ecological Design (SEED) is a student group that is remodeling an existing College-owned house into an environmentally friendly eco-house. The first phase of renovations were conducted in the summer of 2007 and students moved into the house in fall ’07. Additional renovations and retrofits are anticipated over the coming years.
Student contacts: Kathleen.Keating@oberlin.edu, Lucas.Brown@oberlin.edu, Amanda.Medress@oberlin.edu
Ohio PIRG
The state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are a network of independent, state-based, citizen-funded organizations that advocate for the public interest. Oberlin College maintains its own Ohio PIRG Campus Organizer who works with students on various political, environmental, and social activism efforts.
Phone: 440-775-8137
Website: http://www.ohiopirgstudents.org
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Other Campus Resources for Sustainability Initiatives
Environmental Studies Information Center (ESIC)
ESIC is located on the second floor of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies. This student-run library has a plethora of literature related to environmental issues (books, periodicals, etc.) that you can borrow.
Staff coordinator: Cheryl.Wolfe@oberlin.edu
Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/envs/esic/
Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA) programs
OSCA is a student-run housing and dining program with 640 members. OSCA has a composting program, a recycling program, and an Environmental Concerns Committee.
Website: http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/